Family and Victim Support Counsel
$140,000–$150,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Provide legal technical assistance to survivors, parents, and professionals regarding restitution and remedies for child sexual exploitation and CSAM distribution. Formalize and expand a network of attorneys to represent victims in legal matters, while managing the drafting and distribution of organizational affidavits and related documents. Maintain internal systems to track inquiries and create databases of key statutes and legal resources. Strategize with staff and partners to improve existing legal programs and create new frameworks for domestic and international family abductions. Partner with the Chief Legal Officer and cross-divisionally to align goals with NCMEC's broader legal priorities and legislative initiatives. Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 5:30pm (ET), with flexible hours for time zone communications and quarterly travel to HQ if remote.
Required Qualifications
- JD and Admission in good standing
- Minimum of 4-6 years substantive experience handling legal matters relating to child sexual exploitation issues and/or child victim-related matters in a non-profit organization, government agency, legislative office, or similar environment
- Experience with juvenile legal issues and/or victim advocacy work, including restitution issues and victim remedies, from civil and criminal perspectives
- Experience creating, developing, and maintaining networks of partners and managing development and delivery of training, written resources, and materials for multiple diverse audiences
- Experience communicating with adult survivors of sexual exploitation crimes and with prosecutors, law enforcement, victim advocates, and/or private attorneys on sensitive legal issues concerning crimes against children
- Commitment to developing substantive understanding of NCMEC's mission and history and relating to programs to help find missing children, reduce child sexual exploitation, and prevent child victimization
- Demonstrated experience balancing a wide range of short and long-term projects and meeting substantive and complex productivity goals under shifting deadlines
- Ability to inspire trust and confidence when discussing sensitive matters and to embrace a team approach, including working cross-divisionally, in organizational and strategy discussions
- Ability to perform as a strategic thinker and communicate succinctly and decisively verbally and in writing to a range of legal and non-legal audiences
- Ability to consistently and successfully maintain workflows, manage multiple projects, and regularly communicate status and progress of work divisionally and cross-divisionally
- Excellent judgment in setting priorities and interacting with internal and external contacts
- Demonstrated ability to effectively perform legal, statutory, and Internet research
- Proficiency with basic word processing, project management, and database software tools
- Diligence and past success in pursuing positive outcomes in difficult situations
- Adaptability, flexibility and ability to work as part of a team or in an individual capacity
- Ability to work flexible hours to facilitate communications with individuals in different time zones
- If remote, ability to travel to NCMEC HQ in Alexandria, VA at least quarterly for meetings
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