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Blackstone Recruitment & Internship Operations Manager

Lansdowne, VA; Dallas, TX; Scottsdale, AZ

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Lansdowne, VA / Dallas, TX / Scottsdale, AZ

Team Overview

As the Recruitment Operations Manager, you are a vital part of the Strategic Relations & Training Team. In this role, you will report to the Vice President of Legal Professional Affairs and manage logistical details related to recruitment and internships for the Blackstone Legal Fellowship.

Key Responsibilities

  • Oversee end-to-end execution of Blackstone recruitment events, coordinating approximately 194 in-person, virtual, and hybrid events within a concentrated two-month recruitment cycle across law schools and undergraduate campuses nationwide.
  • Direct all recruitment event logistics, including venue selection, contract negotiation, catering, vendor management, institutional compliance, and real-time issue resolution to ensure consistent quality and brand representation.
  • Manage and approve all recruitment-related contracts and expenditures, ensuring fiscal discipline within the approved budget, accurate financial tracking, and timely payments and reconciliations.
  • Serve as the operational lead for the Blackstone Legal Fellowship Phase II Internship Housing Program, overseeing housing logistics for ADF-funded interns from budget development through program close-out.
  • Review, negotiate, and approve housing contracts, including leases and short-term rentals, ensuring legal compliance, cost-effectiveness, and alignment with organizational policies and intern needs.
  • Supervise and develop the Recruitment Operations Specialist, providing clear direction, prioritization, and quality control during high-volume recruitment and placement periods.
  • Maintain operational excellence under compressed timelines by balancing simultaneous event execution, housing logistics, and staff management while upholding Blackstone’s standards of professionalism, stewardship, and hospitality.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree.
  • 3+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to interface with all levels internally and externally in the broader legal community.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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