2 jobs found in Washington, DC

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks a motivated senior attorney with experience developing and litigating First Amendment and related free expression cases to serve as Legal Director. The Legal Director will play a leading role in developing PEN America’s legal advocacy program, working in collaboration with program team leaders to create and implement strategic goals. They will direct and oversee PEN America’s use of litigation as an important advocacy tool, particularly where the organization has a unique value-add and can have impact. They will direct the litigation docket, while also advising and counseling the organization on the laws and policies relevant to its broader free expression work. The Legal Director will supervise a small staff, currently consisting of one staff attorney, with the potential to add a legal fellow. This is a full-time position based at PEN America’s New York City headquarters and...

PEN America, a nonprofit organization working at the intersection of literature and human rights, seeks an experienced policy and government affairs manager to work in our Government Affairs team. This is a full-time, union-eligible position based in Washington, D.C. and reports to the Director, Government Affairs.  The policy and government affairs manager will play an integral role in PEN America’s work on policy and government affairs at the federal level in Washington, D.C. In this varied role, the manager will track and analyze policy developments and legislation at the federal level, manage relationships with those inside and outside government, engage in various writing tasks, and support the functioning of the Government Affairs team in D.C. overall, including administrative tasks and covering policy events and meetings. This role will entail both domestic policy issues relating to free expression with a focus on educational policy as well as international issues...