PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a proactive and organized program coordinator to support our advocacy in defense of the freedom to learn and teach. This full-time position, part of the our Free Expression and Education program, is based in Washington, D.C. or New York City and reports to the senior manager of free expression and education. This position has an initial nine-month term subject to extension contingent on funding.   The program coordinator will help design and carry out coalition-building efforts against censorious legislation and politically-motivated efforts to constrain public education, as documented in PEN America’s recent reports, Educational Gag Orders and America’s Censored Classrooms . This work will involve organizing events and speaking opportunities for a new PEN America initiative involving high-profile higher education leaders defending colleges and universities...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an experienced Human Resources Operations Manager to support our organizational and human resources operations. The ideal candidate will be passionate about improving processes, leading and implementing change,  love learning new technologies, and have a general understanding of HR systems, organizational operations, and federal, state and local employment regulations. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York headquarters and reports to the director of human resources. The human resources operations manager is a dual-role involving a full spectrum of human resources management and office operations responsibilities. The manager will take on a wide range of deliverables for our growing nonprofit organization, ensuring that our office operations and personnel processes meet the needs of our staff of over 80 employees. The human resources operations...