The Human Rights Campaign is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve LGBTQ equality. By inspiring and engaging individuals and communities, HRC strives to end discrimination against LGBTQ people and realize a world that achieves fundamental fairness and equality for all.

The Human Rights Campaign envisions a world where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people are ensured equality and embraced as full members of society at home, at work and in every community.

The Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, & Belonging (DEIB) department leads the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging strategy across the organization to facilitate building a diverse and inclusive organization, and works to build competencies in diversity, equity, inclusion, and intersectionality – both internally, and within the broader LGBTQ+ community – that advance the organization’s mission to achieve LGBTQ+ liberation for all. More specifically, the DEIB team: ​

• Is a thought leader for cross-departmental efforts to integrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging into everything that HRC does;
• Helps recruit, retain, and engage staff and volunteers that reflect the diversity of our community, ensuring that processes are equitable;
  
• Manages the organization’s Employee Resources Groups, DEI Liaison program, and National Steering Committees, helping to craft an organizational culture of inclusion and belonging
  
• Fosters a deeper understanding of the intersectional challenges facing our constituencies in rapidly evolving landscapes through facilitating interactive trainings for both staff and external partners
• Acts as a key voice within senior organizational leadership and advocates from a DEIB lens

Responsibilities:

• Provide general support to the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team in the execution of the work of the department.

• Convene and support collaboration and design efforts around campaigns, programs, and efforts that advance racial equity, allyship, gender equity and anti-oppression, and/or organizational practices that advance these issues.

• Manage systems and maintain data to monitor goals and benchmarks. Maintain a dashboard to ensure accountability, tracking, and monitoring of internal staff equity and engagement efforts.

• Help implement a curriculum for developing staff and volunteer competencies on a range of diversity and equity issues, providing input on relevant performance indicators and evaluations to reflect progress

• Help prepare and deliver highly engaging/effective in-person and online training, presentations, and discussions on a wide variety of DEI topics for HRC staff, interns, and volunteers.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Strong research skills.

• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.

• Interest in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Intersectionality.

• Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

Outcomes:

• Receive education on LGBTQ and civil rights issues

• Obtain a better understanding of politics, specifically through an intersectional lens.

• Learn the ins and outs of a non-profit, have spent time attempting to create a microcosm of the world HRC would like to bring about within the organization.

• Work with the DEI team on the various trainings and modules they deliver to their audiences.
  

Other Information:

• Please visit our intern FAQs.

• We strongly encourage people of color, transgender, and non-binary people to apply. HRC is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone, including non-LGBTQ people, to join our team.