Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project seeks PT Legal Administrative Associate - $30k/year
Start Date: May 16, 2025
Application Deadline: April 25, 2025
The Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project (MAIP) is a 501(c)(3) organization that works to prevent and correct the conviction of innocent people in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia. MAIP has one of the highest success rates in the country for exonerating those who have been wrongfully convicted, helping to secure the release or exoneration of 44 men who spent more than 889 years in prison for crimes they did not commit. MAIP has also helped pass 19 laws that would prevent, or make it easier to correct, wrongful convictions.
ABOUT THE POSITION
MAIP’s Legal Administrative Associate will oversee and perform a wide variety of administrative functions for the Legal Department, with a particular focus on providing support to the Intake and Screening Team, and will be an integral part of achieving the organization’s mission through the smooth execution of critical administrative tasks. They report primarily to the Intake and Screening Manager. This is not a remote position. The position’s schedule is flexible and can be negotiated, but your core functions will take place in our offices in downtown Washington, D.C.
ABOUT YOU
You are detail-oriented and obsessive about accuracy but also patient and empathetic. You are comfortable interacting with spreadsheets and people from a diversity of backgrounds. You take initiative and can multi-task and work in a fun, exciting environment with multiple priorities. You are a motivated team player with superb organizational and communication skills. You are committed to delivering the highest quality of customer service and work product. You are passionate about the work and are enthusiastic about organization, systems, and processes.
Salary: $30,000 per year (based on 20 hours per week)
Benefits: Metrochek participation, generous leave and vacation policies (plus federal holidays and the week between December 25 and January 1), retirement plan with match, and a flexible, family-friendly environment.