Senior Counsel for Racial Justice
2 weeks ago
Job Title: Lead Counsel
A national human rights organization is seeking a Lead Counsel to join their team in a hybrid capacity. The preferred locations are New York City, NY, and Atlanta, GA. The organization will consider remote candidates with a strong preference for these locations. Remote candidates will be required to travel to New York City once per quarter.
The salary range is from $145K to $170K with an excellent benefits package, including generous paid time off, low-cost medical insurance, and a 401k with employer match.
Primary Responsibilities:
The Lead Counsel will help ensure that the organization employs a racial justice lens in all current and new legal work and develops and advances litigation strategies to prevent the unnecessary removal of Black children from their families. Additional responsibilities include:
- Playing a management and supervisory role within the organization's program structure for investigating, litigating, and monitoring civil rights legal campaigns under the leadership of the Chief Program Officer.
- Being a member of the organization's Executive Leadership Team and helping shape the organization's strategic priorities and overall direction.
- Reflecting and promoting the high value the organization places on staff growth and development, mentoring, collaboration, consultation, and transparency.
- Assisting in the identification and development of funding sources and developing and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders in litigation jurisdictions and advocacy spaces.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate will have:
- Ten years of experience in federal civil rights litigation or comparable experience, including knowledge of procedural and substantive law relating to class actions.
- Leadership experience in a civil rights, public interest, or legal services organization.
- Knowledge of children's issues or social services systems.
- Demonstrated commitment to racial justice issues and the ability to bring a racial justice lens to the platform.
- Demonstrated leadership skills, including effectively inspiring and leading teams, ensuring strong internal communication and coordination, and promoting individual and team-wide accountability for the work.
- Significant experience in and comfort with supervising, mentoring, and developing legal staff.
- Ability to develop new legal theories and extend existing precedent in creative ways.
- Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with diverse partners and allies.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Frink-Hamlett Legal Solutions is an equal employment opportunity employer and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or citizenship status.
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