Director of Housing and Homeless Prevention
Join the Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA) and become part of an energetic team of advocates that provide a wide-range of legal services aimed to address issues that disproportionately impact low income communities. These services include litigation, providing training and technical assistance, and community education.
The Director of Housing & Homelessness is a member of the Senior Management Team and reports to the President & CEO. The Director oversees multiple housing advocacy teams and projects. The Director is expected to oversee housing advocacy, leading supervisors and staff attorneys to pursue all aspects of housing litigation and administrative hearing representation; maintain expertise on a range of housing issues affecting low-income individuals; and provide outreach and education to tenant and community groups.
Position:
Director of Housing and Homeless Prevention
Availability:
Availability is Immediate.
Salary:
Salary starts at $130,000-$160,000 commensurate with experience. Excellent Benefits which include: choice of medical, dental, vision; life and disability insurance plans; flexible spending account (FSA)125 plan; 403(b) with employer contribution, bilingual pay supplement, loan reimbursement, sick and vacation pay, and 14 employer-paid holidays.
Duties and Responsibilities:
The Director of Housing and Homelessness will be responsible for supervising managing attorneys overseeing housing advocacy teams, including Shriver Housing Project-LA, Stay Housed, Strategic Community Advocacy & Litigation for Equity (SCALE) and Lawyers Preventing and Ending Homelessness Project. The Director will participate in high-impact projects/litigation involving systemic or policy issues affecting low-income individuals and families as needed. The Director will also collaborate with appropriate stakeholders (community partners, pro bono providers, governmental agencies, and other legal service providers), monitor housing grant compliance and deliverables, and provide opportunities to housing advocates for professional development.
Qualifications:
Requires a J.D. and must be admitted to practice law in the State of CA. Passionate commitment to social justice and to NLSLA’s goals and missions. Minimum 10 years’ related experience, ideally with background in addressing social justice issues, at least 6 of which in housing advocacy. Experience managing staff, projects, and grants.
COVID-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered.
About NLSLA:
Founded in 1965 as part of our nation’s War on Poverty, Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County (NLSLA) is now one of the largest and most prominent public interest law firms in California. NLSLA provides free assistance to more than 115,000 low-income residents of Los Angeles County each year. The NLSLA staff of 190, including 80 attorneys, specialize in areas of the law that disproportionately impact low-income people, including affordable housing and eviction defense, access to public benefits, support for domestic violence victims, access to healthcare, worker and consumer rights, services for justice-involved adults and youth, education rights, clean slate initiatives, and employment and training.
Through a combination of individual representation, high impact litigation, and public policy advocacy, NLSLA’s advocacy combats the immediate and long-parting effects of poverty and expands access to health, opportunity and justice. NLSLA serves all of Los Angeles County with a special emphasis on the poverty communities of the San Fernando, San Gabriel, Pomona and Antelope Valleys, as well as the central county cities of Glendale, Burbank and Pasadena. In addition, NLSLA advocates are co-located in courthouses in Van Nuys, Lancaster, Chatsworth, Pomona, Pasadena, and Downtown LA; Hospitals and health centers in Sylmar, Van Nuys, North Hollywood and El Monte; and with social services providers in the Antelope Valley.
Requires a J.D. and must be admitted to practice law in the State of CA. Passionate commitment to social justice and to NLSLA’s goals and missions. Minimum 10 years’ related experience, ideally with background in addressing social justice issues, at least 6 of which in housing advocacy. Experience managing staff, projects, and grants.
COVID-19 vaccination is required as a condition of employment. Reasonable accommodations will be considered.
Please provide a cover letter, resume, and writing sample on the application.
NLSLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at NLSLA are based on organizational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to age, race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, disability status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by federal and CA state laws. NLSLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. NLSLA provides equal benefits to employees with spouses and its employees with domestic partners.