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SalaryJob Description – Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab Coordinator
Name of Position: Narrative Lab Coordinator
Type of Position: Contractor
Length of Contract: 6 months (with the possibility of extension)
Location: Remote
Compensation: 15 hours / week at $125-225 / hour
The Organization:
Transgender Law Center (TLC) is the largest national trans-led organization advocating self-determination for all people. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender-nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation. We envision a future where gender self-determination and authentic expression are seen as basic rights and matters of common human dignity. We pursue a multidisciplinary approach to advocacy, including nationwide impact litigation, policy advocacy, public education, and a legal helpdesk that serves 1,100 people and our prison mail response program which serves 600 people each year. Our legal and policy work encompasses all issue areas facing transgender people across the country. Our current focus for new cases is to combat the criminalization of transgender people through creative legal strategies. We also fight for economic justice and health care access for transgender and gender non-conforming people, as well as to release people from and improve conditions in prisons and immigration detention our communities face, and improve school safety. You can learn more about our work at www.transgenderlawcenter.org.
About the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab:
The Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab (TA4L Narrative Lab) amplifies the political power for trans communities in the South and Midwest by resourcing the communications and narrative infrastructure of trans-led and/or trans community focused nonprofit organizations.
The Position:
The Narrative Lab Coordinator is a talented and motivated individual that will be primarily responsible for project management, coordinating, facilitating, and supporting the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab. This position reports directly to the Principal Narrative Strategist.
Primary Responsibilities
- Support the Principal Narrative Strategist in developing curriculum, trainings, and presentations.
- Collaborate with the Principal Narrative Strategist and allied organizations in the design and delivery of cross-organizational learning and training initiatives.
- Plan logistics and execute all aspects of the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab online and in-person programs, including logistical details for briefings, community events, conferences, trainings, workshops, video content, and other programs.
- Coordinate with speakers, vendors, registrants, and other program participants, including issuing, soliciting, and evaluating proposals; generating contacts; arranging logistics; and providing support before, during, and after an event’s completion.
- Oversee all aspects of program registration, including setting up and maintaining online event registration through the Trans Agenda for Liberation Narrative Lab’s CRM.
- General administrative support including but not limited to crafting and editing of presentations, oversight of listservs/email lists, maintaining calendars and meeting summaries.
- Execute organizing strategies to support trans rights and progressive policies in the United States.
- Develop, coordinate, and direct activities for identifying, educating, motivating, and supporting allied organizations and constituencies.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Excellent organizational skills
- Strong writing and research skills
- Innovative, imaginative, and able to turn ideas into reality
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion
- Interest in transgender issues
- Commitment to racial & economic justice
To Apply:
In addition to a resume, please answer the following questions in an attached cover letter (1) page max:
What is your favorite work of art? Why? (Work of art can include but are not limited to books, painting, music albums, movies, and television shows.)
What do you like best about working on a team? What do you like least? Why?
What is the best social change related event you have ever attended? Why? (An event can include but is not limited to a meeting, conference, protest, or social media action.)
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Transgender Law Center is proud to be an affirmative action employer. All interested individuals, including Black, indigenous, and other people of color; women and femmes; people with disabilities; and people who are transgender, intersex, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer are particularly urged to apply. For more information about Transgender Law Center please visit our website: www.transgenderlawcenter.org.
