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SalarySubject to continued funding and staffing priorities, the Civil Practice of the Legal Aid Society is seeking a highly motivated individual with a deep commitment to public interest practice and policy to join the dedicated and growing Community Outreach team who work with the managers, attorneys, paralegals, and support personnel of the Civil Practice to provide trainings, workshops, and educational materials to our community partners and the client communities we serve.
The Community Outreach team develops and distributes digital content and written materials as well as provides trainings and workshops to the greater NYC community with the goal of empowering New Yorkers to confidently interact with the complicated systems they depend on to serve their basic needs. The team works closely with our community partners to stay knowledgeable of emerging trends affecting our clients and provide our partners with the knowledge to support our most vulnerable community members. The Community Outreach Coordinator’s responsibilities include assisting in developing Know Your Right Materials, creating and maintaining a SharePoint page to be accessible Society wide, assist in coordinating trainings and workshops with community partners, as well as oversee and manage clinics around various Civil Practice areas including immigration, housing, government benefits etc. The coordinator will sit at Thomas Street but work out of different offices and locations throughout the five boroughs of NYC and be able, as needed, to staff off site programs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop community education and Know Your Rights materials
- Create and maintain a Community Outreach SharePoint page
- Coordinate requests for trainings from community partners
- Oversee and manage Civil Practice clinics
- Work closely with Pro Bono practice and internal staff to recruit and organize clinic volunteers
- Maintain and develop community partnerships
- Develop skills and comprehensive knowledge of the practice areas of the Society
- Represent the Civil Practice and Legal Aid in the community
- Other duties as assigned
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Excellent written, oral advocacy, and computer skills
- Ability to work in a team setting including strong communication and follow-up skills
- Highly self-motivated and able to work independently
- Experience in and/or commitment to advocacy on behalf of low-income people is strongly desired
- Ability to manage relationships and effectively community with program staff, elected officials, and community groups
- Demonstrated ability to accurately and quickly gather data, compile information, and keep accurate records
- Experience working in a high paced environment
- Excellent organizational skills
- Excellent computer skills including Office 365 and all Microsoft Office programs, especially Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, etc.), and demonstrated ability to work with databases
- Excellent judgement, including ability to handle sensitive or confidential information
SALARY TRANSPARENCY
The posting reflects the range of potential salaries for the role. The specific salary offers will be dependent on candidate qualifications, including collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.
Salary Range/ Salary:$73,829
SALARY AND BENEFITS
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society believes in attracting and retaining exceptional talent committed to serving our clients. We offer a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Salaries for our unionized jobs are governed by our Collective Bargaining Agreement. Please visit our Careers page for additional information. Salary and benefits information will be available to applicants, when and if an offer is made.
OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION
The leadership of The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation. We are dedicated to building a strong professional relationship with each of our clients, to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us.
HOW TO APPLY
All applications must be completed online. We do not accept paper submissions. Please visit our Careers Page to review all current job postings, and instructions on the application process. For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression (the representation of gender as expressed through, for example, one’s name, choice of pronouns, clothing, haircut, behavior, voice, or body characteristics; gender expression may not conform to traditional gender-based stereotypes assigned to specific gender identities), disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.
