Deputy Executive Director

The Children’s Law Center (CLC) represents children in custody/visitation, guardianship cases, family offense/intimate partner violence and connected child protective cases.   Under the leadership and supervision of the Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director will work to effectuate the mission of CLC to provide children with a strong and effective voice in legal proceedings that have a critical impact on children’s lives.

Major Purpose of the Position:

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director provides leadership, direction, advice, influence and ownership for all legal related functions, strategies, and processes, including supervision of Legal Directors/Managers, development of staff and maintaining a properly staffed, well-functioning, diverse legal organization. 

Results Expected of the Position: 

To build, and continuously enhance, a client-centered legal program that ensures the day-to-day development of the legal staff teams and to ensure, through working with all CLC leaders, that CLC maintains quality standards of representation and client services.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

• Collaborates closely with the Executive Team to vision, develop and execute CLC strategies and processes to support CLC employees and to advance organizational objectives;

• Participates in the development and implementation of initiatives to enhance the CLC organizational culture, ensuring staff comprehension of, and alignment with, CLC's mission and values;

• Supervises, develops, mentors, supports, and evaluates the Legal Directors, to support the effective performance of their duties to meet the role and expectations of the position;

• Ensures CLC leaders and staff comply with organization policies and procedures, applicable court procedures and regulations;  

• Assists the Executive Director with talent management life cycle, including: recruiting, onboarding, performance management, career development, succession planning and learning;

• Collaborates with Executive Team, to develop, plan, implement and manage CLC’s comprehensive staff onboarding, orientation, training, and legal setting client/case handling programs;

• Partners with the Executive Director and members of Executive Team to create and support innovative approaches to meet staff and client needs;

• Ensures collaboration between the Legal Directors team and other members of the Leadership team to ensure staff requests are reviewed, addressed and accurately communicated in a timely manner;

• Reviews and monitors the intern committee’s recruitment of interns and intern mentor responsibilities;

• Partners with the Training Coordinators, Training Committee and CLC Executive Coordinator to ensure the proper implementation and reporting of Continuing Legal Education (CLE) program and provides ongoing status reports to Executive Director;

• Teams with the Executive Team to ensure information, decisions and plans are communicated to the board, leaders, staff and Court;

• Works closely with the Executive Director and Executive Coordinator ensuring timely planning and implementation of social media content and website management; 

• Works with the Director of Operations and Client Services and the Borough Legal Directors to ensure that CLC’s case management numbers are accurate, and reports can be provided to leaders, staff, Board of Directors, and funders; 

• Utilizes case management data to spot trends, enhance staff communication and address client, staff, and court needs;

• Partners with the Executive Director and Legal Directors to develop and implement a plan to meet with judges, court leaders, advocates, and community stakeholders;

• Collaborates with CLC Finance team, external bank team, CFO, development, technology, archival, facilities and case management professionals to ensure the effective utilization of CLC’s budget;

• Acquires knowledge and communicates to CLC Leadership regarding the contract compliance expectations of the Office of Court Administration (OCA) and the Fiscal department;

• Partners with the Executive Director to work with development professionals to update CLC’s informational program materials, prepare grant applications, and prepare grant reports, including programmatic reports;

• As part of the Executive Team, attend meetings with government funders and prospects for and recommends grant opportunities;

• As part of the Executive Team, take the lead with the Executive Director and Director, Human Resources, Employee Services and Finance, to work with CFO and development professionals to update and monitor financial reports to the Board of Directors and funders;

• Along with the Executive Director, and Director, Human Resources, Employee Services and Finance, CFO professional and the Board of Directors, maintain understanding of and work to effectuate CLC’s multiyear budget and operational plan to ensure all staff, client and organizational needs are met;  

• Keeps abreast of industry knowledge by participating in conferences and educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining professional networks, and participating in professional organizations. Communicates appropriately, updates to Leadership and Legal staff.