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About the Role
Open Door Legal (ODL) is seeking a Senior Employment Law Attorney to lead their Employment Law/Public Benefits Team. This role is crucial for expanding ODL's mission of universal access to civil legal representation, focusing on wage and hour, wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination claims, and public benefits such as Social Security, MediCal, CalFresh, CAAP/General Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance. The position offers a challenging and rewarding experience for individuals passionate about substantive and strategic leadership in poverty reduction.
Responsibilities
- Embody the mission of universal access to civil legal aid and ensure employment law and public benefits needs of clients are met.
- Oversee legal advice and representation provided by the team in employment law and public benefits matters.
- Hire, train, support, mentor, and manage employment law and public benefits staff, interns, fellows, and volunteers.
- Develop and maintain public relations with government agencies, decision-makers, other legal aid organizations, and the community.
- Utilize creative strategies and data to increase department capacity and achieve strategic vision.
- Lead knowledge management in employment law and public benefits, driving the creation of uniform systems, checklists, and templates.
- Develop innovative solutions for case capacity, intake distribution, case opening standards, and quality control.
- Provide services and support to low-income clients with sensitivity to cultural, socio-economic, and disability barriers.
- Embrace and embody values of teamwork, grit, caring, passion, and dynamism.
Requirements
- Member in good standing with the State Bar of California, or licensed in good standing with another state bar.
- At least six (6) years of relevant professional experience as a licensed attorney.
- At least two (2) years of employment law experience.
- Experience directly supervising paid staff attorneys.
- Knowledge of California public benefits and experience representing clients at administrative law hearings.
- Genuine motivation for working with low-income clients and ability to work effectively with clients impacted by trauma.
- Strong time management skills for supervising and performing legal work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
- Enthusiasm for and commitment to self-learning and professional development.
- Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills with attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal and diplomacy skills for providing feedback and building relationships.
- Able and willing to work out of one or more office locations at least three (3) days/week.
- High level of comfort learning and using technology and case management systems (Salesforce, Dropbox, Google Suite).
- Active demonstration of cultural humility and sensitivity to barriers faced by low-income San Franciscans.
- Demonstrated understanding of how to effectively provide trauma-informed advocacy.
- Dogged perseverance in the face of bureaucratic barriers.
- Legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
Skills
- Legal advocacy
- Employment law
- Public benefits law
- Supervision and management
- Public relations
- Data analysis
- Knowledge management
- System development
- Client service
- Cultural humility
- Trauma-informed advocacy
- Time management
- Writing
- Editing
- Proofreading
- Interpersonal skills
- Diplomacy
- Technology proficiency
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Full-Time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- At least six (6) years of relevant professional experience as a licensed attorney
- At least two (2) years of employment law experience
- Experience directly supervising paid staff attorneys
Education Level
- Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent law degree
- Admission to the State Bar of California or another state bar
Salary/Compensations
- $89,500-$111,500
Benefits
- Loan Repayment Assistance (conditional)
- Medical/Dental/Vision Plan offerings at 100% coverage
- Generous paid time off (four weeks vacation and two weeks sick/care)
- Flexible work hours
- Generous paid parental leave
- 401K/Retirement Account
- Financial investment in individual professional development (mentorships, coaching, conferences, workshops)
About the Company
- “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” - Nelson Mandela
- We believe that even the biggest problems can be broken down into small, achievable steps. Poverty and access to justice are part of the same problem. And we’re solving this problem together.
- At Open Door Legal (ODL), we’re pioneering the country’s first system of universal access to civil legal representation to dramatically reduce poverty and prove that the law really can belong to all of us.
- We’ve grown 150x in 10 years, and in the next 2 years, we hope to finish scaling across San Francisco.
- To achieve this goal, we’ve created an award-winning and best-in-class legal aid organization full of passionate, motivated, gritty, thoughtful, and team-oriented people.
- We believe that injustice is the heart of poverty, and we're looking for someone to join us in ensuring justice for all.
- We are a fun and hard-working office with best-in-class technology solutions for anyone who’s passionate about making a meaningful and measurable difference.
Equal Opportunity
- Open Door Legal is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.
- We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law including the San Francisco Fair chance Ordinance.
- We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at whitney [at] opendoorlegal [dot] org.