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Full Time Washington, DC, US

Salary Range: $64,721.00 To $80,901.00 Annually

Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) is the global organization’s presence in the United States. We engage people in the U.S. to fight injustice all around the world, while we also work to protect people’s human rights here in the U.S. Amnesty International USA has more than one million members and activists in all 50 states, who are part of a larger global movement of 10 million people in 150 countries.

We are a democratically governed, grassroots membership organization, which means that our members vote on key policy issues and elect our Board of Directors. Amnesty International USA’s elected Board members, staff, and members work together to lead the organization.

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Department: Strategy and Impact

Reports To: National Director, Government Relations and Advocacy

Number of Direct Reports: none

FLSA Status: non-exempt

Location: Washington D.C.

Remote/Hybrid: Hybrid

Category: Full-time

Position Type: Union

Travel Required (%): up to 25%

Final date to receive applications: open until filled

AIUSA’s Government Relations (GR) and Advocacy team educates, advises, and lobbies U.S. government (USG) officials on human rights issues around the world. Leveraging Amnesty’s research and grassroots power, GR creates and implements advocacy strategies to push for U.S. government policies that contribute to positive human rights outcomes. We build and maintain close relationships with policymakers in Congress and across the federal government.

GR identifies influential stakeholders in the USG, including potential supporters and opponents, and takes advantage of political opportunities to push forward organizational goals.

The Coordinator, Government Relations (“Coordinator”) provides administrative support to our Government Relations and Advocacy team. The Coordinator will be managing various tasks such as processing payment requests, maintaining the departmental calendar, scheduling meetings, recording meeting minutes, and compiling monthly newsletters and quarterly reports. The Coordinator will also be responsible for supporting round tables, briefings, and special events with members, coalitions, visitors, NGOs, press, and government officials.

This role is a union position and covered by the Collective Bargaining Agreement with the Communication Workers of America (CWA), Local 1180.

• Provide administrative and logistical support for meetings, briefings, special events, round tables, travel, and team operations
• Maintain the unit calendar, schedule meetings, manage minutes and internal documents, and coordinate communications as needed
• Handle routine information requests, track expenses, process reimbursements, and maintain contact databases and filing systems

• Compile data, prepare reports, and support the team’s advocacy for legislative and policy priorities
• Assist with creating, proofreading, formatting, and distributing advocacy materials such as testimony, talking points, letters, briefing papers, op-eds, and social media posts
• Support tracking legislative and regulatory developments and preparing updates for internal and external audiences
• Facilitate logistics and coordination for lobbying events, USG engagement, and meetings with coalition partners and government officials
• With support from National Director and Advocacy Directors, coordinate with researchers and advocates from the International Secretariat on key human…