In celebration of 50 years of providing high-quality, free legal services to Los Angeles’ most vulnerable residents, Bet Tzedek seeks a Directing Attorney to build on our legacy of innovation in the community. The Directing Attorney: Generalist Services for Specialty Populations will manage a diverse range of attorneys, support staff, and volunteers, and be primarily responsible for supervising teams’ day-to-day work at area senior centers, the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (“Harbor”), and with Holocaust survivors wherever they may be.

Our Senior Outreach team brings civil legal services to older adults through partnerships with senior centers, the Ezra Network, and other community-based organizations. Our Medical-Legal Partnership (MLP) co-locates legal staff at Harbor, where we collaborate with medical professionals to address patients’ social determinants of health through legal advocacy. Our Holocaust Services Program (HSP) team continues to help survivors with applying for and maintaining Holocaust reparations while also providing wrap-around legal services across a range of issues.

This position is eligible for Bet Tzedek Legal Services’ hybrid/remote workplace designation. While the primary workplace is Bet Tzedek’s offices, at the discretion of the immediate supervisor, the employee may be permitted to work remotely or may be required to work in other locations depending on workload/business obligations. The ideal candidate will be a skilled and experienced manager with a proven track record for successfully managing people, projects, and grants.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• In collaboration with the President & CEO, VP Legal, fellow Directing Attorneys, program staff, and community representative, identify legal issues impacting Holocaust survivors, older individuals, and members of the communities surrounding Harbor by evaluating Bet Tzedek’s role in addressing those issues and ensuring delivery of effective responses.
• Supervise and manage substantive legal work performed by staff, including intake and client representation provided by staff attorneys and support staff, by reviewing legal work, conducting case reviews, and resolving escalated client- and case-related issues to ensure client legal needs are met at the highest standard.
• Supervise and manage program workflows including intake, case management, assignment of cases and tasks, and monitoring and improving case handling procedures to ensure client needs are met and deliverables and goals are achieved while fostering a positive work-life balance for staff.
• Manage and support staff onboarding, offboarding, recruiting and hiring, training, coaching, goal-setting, evaluation, reclassifications, and performance improvement/discipline.
• Work with Human Resources to develop clear, measurable, and achievable professional development opportunities for program staff and support staff in achieving their professional development goals.
• Actively manage grants which fund the Senior Outreach, HSP, and MLP teams, including being primarily responsible for translating grant deliverables into program metrics to ensure grant deliverables are met, and working with Grants Team to track and report grant deliverables.
• Work closely with President & CEO, VP Legal, and Grants Team to identify, pursue, and fulfill funding opportunities.
• Work with Impact Advocacy team to develop legislative and regulatory proposals that relate to program work.
• Work with Pro Bono Department to set metrics related to pro bono and volunteer participation, develop pro bono and volunteer opportunities for the program to meet metrics, and support staff in the training and mentoring of pro bono attorneys and volunteers.

• Licensed to practice law in California (required);
• At least three (3) years of experience managing individuals with a proven track record that includes handling orientation and onboarding, offboarding, recruiting and hiring, training, coaching, goal-setting, evaluation, and performance improvement/discipline (required);
• At least two (2) years of active practice of law in California immediately prior to application (required);
• Significant experience areas of elder law topics or civil legal services (5 years required; 8 years strongly preferred);
• Excellent people skills, including high emotional intelligence and ability to navigate difficult conversations with clarity and empathy (required);
• Excellent project management skills and proven track record of successfully managing multiple projects simultaneously (required);
• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and external partners (required);
• Exceptionally organized, self-motivated, and goal-oriented (required);
• Experience in and understanding of grant-writing, project development, and grant compliance (preferred);
• Understanding and commitment to Bet Tzedek’s mission of equal justice for all and Bet Tzedek’s core values of leadership, community-based advocacy, and innovation (required); and
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion (required).

BENEFITS PACKAGE:

Bet Tzedek offers an excellent benefits package in addition to competitive salaries. These benefits currently include:

• A generous number of paid holidays (up to 21 per year), vacation (up to 20, depending on number of years with agency), and sick days (up to 45) annually.
• A generous number of paid holidays, vacation, and sick days annually.
• Personal and floating holidays
• Compensatory time for exempt employees.
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave (after 1 year of employment.)
• Various paid leaves
• Medical, dental, vision, chiropractic and acupuncture coverage for employees and dependents, with office visit co-pay reimbursement for HMO enrollees.
• Life/accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, long-term disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Plan.
• Voluntary (employee-contributed) life/AD&D, accident, critical illness, hospital confinement, and pet insurance.
• Employee-contributed 401(k) plan.
• Employee-contributed 403(b) plan.
• Healthcare and childcare flexible spending accounts.
• Commuter transit and/or parking benefits.

HOW TO APPLY:

• Email letter of interest, resume, and writing sample to bettzedek.50.245@applynow.io, subject line “DIRECTING ATTORNEY: GENERALIST SERVICES FOR SPECIALTY POPULATIONS.” Please, no phone calls.

Note: All positions are subject to funding; ongoing funding or employment cannot be assured.



To best serve our communities Bet Tzedek seeks a diverse staff with cultural competency reflecting our client populations. We strongly encourage candidates from traditionally underrepresented communities and historically oppressed groups to apply.

$110,000.00 - $130,000.00 (DOE/DOQ)