Are you passionate about working in an organization that believes in and actively promotes racial and social equity? Are you interested in a career that improves outcomes for underserved or unserved communities? If the answer is yes, WEAVE may be the place for you! 

Our Organization: 

WEAVE, founded in 1978, is Sacramento’s primary provider of services supporting domestic and sexual violence survivors. The organization offers 24/7 support and response, an emergency safehouse program, counseling, legal services, and much more to some of the most vulnerable members of Sacramento’s many communities. WEAVE has grown significantly in recent years, expanding services and capacity to meet community needs. With diverse programs and an organizational commitment to excellence, WEAVE is leading the way in service standards.

Our mission is to promote safe and healthy relationships and support survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Our vision is a community free of violence and abuse. 

The Role: Under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer (COO), the Managing Attorney plays a pivotal role in delivering legal support to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and leadership to WEAVE’s legal team. The position is responsible for the day-to-day administration of WEAVE’s legal programs, including managing all aspects of an active boutique litigation practice. Duties include supervising department staff attorneys, legal staff, and volunteers, providing mentorship and education, ensuring proper management of client materials and files, and maintaining relationships with community partners, including participating in collaborative groups. The position is also responsible for ensuring grant-funded objectives are met, drafting periodic grant progress reports, assisting with new funding applications, and developing and implementing department budgets.

Leadership Team members share responsibility to execute organization wide objectives and directives and guide their implementation. Team members work together to actualize Board of Directors directives and objectives. Leadership Team members foster employee awareness of issues which impact the financial, organizational, political and/or professional stability of the agency, including its public image. All Leadership Team members model preeminent, inclusive, professional service standards for employees, clients, and community stakeholders. Where appropriate, Team members participate in coalitions and advisory groups aligned with their job functions.

The Managing Attorney maintains an awareness of strategic trends and issues in legal remedies impacting domestic violence/sexual assault survivors and serves as a resource to the Leadership Team in this area. 

Compensation:
The salary range for this position is $90,000-$100,000 per year. 

Please see the attached Job Description for specific details regarding job duties and eligibility requirements.

Reasons to Work for WEAVE: 
Compensation & Benefits: We offer competitive non-profit wages, 100% health insurance premium coverage for most eligible employees, dental and vision insurance, long-term disability and life insurance, a 401(k) plan with employer match contributions, paid holidays, generous PTO accrual, California Paid Sick Leave, an Employee Assistance Plan, and more.

Growth-Oriented: WEAVE encourages employees to constantly learn and grow their skills; we provide continuing education opportunities, social justice learning opportunities and when possible we strive to give staff opportunities to attend appropriate conferences and seminars relevant to their work.

Collaborative & Inclusive Culture: We are committed to a diverse, inclusive, and accessible work environment where all staff and clients feel welcome; we celebrate our differences and actively seek out new perspectives from our staff to improve our programs and services. The successful candidate must be willing and able to work positively with other staff and clients with broad arrays of backgrounds and life experiences. All employees of WEAVE have a responsibility to always treat others with dignity and respect. All employees are expected to exhibit conduct that reflects inclusion during work, at work functions on or off the work site, and at all other organization-sponsored and participative events. All employees are also required to attend and complete annual diversity, equity and inclusion awareness training to enhance their knowledge to fulfill this responsibility.