Position Available
PROJECT DIRECTOR (Dayton)
Housing and Community Economic Development Practice Group
Join our team! Increase access to justice in the Greater Dayton community by providing high-quality legal services to individuals and families, enhancing collaborative partnerships to address critical issues of poverty, ensuring that children and families have increased access to legal representation that safeguards their homes, safety, education, health care, and public benefits, and addressing veterans’ legal needs related to housing, public benefits, employment benefits, and health care.
Advocates for Basic Legal Equality, Inc. (ABLE), a non-profit regional law firm that provides high-quality legal assistance to low-income persons and groups in western Ohio, seeks a dynamic, creative, hardworking attorney for its Dayton office in launching an exciting project made possible by exceptional fundraising efforts in celebration of legal aid’s 50-year anniversary in Dayton.
The attorney will
• lead, supervise, and coordinate advocacy projects
• develop and implement metrics to measure project success and impact
• provide legal representation to low-income individuals and families in targeted neighborhoods
• engage and collaborate with community residents and community partners to identify individual and neighborhood needs and legal or policy solutions
• develop and facilitate community-based training and education for residents
ABLE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and places a high value on diversity in our workplace, including diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, and physical ability. We strive to create an environment welcoming to all individuals and we encourage applications from individuals traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession. Equal access to ABLE’s office is available. Applicants requiring accommodation to the interview/ application process should contact the recruitment coordinator at the address listed above.
The attorney will
• lead, supervise, and coordinate advocacy projects
• develop and implement metrics to measure project success and impact
• provide legal representation to low-income individuals and families in targeted neighborhoods
• engage and collaborate with community residents and community partners to identify individual and neighborhood needs and legal or policy solutions
• develop and facilitate community-based training and education for residents
The ideal applicant has practical knowledge and experience in two or more areas of poverty law, and an understanding of the socio-cultural issues experienced by people living in poverty. The attorney must have excellent interpersonal skills and be experienced in working in collaborative and group environments.
The applicant must also have leadership, supervisory, and mentoring experience, the ability to handle and supervise major advocacy projects, and the ability to communicate community lawyering values to team members and incorporate them into advocacy work. Some travel required. Membership in Ohio Bar or ability to be admitted by motion or temporary certification is required. Excellent legal and communication skills; experience with case management software and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); familiarity with database and GIS mapping software preferred. Ability to relate well with clients living in poverty and a demonstrated commitment to public interest law required. Minimum of three years legal experience required. Federal litigation experience preferred. Ability to communicate fluently in Spanish is valued at ABLE.
To Apply: Applications will only be accepted by email. Send resume and cover letter electronically as soon as possible, in Microsoft Word format, to:
Email: [email protected]
Subject: Project Director – Dayton