Senior Associate, Grassroots Justice Network

Applications due by:

September 9, 2026

About the Grassroots Justice Network

The Grassroots Justice Network is a global community of over 21,100 members from 175 countries convened by Namati. We are justice defenders, activists and organizers, educators, public servants, students, and people with a passion for justice. We tackle a wide range of justice issues, from gender equality to land rights, housing discrimination, statelessness, pretrial detention, and much more. We live and work in solidarity with communities facing injustice.

The Grassroots Justice Network brings justice defenders together to connect, learn, and act. We make grassroots justice a reality by putting the power of law in the hands of people. While we come from different places, we are united by a common approach – a process known as legal empowerment. Through this process, we help communities to know, use, and shape the law, so that the people most impacted by injustice can exercise their rights and take part in decisions that affect their lives.

This year, our globally distributed team launched the Grassroots Justice Network Academy to equip grassroots justice defenders with field-tested legal empowerment tools, deepening the impact of 1,000 organizations and 75,000 grassroots justice defenders across 100 countries.

About the Position

The Senior Associate, Grassroots Justice Network will provide administrative, programmatic, and operational support to the global Grassroots Justice Network Academy and the Network's activities across Latin America.

The Senior Associate will be responsible for the following:

Academy Global Learning Support (50%)

Support the design, implementation, promotion, and assessment of Academy offerings. This includes facilitation, community-building, and logistical support for courses, workshops, working groups, labs, incubators, and action grants.

Execute logistics and planning for global learning activities such as webinars, live sessions, workshops, and/or labs (including virtual and in-person components).

Upload content to build out lessons, courses and learning paths in the Academy's learning platform, following instructional design principles and standard operating procedures.

Support the curation and refining of audiovisual pedagogical materials for the Academy, including suggesting adjustments to maximize engagement, reviewing captions, and ensuring changes are made in a timely manner.

Support backend processes in the Academy's learning platform, including user and group management.

Provide support to members on our discussion boards by answering questions, acting as a moderator, and encouraging platform engagement.

Research, test, and advise on new learning tools, features, or platforms.

Develop member profiles, quarterly interviews and impact interviews, and programmatic write ups in coordination with the Strategic Engagement team.

Support Academy-related procurement and agreements with vendors, consultants, faculty, and partners including drafting requests and RFPs, submitting payments, tracking expenses, and maintaining documentation.

Latin America Regional Work Support (30%)

Execute logistics and planning for regional Latin America activities and events, both virtual and in-person.

Coordinate and attend calls with the Strategic Regional Council in Latin America and other regional members, and follow up on activities, commitments, and documentation timely.

Support community-building initiatives to strengthen learning and deepen connections for Latin America based members, including managing the regional email and regional group in the Academy's learning platform, and supporting WhatsApp communications and social media.

Onboard new GJN members, and act as the first point of contact for member inquiries, requests, and referrals through our GJN contact email.

Support relevant procurement and contracts in the region.

General Network Support (20%)

Coordinate the provision of interpretation and translation services for GJN activities, including fielding requests internally, coordinating externally with vendors, and tracking expenses.

Review professionally or automatically-generated English <> Spanish translations (and possibly French or Portuguese), as well as undertake any necessary translations of short texts, emails, learning platform pages, or communications pieces.

Participate in regular coordination meetings and team check-ins across the GJN.

Assist with tracking quarterly and annual engagement data on GJN activities.

Here's what you might have tackled this month –
Managed breakout sessions during a 250-person Zoom meeting, ensuring the right participants entered and exited the appropriate rooms at the right time;

Reviewed the Spanish translation of a quarterly newsletter, a checklist, and a 3-page explainer, ensu