Advocacy Coordinator

Responsibilities 1. Working with Deputy Directors, lead and co-counsel systemic advocacy efforts throughout the 16-county service areas, including affirmative litigation. 2. Provide and respond to requests for technical assistance, coaching or consultation on strategic, procedural and substantive law issues throughout the program. Provide necessary support for impact advocacy work by working collaboratively with the staff and managers. 3. Provide leadership and encourage and empower staff to engage in systemic advocacy, including participation in identification of trends and issues, systems analysis, strategy development and follow through, resource and support development, participation in select advocacy/case planning meetings, and measuring, documenting and celebrating successes. 4. Coordinate, maintain, develop and implement, review and discuss a systemic advocacy plan created and updated collaboratively with substantive law work groups, offices, individual or teams of attorneys. 5. Review all major advocacy in the program on an ongoing basis, including impact litigation and major written documents (complaints, discovery, briefs and motions, etc). 6. Identify new advocate training needs and develop strategies to address those needs. 7. As appropriate, participate in LASNNY evaluation system and individual advocate work plan development to identify strengths and weaknesses of individual advocates and to assist in developing skills which will strengthen each advocate’s ability to deliver impactful, high quality legal services. 8. Work with each local office to identify its strengths and weaknesses with respect to impact and to develop strategies to strengthen the office’s ability to deliver impactful, high quality legal services. 9. Work with the Executive Director, Deputy Directors, managers and other advocates in each office to ensure ongoing leadership and professional development, resource development, priority setting and review, and program and office planning to enable advocates to undertake activities which achieve lasting results for low income individuals and communities. 10. Work with the Executive Director, Deputy Directors and other managers to address and reduce internal and external barriers to systemic advocacy, such as resources, staffing, supports, policies, grant requirements and compliance issues. 11. Work collaboratively with Deputy Directors and other managers, Community Engagement Unit, Intake Specialists, Managing Attorneys and advocacy staff to identify and to address short and long term community needs, support and strengthen community initiatives and focus LASNNY resources and strategies to achieve long lasting systemic results for the low income community. 12. Participate in PAI projects and resource development in order to augment LASNNY’s capacity to provide high quality legal services and systemic advocacy. 13. Maintain communication with other directors of advocacy, co-counsel or participate in activities outside of the program (state and nation wide) which contribute to lasting results for the client community and communicate and connect LASNNY advocates to legal developments, information, trends, issues, strategies, alternate sources of legal assistance, experts and external leaders. Qualifications 1. Admitted to the NYS Bar or ability to be admitted upon motion. 2. At least 8 years of litigation and trial experience, including successful impact litigation. 3. Excellent legal advocacy, communication and administrative skills. 4. Demonstrated commitment to legal services advocacy. 5. Experience in federal and/or appellate litigation, work with community groups and ability to speak Spanish is preferred. 6. Excellent oral presentation, writing, analytical, interpersonal skills and knowledge of law in legal services practice areas are required. 7. Must have at least 8 years of legal experience, including at least five years in legal services as an attorney. 8. Additional experience in working with non-profit organizations and low income communities is preferred.