Legal/Finance Internship (Remote)
SUMMARY
NextGen America is currently seeking a Legal and Finance Intern to support these administrative functions of the organization. The finance and legal departments keep the organization compliant with a variety of nonprofit tax regulations, campaign finance laws, and reporting requirements. This internship will provide hands-on experience with administrative functions such as legal research, contract review and administration, accounting, financial reporting and research.
This internship is not limited to current students or recent graduates. We also invite and encourage experienced professionals who may be looking for a career change to apply.
This position will be part-time with an expected commitment of 25 hours per week and last for roughly 12 weeks.
HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT
- Paid: an intern will be considered an hourly employee with a pay rate of $20/hour
- Location: internships are fully remote and can work from anywhere within the United States
- Training and Development: opportunities to learn from and train with senior employees and leaders within the nation’s largest youth voter registration and mobilization organization
- Education: opportunities for hands-on learning and training in an organization with a track record of championing progressive causes and candidates
- This position will also offer first-hand experience in multiple fields of law including contracts, intellectual property, nonprofit and tax law, and campaign finance and political law.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Legal:
- Assist with core day-to-day activities of the legal team.
- Provide research to the legal team and NextGen staff on issues related to federal and state campaign finance law, voting rights, lobbying law, IRS regulations, corporate compliance, and other issues related to corporate and non-profit law.
- Review and revise NextGen’s public communications (including broadcast, digital, and print advertisements) to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
- Assist with the filing of campaign finance and other compliance reports.
- Assist in the drafting, review, organization and maintenance of contracts with consultants, contractors, and vendors, and related documents.
- Other duties as assigned.
Finance:
- Assist with core day-to-day activities of the Finance team
- Assist in analyzing the organization's financial data to produce reports
- Assist with operational processes including check requests, processing invoices, tracking headcount, updating etc.
- Data entry and maintenance of databases
- Perform administrative support and duties as needed
WHAT WE REQUIRE
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Google Drive applications
- Passion for taking political action through the engaging with young people to stand up for progressive values and causes
- Strong desire to obtain new skills and exposure to working in a professional environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Detail-oriented with the ability to produce high-quality work under tight deadlines
- Creative and flexible
- Excellent team player
BONUS POINTS FOR
- Any legal education or experience such as at least 1 semester of law school or working on or having received a paralegal certificate
COMPENSATION:
NextGen America Interns are part-time, temporary employees with a set pay rate of $20/hour. This position is not eligible for benefits.
ABOUT NEXTGEN AMERICA:
NextGen America is the leading national organization for engaging young people through voter education, registration and mobilization. We invite 18-to-35 year olds — the largest and most diverse generation in American history — into our democracy to ensure our government works for them and to find new solutions to the dire challenges facing our society and the world. Since 2013, NextGen America has registered more than 1.4 million young voters and educated many millions more, delivering more than the margin of victory for progressives in key races and building an electorate that will lead American politics for decades to come.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage people of diverse backgrounds and experiences to apply. We value and are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an organization--in theory and in practice, and our culture reflects that value and commitment. We are committed to furthering issues like climate change, health care, and immigration from a progressive perspective, and we seek to engage the public in these areas as well as others. We also recognize the urgency of confronting institutional racism and inequity within our political system and strive to make positive changes within our system as a result.