Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid and economic justice organization located in Augusta, Maine that represents the interests of people with low income in the state legislature, before the courts and administrative agencies, and through outreach and education in the community.
We work to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity in Maine, ensuring that people can access adequate health care, food, income security, and higher education and training.
The Administrative Assistant ensures our advocates and attorneys can focus on direct services and systemic change by keeping our operations seamless and our donor relationships strong. The Administrative Assistant performs a variety of administrative and clerical tasks, including providing support to our staff. Work is performed under the supervision of the Office Manager and works closely with the Development and Finance Director and Operations Director.
This is a hybrid position based in Augusta, with a minimum of two regularly-scheduled days in-office per week and occasional travel within the state for meetings and events.
Maine Equal Justice is a nonprofit legal aid provider located in Augusta that represents the interests of people with low income in the state legislature, before the courts and administrative agencies, and through outreach and education in the community. Maine Equal Justice strives to increase economic security, opportunity, and equity in Maine, ensuring that people can access health care, food, income security, and higher education and training.
Representative Tasks:
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
A two (2) year combination of education, experience, and training in office administration/clerical work required.
Licensing/Registration/Certification Requirements:
None
Special Requirements:
Requires reliable and flexible transportation for errands and event support (mileage reimbursed at the federal rate).
Job Location:
The Administrative Assistant may perform some of the job functions remotely and is expected to work in the Augusta office at least two (regularly-scheduled) days per week and to be generally available to come into the office during office hours as needed throughout the work week. Schedule may have some flexibility, to be determined between employee and supervisor.
Salary and Benefits:
Salary range of $56,000-$62,000 based on experience. Health and dental insurance are provided, with premiums and deductibles mostly covered by employer, as well as employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability insurance. MEJ offers retirement accounts with an annual employer contribution, generous vacation time (five weeks vacation in first year of employment), generous sick time, and 14 paid holidays per year.
To Apply:
Submit your resume in pdf format, with your first and last name as the file name and responses to the three screening questions (see below) through our application form here.
No cover letter required. Instead, we ask candidates to answer the following three questions. These are designed to help us get to know your leadership approach, values, and alignment with what we see as must-haves for this role. Please keep your responses to no more than 300 words per question.
Please do not use AI to write the answers to the screening questions below; we want to hear directly from your perspective.
Applications will be accepted until May 25, 2026, or until the position is filled. If you have questions before applying, please contact Nellie Nowak at admin@mejp.org.
We strongly encourage people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, people with disabilities, and those with lived experience of poverty to apply. Maine Equal Justice is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Thinking about applying? Research shows that people from historically excluded communities tend to apply to jobs only when they check every box in the posting. If you’re currently reading this and hesitating to apply for that reason, we encourage you to go for it! Let us know how your lived experience and passion set you apart.
Maine Equal Justice welcomes and values interns and volunteers! Whether you are looking for a role to meet work requirements, an internship or externship for an educational program, or another service-learning experience, we want to hear from you. Unfortunately, we cannot offer intern placements in the summer for public policy.
Please complete this form so we can learn more about your interests and timeframe.
You will hear from us within a few days to seek more information if we have an upcoming internship opportunity. Our internships team meets quarterly (generally in early January, April, July and October) to review our need and capacity for internships.
Internships are based on our current capacity and how well the needs of both the organization and the learner fit together. We want to provide a supportive, meaningful experience for people who can also contribute to our work. Unfortunately, we are not able to say yes to every request.
We offer internships in the following areas:
Our organizing team works to build the power of people, especially those living in poverty, to create positive change for Maine. They connect with people around the state through online community meetings, story collection, and strong relationships to build a movement for greater economic and racial justice in Maine.
We work on impact litigation in the courts and with administrative agencies to create lasting positive change on systemic issues that affect groups of people with low incomes. MEJ typically has an internship available for a law student each semester. We receive referrals for legal internships from the University of Maine School of Law and Northeastern Law School. We will consider candidates from other schools.
We provide legal aid to Mainers with low incomes on state-level public benefits issues. We work to ensure Mainers are being treated fairly in accordance with the laws within these programs. Some of the programs h we provide help with are MaineCare, SNAP, and TANF. We typically have an internship available for a Master's level Social Worker to work with our legal services team from September to May. We get referrals from the University of Maine. We will consider candidates from other schools.
Our policy team advocates for laws at the state legislature and within governmental agencies that will help people with low income meet their basic needs and improve their financial circumstances.
Maine Equal Justice is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate because of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or family status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other consideration prohibited by law. Persons who are of color, are current or former recipients of public assistance, or have a lived experience of poverty are especially encouraged to apply.
Address: 126 Sewall Street, Augusta, ME 04330
Phone: (866) 626-7059 (toll-free)
EIN: 04-3346273
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