Policy Associate

Responsibilities

• Engage and support scholars interested in using research in the judicial arena
• Support scholars in SSN’s network
• Recruit new scholars & support chapters
• Connect scholars to litigating organizations, civic organizations, and policymakers
• Broker relationships
• Seize opportunities
• Coach and support scholars
• Edit and translate
• Facilitate SSN trainings

Qualifications

• An individual with 1-3 years of experience in litigation, advocacy, or organizing, or at least 1 year of experience and a relevant advanced degree (such as a JD, LLM, or PhD)
• A solid understanding of judicial and policymaking processes
• Comfortable -- and ideally have experience -- working with litigators and/or judicial actors, as well as policymakers on both sides of the political aisle
• Experienced in or willing to learn how to do basic research, especially judicial, legislative, or policy research
• An excellent writer and proofreader, capable of translating complex concepts into easy-to-understand language
• A good facilitator, and excited to teach others new skills and information
• Comfortable with occasional travel
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Salesforce, Asana, Google Docs, Dropbox, virtual meeting channels like Zoom, and content databases
• Committed to SSN’s mission and fully understand how to make use of SSN’s structure as a voluntary, federated network of member researchers