NASTAD (National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors) is a leading non-partisan non-profit association that represents public health officials who administer HIV and hepatitis programs in the U.S. and around the world. Our singular mission is to end the intersecting epidemics of HIV, viral hepatitis, and related conditions. We do this work by strengthening domestic and global governmental public health through advocacy, capacity building, and social justice.

Each of NASTAD’s seven programmatic teams—Health Care Access, Health Systems Integration, Policy & Legislative Affairs, Hepatitis, Health Equity, Prevention, and Global—interpret and influence policies, conduct trainings, offer technical assistance, and provide advocacy mobilization for U.S. health departments and ministries of health around the world to improve health outcomes for people living with HIV and hepatitis.

This is a 12-month fellowship. The Legal Fellow, Health Systems Integration provides legal and policy research and analysis as part of NASTAD’s Health Systems Integration technical assistance and capacity building assistance. This position works closely with entire Health Systems Integration team to support programmatic activities.

Essential Duties

• Support, with direction from the Senior Director of Health Systems & Policy and Manager of Health Systems Integration, key activities under NASTAD’s health systems legal and policy portfolio, including conducting public health legal research, synthesizing complex policy material, and supporting development of webinars, peer learning opportunities, and deliverables to support health department efforts to navigate federal, state, and local laws and policies
• Work across NASTAD programs to provide legal and regulatory research and analysis expertise
• Represent NASTAD in various meetings with federal and national partners and other stakeholders
• Attend and represent NASTAD at conferences and participate in relevant external meetings
• Interact with, and respond in a timely manner to, the needs of health department staff members
• Perform other duties as assigned

Experience/Education

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent (4 years of work experience is equivalent to a Bachelors Degree); JD preferred
• Demonstrated legal research and analysis experience
• Prior experience working in the area of HIV and or hepatitis a plus

Minimum Competencies

Skills, knowledge, and abilities

• Experience with governmental public health programs (preferably hepatitis prevention or surveillance programs)
• Attention to Communication: The ability to ensure that information is passed on to others who should be kept informed.
• Building Collaborative Relationships: The ability to develop, maintain, and strengthen partnerships with others inside or outside the organization who can provide information, assistance, and support.
• Advanced Written Communication: The ability to use formal writing styles or advanced literary techniques and formats suited to the audience.

Environment and Scheduling

• Interest in working with an HIV/AIDS and viral hepatitis public health organization.
• Interest in working within a diverse work environment.

We encourage people of diverse ages, sexual orientations, gender identities and expressions, disabilities, religions, races, ethnicities, socioeconomic statuses, work, and life experiences to apply. We recognize that to accelerate the end of the HIV and hepatitis epidemics; our workforce must be representative of groups that have been disproportionately impacted.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.