Training and Advocacy Center Coordinator

The Legal Aid Society, the nation's oldest and largest social justice legal services organization, has immediate openings for dedicated, Training and Advocacy Center Coordinator in the Criminal Defense Practice. The Criminal Practice is the primary public defender in New York City, providing holistic, client-centered representation to over 200,000 people facing misdemeanor, felony, and homicide charges.

The Legal Aid Society Training and Advocacy Center ("the TAC"), aims to become the epicenter for innovation in legal defense training in the United States. Situated in 44,000 feet of space designed and equipped to host large scale trainings, the TAC has multiple breakout rooms, a moot court room, and classroom space. The Legal Aid Society will incorporate its renowned training structure, and diverse interdisciplinary resources developed over the course of the 150-year history of the Society to provide and support defense training. Relying on our experience, knowledge, and relationships, the TAC will support training nationwide.

The TAC Team will oversee the development of the TAC into a facility that is widely used for trainings and conferences by the Legal Aid Society, NYC defense offices, the Assigned Counsel Plan, and external trainers such as the National Association for Public Defense, the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, and State affiliates.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide day-to-day support for all TAC operations and trainings, including being on-site during any trainings to provide in person support as needed
• Communicating requirements to attendees and responding to questions, including managing bookings, and ensuring that all inquiries for use of the TAC are responded to expeditiously
• Coordinating with LAS staff to ensure that all volunteers and other attendees have building clearance and necessary information
• Maintaining and updating the building entry log, tracking building passes, and ensuring that all participants for TAC events are able to enter the building
• On site coordination of catering and set-up
• Coordination of printing, IT, and other training needs
• Assist with the development of systems for event bookings at the TAC
• Support for NICE trainings - which will include but is not limited to scheduling NICE trainings, coordinating Litigation Assistant support, being onsite during trainings, ensuring that all trainees have access to the NICE portal and appropriate case information, other related support
• Continuously learn about forms of bias in the workplace and demonstrate affirmative behaviors that support an inclusive work environment

Professional Development and Other Duties as Assigned

• Participate in continuous professional development
• Continuously learn about forms of bias in the workplace and demonstrate affirmative behaviors that support an inclusive work environment
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred or an equivalent combination of post-secondary education and work experience
• Excellent writing, verbal, and organizational skills
• Advanced user of Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, PowerPoint, and SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and workflow automation
• Proficiency in computer, electronic data management and file sharing platforms, Microsoft Suite, and an ability and willingness to learn new software and technological platforms
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting
• Ability to multi-task

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Position Based Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Excellent writing, verbal, and organizational skills
• Advanced user of Outlook, OneDrive, Teams, PowerPoint, and SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and workflow automation
• Proficiency in computer, electronic data management and file sharing platforms, Microsoft Suite, and an ability and willingness to learn new software and technological platforms
• Ability to work independently and in a team setting
• Ability to multi-task

Organizational Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Commitment to Legal Aid Society's mission to secure equal justice before the law for all New Yorkers
• Interpersonal and communication skills that enable healthy and productive working relationships
• Ability to perform duties with the highest regard for confidentiality, integrity, and respect
• Commitment to Legal Aid Society's mission and values

Physical, environment, travel, and other duties required:

• Mostly sedentary, significant time using a computer and monitor; communicating and meeting using video
• Requires occasional or frequent physical movement to perform essential job functions which may include, bending, reaching, pulling, pushing, standing or walking for long periods of time, accessing small spaces
• May or will require travel within NYC, across the five-borough region
• Ability to lift 20 pounds on an occasional/routine basis

SALARY AND BENEFITS

The salary range represents a good faith estimate of the range we expect to pay for this role. The actual salary offered may vary depending on many factors, including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, as well as collectively bargained salary steps for unionized roles.

Salary Range: $65,000 - $70,000

The Legal Aid Society offers a generous benefits package including health insurance, paid vacation, disability, and life insurance, and more. Click here to read more about benefits.

Higher Education and Loan Forgiveness

The Legal Aid Society is a qualified employer for the purposes of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness. This position allows an employee to take advantage of PSLF and other State and Federal loan forgiveness programs. Additionally, employees who are New York residents may be eligible for assistance from New York state to assist with loan repayments, depending on years of practice.To learn more, click the links below.

studentaid.gov

hesc.ny.gov/loan-forgiveness-programs

WORK AUTHORIZATION

All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship for a work visa or permit. We are currently unable to sponsor employment visas or permits. (However, for citizens of Canada and Mexico, LAS will provide a letter documenting employment status that is needed to obtain a TN visa.)

HOW TO APPLY

All applications must be completed online via the career portal. We do not accept emailed applications. Submit the following documents as a combined PDF:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

For technical difficulties or questions regarding this posting, please email jobpostquestions@legal-aid.org.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

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.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

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 (people), to understanding their diverse circumstances, and to meeting their needs. Our ability to achieve these goals depends on the efforts of all of us and our ability to build strong relationships with our colleagues.Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about the dynamic, evolving, and emerging field of knowledge of identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in productive efforts to dismantling bias in all forms.