Temporary Legislative Associate

Mother’s Outreach Network (MON), a nonprofit organization located in Washington, DC, seeks to fill a temporary full time position for a Temporary Legislative Associate.

Job type:
Temporary, full time employee

Duration:
Four to five months, with possibility of renewal based on organizational need and funding

Work location:

Washington, DC, onsite. This is not a hybrid position.

Reports to:

Executive Director

Schedule expectation:
This is a mission driven, deadline driven role. Legislative work moves on the Council calendar, often with short notice. The workday is not structured as a fixed daily schedule. The Temporary Legislative Associate must be willing to work early mornings, evenings, and extended hours when Council activity, hearings, or submission deadlines require it.

Compensation: $85,000 annualized salary, prorated for the term

Prorated total for four months: $28,333

Prorated total for five months: $35,417

Distribution of time by duty area, estimated monthly average

• Legislative tracking, research, and executive briefings: 25 percent
• Writing and materials development: 20 percent
• Legislative drafting and technical edits: 15 percent
• Council coordination, including legislative meetings: 15 percent
• Training coordination and testimony readiness support with moms and other messengers: 20 percent
• Relationship navigation, commitments tracking, and follow up: 5 percent

Operational note:
On hearing intensive weeks, Council coordination and testimony readiness will temporarily increase, and research and drafting will compress into shorter turnaround windows. The monthly average should remain close to this distribution.

Mother’s Outreach Network (MON) is a nonprofit organization that advances and centers the inclusion and empowerment of Black mothers in Washington, DC in the struggle for family preservation and economic security. MON is a constituency driven organization dedicated to family preservation. Through organizing, community lawyering, and policy advocacy, MON transforms, from punitive to supportive, government income and child welfare systems, laws, policies, practices, and culture.

MON’s pillars of work are organizing, community lawyering, and policy advocacy.

The Temporary Legislative Associate reports directly to the Executive Director and runs the day to day operational backbone of MON’s legislative and budget advocacy during legislative season. This person tracks and interprets Council activity, maintains the campaign calendar, coordinates Council facing activity including legislative meetings, and produces the research and written materials that power the work. A central part of the role is working closely with moms in the membership, supporting training and testimony readiness so moms and other messengers are prepared, confident, and supported with dignity, clarity, and care.

This role requires strong critical thinking, sound judgment, and high reliability. The right person enjoys working under time pressure, thrives with competing deadlines, and takes pride in getting the work to completion.

Maintain a legislative and budget tracker using Council schedules and published materials and keep the team ahead of deadlines and decision points

Review bill language, committee documents, and related materials and translate them into clear internal summaries and member ready explanations

Conduct targeted policy and budget research and produce decision oriented briefing memos for the Executive Director that clarify what changed, what it means, risks, options, and recommended next steps

Draft and polish briefing memos, fact sheets, talking points, testimony drafts, and meeting preparation materials that others can deliver as messengers

Support legislative drafting and technical edits, including drafting proposed bill language or amendments, preparing comparison drafts, and tracking versions in coordination with the Executive Director and legal or coalition partners

Maintain a sources and citations file so materials are defensible, easy to update, and ready for reuse

Coordinate Council related activities, including hearings, round tables, oversight…