Job Opportunities

We’re a small but mighty organization looking for the newest members of our ambitious, highly effective, and growing team.

Chief of Staff

Gender Justice is seeking a strategic, grounded, and collaborative Chief of Staff to serve as a key partner to the Executive Director and a driver of internal execution, alignment, and organizational health. As a senior leader, the Chief of Staff leads internal operations and cross-functional coordination, directly supervises program and operational leads, and ensures that the organization’s strategies, resources, and culture work in concert to achieve mission impact.

This is a role for a confident and values-aligned leader who thrives in translating vision into implementation. The Chief of Staff will oversee the execution of the strategic plan, support financial and operational sustainability, and build the systems, team cohesion, and internal practices necessary to keep the organization effective and resilient. They will ensure the Executive Director remains informed and connected to core programmatic and operational work, while protecting her capacity to focus on strategic external relationships, thought leadership, and fundraising.

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Advocacy Director

Gender Justice is seeking a courageous, strategic, and collaborative Advocacy Director to lead the development and execution of our legislative and policy agenda across Minnesota and North Dakota. This is a senior leadership role at the center of our strategy to advance gender equity through systems change, movement-building, and public policy advocacy.

The Advocacy Director leads our “inside game,” driving proactive and defensive legislative strategies, shaping our policy goals, and cultivating deep relationships with lawmakers, coalition partners, and civic leaders. Working closely with the Executive Director, Political Director, Legal, and Communications teams, the Advocacy Director identifies key opportunities to advance gender equity through policy and advocacy while connecting the dots with litigation and narrative change.

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Senior Operations Manager

The Senior Operations Manager ensures the organization functions efficiently, sustainably, and in alignment with its mission. This position oversees and improves internal operations across teams by managing organizational systems and leading the implementation of Gender Justice’s internal operational policies and processes. The Operations Manager works with all staff and external contractors to ensure smooth day-to-day operations.

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Senior Staff Attorney

The Senior Staff Attorney is an experienced, creative, and brave litigator committed to working on high-impact cases in the areas of LGBTQ+ rights, reproductive rights, and anti-discrimination law. The Senior Staff Attorney reports to the Legal Director. While there are likely to be opportunities for policy and education work, this is primarily a litigation position.

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Internships & Fellowships

Gender Justice is committed to mentoring the next generation of advocates for gender equity. We welcome inquiries from college students studying law, public policy, gender theory, nonprofit administration, and related fields. We offer compelling learning experiences for undergraduate, graduate, and law students, new lawyers, and paralegals.

Interns at Gender Justice are on a seasonal cohort schedule: Spring, Summer, and Fall/Winter interns. These seasons have been set to largely align with school schedules and provide a cohort-type learning experience, though exceptions can be made upon request.

The schedule is as follows:

• Spring internships run roughly from January through April;
• Summer internships run roughly from May through August;
• Fall internships run roughly from September through December.

Legal Internships

With growing attacks on gender equity, reproductive freedom, and LGBTQ+ rights, now is a crucial time to join the fight. During your internship, you’ll assist with ongoing Gender Justice cases. You will also assist with and learn about the legislative and policy advocacy, administrative advocacy, public education, organizing, outreach, and coalition work that accompanies our litigation.

We provide legal internships to current law students.

We are no longer accepting applications for Summer internships. Check back for Fall 2026 opportunities this Summer.

Development Internships

With growing attacks on reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ equity, we’re looking to increase our development capacity so we can expand our work. During your internship, you’ll learn about fundraising, non-profit administration, communications, database management, and planning events.

We welcome applications from anyone based in the Twin Cities area in Minnesota interested in learning about non-profits and gender equity. Internships last one semester (or one summer) and include a stipend.

We are not currently accepting development internship applications.

Advocacy and Engagement Internships

Our advocacy work focuses on advancing political and organizing goals for our organization and base of supporters. During an advocacy internship, you’ll learn about legislative and policy advocacy, administrative advocacy, public education, organizing, outreach, and coalition work.

We are not currently accepting advocacy internship applications.

Fellowships

We sponsor fellows who receive funding through a variety of programs, including but not limited to the Robina Foundation, Skadden Foundation, University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, Minnesota Asian Pacific American Bar Association, Stanford Public Interest Center, Equal Justice Works, New Sector Alliance, and fellowships sponsored by law schools around the country.

If you are interested in a Gender Justice sponsorship for a one or two-year legal fellowship, send an inquiry to [email protected].

Gender Justice seeks to provide student development and leadership opportunities that reflect our values of equity and inclusion with regard to race, culture, ethnicity, class, religion, physical ability, age, gender, and sexual orientation. We are committed to fostering the leadership of women, people of color, Native and indigenous people, LGBQ and trans people, immigrants, and others living in marginalized communities.