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Work at GLAD

GLAD is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. GLAD is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic staff committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from transgender persons, people of color, and individuals with disabilities, including HIV.

Join Us - Work at GLAD

GLAD is at the cutting edge of the historic fight for full equality and justice. Through impact litigation, education and public policy work, GLAD's precedent-setting work has established anti-discrimination laws for transgender, gay, lesbian and bisexual people and protected the rights of those with HIV throughout New England.

Core Values:

GLAD has a commitment to communication, diversity, team work, results orientation, and collaboration and has classified these as core values that are integral to fulfilling our mission. The core values apply to all levels and positions in the organization. Each employee is encouraged to find ways to integrate the core values in their day to day work.

• Communicates in a clear, concise manner, communicates effectively verbally and in writing as required; and learns through listening.
• Promotes diversity at GLAD through practice and example and seeks ways to foster diversity within the framework of the position.
• Works in a team dynamic demonstrating leadership, offers good "followship", offers insight, and shows flexibility in all areas.
• Creates results, meets deadlines, completes tasks in a timely manner, is dependable and accountable for his/her work and requests help for tasks as needed.
• Collaborates well across job lines, increases lines of communication and fosters cooperation among departments and outside organizations.

Legal Assistant

The Legal Assistant position provides key support for the GLAD legal department, which is comprised of eight lawyers and four legal assistants.  The Legal Assistant performs legal and social science research, drafts research memoranda, and prepares court documents and correspondence.  In addition, the Legal Assistant performs administrative tasks such as coordinating meetings and travel, filing and maintaining records, typing, proofreading, citation-checking, faxing, scanning, copying, preparing expense reports, and providing phone coverage.  This position offers an excellent opportunity to learn about the litigation process and the legal issues affecting the LGBT community and people living with HIV.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates will have a Bachelor’s Degree; strong written and oral communication skills; proven research abilities; and proficiency in Microsoft Office.  The ideal candidate will be proactive, organized, and attentive to details.  In addition, the ideal candidate will be able to prioritize multiple activities in a fast-paced environment; read, analyze, interpret, and summarize legal and social science documents, including case law and statutes; and work independently as well as in a team setting.  Familiarity with legal processes is preferred but not required.

Compensation

$31,500 plus excellent benefits: three weeks paid vacation, fully paid health and dental insurance, disability insurance.

How to Apply

Send resume, cover letter, and writing sample (no more than 10 pages) by regular mail to:

Janson Wu, Staff Attorney
GLAD
30 Winter Street, Suite 800
Boston, MA 02108

Or by email to:
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Volunteer:  Front Desk

GLAD is looking for some help greeting visitors, assisting with deliveries, and answering the phone.

There are two shifts per day, 9:00AM -12:30PM and 12:30PM - 5:00PM.

Responsibilities

Answer phones, greet visitors, accept deliveries, other receptionist duties.

Qualifications

Friendly, excellent phone and interpersonal communication skills.  We are looking for volunteers who can commit to a four to six month period.

Reports to

Public Affairs Assistant

Compensation

This is an unpaid, volunteer position.

How to Apply

Please .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or give us a call at 617-426-1350 and ask for Alyson.

Internships

Interns are hired on an academic schedule — for the entire school year, an individual semester, or the summer. Summer internships are full time; academic year internships are part time (10-15 hrs/wk). All GLAD internships are unpaid.

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