NALP, the Association for Legal Career Professionals, is a Washington, DC based non-profit legal education association dedicated to continuously improving career counseling and planning, recruitment and retention and the professional development of law students and lawyers. Besides housing PSJD, NALP is also the leading provider of public service career information for its members.

NALP is currently seeking applicants for the Director of Public Service Initiatives & Fellowships position. Here’s a snippet from the PSJD job posting:

The Director of Public Service Initiatives and Fellowships provides leadership for, manages, and oversees all of NALP’s public service initiatives, including the PSJD website (www.psjd.org). The Director is the primary staff liaison to NALP’s Public Service Section. The Director also cultivates relationships between NALP and other public service-oriented organizations and will represent NALP at relevant programs and events.

Public Service Initiatives

The Director is responsible for coordinating all aspects of NALP’s public service programming, including the planning and implementation of the annual PSJD Public Service Mini-Conference, as well as public service programming at NALP’s annual education conference. In conjunction with NALP’s Public Service Section, the Director is responsible for designing and implementing new initiatives that will fulfill the public service goals established by NALP’s Long Range Strategic Plan and NALP’s annual business plan.

PSJD (www.psjd.org)

The Director directs all facets of the operation, enhancement, and promotion of NALP’s PSJD project, including, but not limited to:

• evaluating evolving PSJD subscriber needs and leading development and enhancement efforts to meet such needs;
• producing public relations materials and directing outreach efforts to increase participation in and use of PSJD among law schools, public service employers, law students, and attorneys;
• developing and leading career search workshops, and producing related materials for law school career professionals and students;
• editing and producing content for the PSJD Blog, and overseeing PSJD’s other social media platforms;
• leading PSJD subscriber renewal and retention efforts;
• designing and leading outreach to prospective subscribing schools;
• responding to current and prospective PSJD subscriber inquiries;
• directing annual production of the PSJD Comprehensive Fellowship Guide;
• guiding hiring process of administrative staff for PSJD;
• training and supervising administrative staff for PSJD;
• managing PSJD’s annual budget, in coordination with other NALP staff;
• exploring and identifying potential opportunities for additional funding and/or revenue for PSJD.

NALP Educational Programming, Publications, Research, Technology, and Membership Services

Working in close collaboration with other NALP staff directors, the Director of Public Service Initiatives will assist in the enhancement of existing and the development of new NALP educational programming, publications, research, technology services, and membership services as they relate to the public service-related needs of NALP members, law students, attorneys, and the public service community in general.

NALP/Street Law Legal Diversity Pipeline Program

The Director supervises NALP’s Pipeline Program Fellow, and works with the Fellow to plan programming, develop substantive curricula, create promotional materials, track and report Program developments, and build the program by engaging prospective participants.

The application deadline is February 15, 2013. For more information on job responsibilities, qualifications and salary, view the full job listing at PSJD.org (log-in required).