Staff Attorney

About the role:

The Staff Attorney plays a key role in assisting the legal team to ensure election and tax law compliance across the national Indivisible organizations, which include Indivisible Civics (a 501(c)(3) public charity), Indivisible Project (a 501(c)(4) social welfare organization), and Indivisible Action (a federally registered hybrid PAC). Reporting to the Senior Counsel, the Staff Attorney will help provide guidance to programmatic teams.

This is a full-time, short-term assignment anticipated to end on or before November 30, 2026. The salary for this position is $91,150 annually, and the role is expected to require 40 hours of work per week.

What you'll do:

• Working with the Senior Counsel, provide cross-program support and legal guidance for innovative programmatic priorities involving campaign finance, lobbying, and election activity. - 30%
• Under the supervision of the Senior Counsel, review, draft, and provide guidance on contracts, leases, grant agreements, and other legal documentation. - 15%
• Working with the Senior Counsel, help develop and update effective compliance education and program-specific training tools for Indivisible employees relating to election and tax law compliance and internal policies and procedures. - 15%
• Support the Senior Compliance Manager in developing and managing data systems, compliance procedures, and internal processes/practices relating to campaign finance reporting and entity time tracking. - 15%
• Conduct independent and complex legal research and write memoranda. Issue spot, investigate, and evaluate legal implications of compliance issues. - 10%
• Help monitor changing areas of tax and election law as they relate to Indivisible entities and legal compliance. - 5%
• Other duties as assigned. - 10%

Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• • Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school with a strong academic background.
  • Membership in good standing of any state bar association.
  • 1-3 years’ legal experience, preferably with some experience in tax-exempt governance, lobbying, and election law activity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience:

• • Holds self and others accountable for high-quality, timely, and effective results.
  • Ability to work with a variety of stakeholders, balancing the needs of the organization while maintaining a strong voice for legal compliance.
  • Highest standards of ethics and integrity. Exercises excellent judgment in handling confidential information and other potentially-sensitive matters.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to understand and accurately communicate complex legal concepts to stakeholders in different fields of expertise.
  • Maintains a high-level and consistent work ethic, with an ability to prioritize, track, and manage competing tasks.
  • Experience with Google Office suite of products.

About Indivisible Project

We’re building something new. We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Trump’s election. We’re working to build a democracy that reflects a broad, multiracial “we the people,” one that works for all of us and is sustained by all of us. To support this movement, we’ve built an incredible team at the national level. We dream big, we support each other, and we have fun doing it. For more information about Indivisible’s vision, mission, and theory of change, click here.                              

We’re changing what’s politically possible. Indivisible is part of the powerful progressive movement reaction to Trump, fighting the racist, misogynistic, plutocratic, and authoritarian agenda trumpeted by Trump and the GOP congress. Don’t take our word for it; Indivisible has been featured on the Rachel Maddow Show multiple times, as well as in the New York Times and in pretty much every other major news outlet in the country.

We’re building together. We’re building a new organization every day - a rare opportunity to model what we want to see in the world. We’re deeply committed to equity and building a diverse and inclusive organization.

We’re looking for you. If you want to fight for the soul of American democracy, there’s no better place to be than Indivisible. We’re looking for more team members who are passionate about building an inclusive democracy and committed to getting results. It’s an exciting, fulfilling place if you’re someone who wants to fight fiercely for the progressive world we want to have.

Every one of us on the national team is here because we believe this movement is the best way to retake and build progressive power in this country. Does that ring true for you? If so, great - throw your hat in the ring to join our team. Let’s start #winning together. For more information about Indivisible’s organizational principles, click here.

Indivisible Project is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage and seek applications from women, people of color, including bilingual and bicultural individuals, as well as members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, color, creed, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, sex, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, ancestry, national origin, marital or family status, caregiving responsibilities, genetic information, class or caste, personal appearance (including size and weight), immigrant status, military status, veteran status or other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodation will be made so that qualified disabled applicants may participate in the application process. Please advise in writing of support needs at the time of application.