Senior Manager, Communications (Full-Time, Remote)

Core responsibilities:

• Research, write, edit, and proofread content for YLC print and online publications, working closely with attorneys, policy advocates, and program staff to communicate legal strategies, systems reform efforts, and impact for children and youth.
• Partner with system-impacted youth, families, and people with lived experience to support ethical, strengths-based storytelling that centers consent, agency, shared ownership of narratives, and respectful representation.
• Constantly update and monitor content on the YLC website, serving as the main point of contact with the web developer vendor on site design and technical management and maintenance.
• Support public relations and media relations initiatives connected to YLC's legal advocacy and policy reform work, such as writing press releases and media advisories, developing story materials for media, pitching advocacy-driven stories, tracking media outreach, and maintaining media contact information.

This role creates positive change by elevating youth-centered reform, influencing policy, mobilizing partners, and engaging funders, donors, and stakeholders in supporting long-term systemic change to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems across the nation.

Required skills and experience:

• 7+ years' experience in nonprofit, association, and/or legal services communications
• Strong commitment to economic, social, and racial justice, including advancing systems-change for children and youth and the leadership of system-impacted communities
• Experience translating complex legal, policy, or systems-change work into clear, compelling communications for non-legal audiences
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, Google Workspace apps, WordPress, MailChimp, CRM databases, and social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.)

No specific compensation, perks, or culture highlights mentioned in the job description.

The Youth Law Center's mission is to transform foster care and juvenile justice systems across the nation so every child and youth can thrive. Their approach is grounded in the knowledge that those most directly impacted by systems are best positioned to transform them.