Baháí Service Fellow Communications

The Tahirih Justice Center (Tahirih) is a national nonprofit organization that serves women girls and all immigrant survivors of domestic violence sexual assault trafficking forced marriage and other forms of violence. Tahirihs whole-person approach provides each survivor with free legal support and social services to secure the rights they are entitled to under U.S. law and to build stable lives. Tahirih translates expertise gained from serving our clients for almost thirty years into training education and policy advocacy to ensure that systems laws and policies protect immigrant survivors from violence and exploitation. By amplifying survivors experiences Tahirihs mission is to create a world in which all people share equal rights and live in safety and with dignity.

The Tahirih Justice Center is seeking a full-time Baháí Service Fellow passionate for advocating and supporting survivors of intimate partner violence trafficking and sexual assault to begin in summer 2026 and serve for one year. The fellow must live within commuting distance of our Falls Church VA office or be willing to relocate to the area.

Tahirihs Baháí Service Fellowships were created to enable Fellows to engage in one year of service to humanity and learn from the work of a well-established Baháí-inspired non-profit organization. The fellows who serve in these positions help advance the organizations mission through meaningful professional work to achieve justice while also being of service in cooperation with the local Baháí community through outreach and engagement (up to 8 hours per week).

Primary Responsibilities

This position will be supervised by the Communications Manager and will support our national communications team through the following:

• Support events and webinars with planning promotion and logistics.
• Draft compelling digital content including social media email video and web content that reflects the Tahirih voice and is consistent with the organizations messaging brand and style guidelines.
• Adapt content across platforms and formats to maximize reach relevance and engagement for different audiences.
• Create clear informative graphics videos charts and other visual elements in the proper format and brand style to maximize reach and engagement.
• Own the day-to-day operations of Tahirihs social media channels including Facebook Instagram and LinkedIn.
• Develop and manage content calendars to ensure timely delivery of digital and social content aligned with organizational priorities and campaigns.
• Coordinate closely with the Communications team and staff across the organization to create timely accurate content that supports Tahirihs policy program communications and fundraising objectives.
• Monitor social media channels for engagement and relevant conversations responding or escalating as appropriate in coordination with the Communications team.
• Track and analyze performance of digital and social content using insights to refine approaches and improve engagement and growth over time.
• Contribute to the development and execution of Tahirihs digital strategy offering recommendations to strengthen growth engagement and impact across digital communications channels.

The fellows will also perform service in cooperation with the local Baháí community in which they are living for the duration of the fellowship for up to eight hours per week. The nature of the service will depend on the experience and interests of the Fellow and the activities opportunities and plans in the local Baháí community. The specific service will be selected in consultation with appropriate Baháí institutions but may include engaging in social action projects facilitating or studying within the Institute process and/or attending conferences and gatherings in which Baháí youth social action is explored. The fellows workload at the organization will accommodate time set aside for such community engagement.

Requirements

• High school diploma and at least two years of work experience
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Excellent time management abilities
• Demonstrated commitment to equity social justice and alignment with Tahirihs values (prior employment clubs or activities volunteerism and leadership in these areas)
• Ability to work in a collaborative and consultative team environment.
• Experience with digital communications including creating content for social media email or websites.
• Familiarity and comfort using common digital tools including social media platforms (e.g. Facebook Instagram LinkedIn) basic design or video tools (such as Canva or similar) and collaboration or scheduling tools with a willingness to learn new systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Strong writing and editing skills with the ability to adapt tone style and format for different audiences and platforms while following organizational brand and style guidelines.
• Bachelors Degree or equivalent
• Lived experience or experience working with immigrant communities communities in poverty or in social justice movements generally

Annual salary and benefits: Annual salary is $60000 and generous benefits including fully paid employee health vision and dental insurance; a 401(k) defined contribution retirement plan; flexible work schedules; professional development including in-house training programs staff enrichment retreats and other growth opportunities. Employees have a very generous leave benefit inclusive of vacation sick and holidays including an office closure the week between Christmas and New Years.

Please note: Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States

Tahirih Justice Center is committed to equal opportunity and promotes equity and transparency as core values. Tahirih practices inclusiveness in decision making through the use of consultation with employees throughout the organization. Tahirih does not discriminate against any person on the basis of actual or perceived race color religion national origin ancestry citizenship status age ability gender marital status veteran status sexual orientation genetic information arrest record or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local laws. Applicants committed to equity from all backgrounds experiences abilities and identities are encouraged to apply. Applicants with questions or concerns should reach out to the Director of People & Operations at Information about filing a charge of discrimination at the EEOC is available at .