Careers
Current Openings
Just Transition Lawyering Network Manager
Working at Taproot
At Taproot, we try to live our values, which means paying a thriving wage, sharing a transparent salary scale, and providing a robust benefits package. Furthermore, no one on the team makes more than three times anyone else.
Salary Scale
| Band | Range* | Positions |
| Band A | $180,000 | Partners |
| Band B | $130,000 – 165,000 | Senior Advisors, Senior Directors, Chief of Staff |
| Band C | $90,000 – 120,000 | Directors |
| Band D | $75,000 – 85,000 | Managers, Strategists, Senior Organizers, Senior Fellows |
| Band E | $60,000 – 70,000 | Organizers, Researchers, Coordinators, Analysts |
* Merit increases within a range are linked to additional responsibilities, management obligations, experience, and relevant credentials. Salaries are also eligible for an annual cost-of-living increase.
Benefits
In addition to the salary, Taproot offers the following benefits to full-time employees:
- Remote work: We have a virtual office; all employees work from a home office. (Occasional-to-frequent travel is required depending on the role.)
- Unlimited time off and flexible work schedules: Employees are eligible to take unlimited PTO and are encouraged to take at least three weeks off a year. Staff set their own work schedules. As long as employees meet their goals, we don’t monitor how they do their work.
- Holidays: Taproot is closed for several observances each year, for a total of 19 days.
- Health benefits: We pay for 100% of the employee’s medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Basic Life/AD&D insurance: We provide a $50,000 basic life insurance policy.
- Office supplies and equipment: Employees receive a one-time $1,500 stipend for initial home office setup.
- Internet stipend: $50/month
- Cell phone stipend: $50/month
- Professional development: $1000/year
- Personal development: $1000/year
- Retirement: 3% employer contribution to a values-aligned retirement plan.
Closures
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Lundi Gras
- Mardi Gras
- Ash Wednesday
- Good Friday
- Memorial Day
- Juneteenth
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Indigenous People’s Day
- Gumbo Season: Native American Heritage Day, Thanksgiving Wednesday and Thursday
- Winter Holiday: last two weeks of December
Downtime
Downtimes are renewal periods where Taproot holds no external meetings or events and very limited internal meetings. Staff focus on rest, catch-up, planning, personal and professional development, and team building.
- Summer Downtime: Two weeks every June
- Winter Downtime: Two weeks every December
Accessibility & Inclusion
Nondiscrimination & Equal Employment
Taproot’s core mission and values drive us to seek a deep range of perspectives, backgrounds, and personal histories as we gather our Krewe. We also work hard to create a group culture in which individuals are seen, valued, and respected in all of their many identities. We expect every applicant to hold these values alongside us.
In practical terms, we are committed to employment practices that ensure applicants are given equal opportunity without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental ability, neurodivergence, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other factor that is not directly related to the position for which they are applying.
In line with the “Fair Chance” law of our home State of Louisiana, we will not consider as part of our hiring process any criminal histories that have not led to a conviction, even if they are uncovered in a background check. In the case of a recorded conviction, we will make a serious, individualized assessment of the applicant and the conviction in relation to the duties and requirements of the position for which they are applying.
As a remote workplace, we will also abide by any legal or regulatory requirements of the applicant’s state of residence that relate to discrimination or the use of specific information in the application, interview, and hiring process.
Access & Accommodation
If you have a need for specific accommodation in order to apply or interview for a position, contact jobs@taproot.earth. We will endeavor to fulfill any reasonable request.
COVID Vaccination
To protect one another and the frontline communities we work with, all Taproot Krewe members are required to maintain up-to-date COVID vaccination levels (as recommended by the CDC) and to provide regular documentation of their vaccination status. Exemptions to this policy may be requested in cases of medical necessity.