What are the responsibilities and job description for the Administrative Coordinator position at Cabrini Green Legal Aid?
About Cabrini Green Legal Aid
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs arising from the lack of opportunity, criminalization of poverty, and racial inequity experienced within Chicago"s Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a citywide, countywide, and statewide leader in proactively filling the void of legal representation, wraparound services, legal information and resources, and advocacy exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community"s quality of life.
CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers locally, throughout Illinois, and nationally as having expertise in legal matters related to the direct and collateral consequences of the criminal legal system. Since 2014, we have been the sole legal aid services provider serving Cook County with the distinction of focusing exclusively on individuals and families who have been adversely impacted by the criminal legal system in all legal program areas : criminal records, emerging adults, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services, advocate for policy reforms, and provide legal information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We also support our clients holistically with wraparound social services from our social workers. Our policy and advocacy work is not performed as a separate entity; rather it is informed by our legal services and the lived experiences of our Leadership Council, an Advisory Group made up of former CGLA clients and community members directly impacted by the criminal legal system.
CGLA's Mission, Purpose and Vision
Mission : We provide holistic legal services that include social support services and advocacy for individuals and communities negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.Purpose : CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.Vision : A more just and equitable criminal legal system.
About CGLA and the Policy, Outreach & Communications Team
Cabrini Green Legal Aid (CGLA) was established in 1973 to serve the legal needs of Chicago"s Cabrini Green public housing community. Since then, CGLA has grown beyond a single neighborhood to become a statewide leader in holistic legal services, information, advocacy, and resources exclusively for low-income individuals negatively impacted by the criminal legal system.
CGLA is distinguished among legal aid service providers by our expertise in legal matters related to the consequences of the criminal legal system. Any engagement with the criminal legal system can greatly disrupt an individual, family, and community"s quality of life. Since 2014, CGLA has been the sole legal aid services provider focused on these adverse impacts.
Our work includes criminal records, criminal defense, housing law, and family law. We provide direct legal services and provide information and resources to other legal aid organizations, pro bono attorneys, and the general public. We further support our clients with wraparound social services from our social workers. We also advocate for policy reform. As our policy work continues to grow and evolve, our philosophy is rooted in principles of racial justice, movement lawyering, and centering the leadership and expertise of directly impacted people within the community. We seek to build power together through organizing, creating and maintaining relationships, and education. Our work with CGLA's Leadership Council, Visible Voices, coalition partners, and community-serving organizations directly informs our policy agenda.
CGLA exists to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system, working towards a more just and equitable criminal legal system.
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About YOU
The right person for this role is organized, detail-oriented, and an excellent communicator. They feel comfortable and confident setting up meetings, coordinating schedules, and helping to coordinate the details for events. They are flexible working across teams and together with people in the community. They are excellent at anticipating needs, maintaining detailed records, and following up. They will be service-oriented and have a heart for the community. They will be organized, have good judgment, and be important contributor to a dynamic team.
Position Overview
The Administrative Coordinator works with the policy, outreach, and communications team to help coordinate outreach events, Leadership Council, and partner activities with communities that are directly impacted by the criminal legal system. This position will ensure the logistics are in place for community outreach and education events, coordinate schedules across the team, and coordinate meeting logistics with coalition and community partners. The position will be critical for maintaining detailed records for grant deliverables and for the team's outreach input and evaluation components. As a representative of CGLA, they will promote systemic change to remove barriers to equity in the criminal legal system.
Essential Duties
- Completes a broad variety of administrative tasks for the team including managing an active calendar of appointments; completing expense reports; arranging agendas; taking meeting minutes and compiling documents; and event coordination details (i.e., location, time, food, setup and tear down).
- Provides a bridge for smooth communication between the team and community partners, including Coalition partners and the Leadership Council.
- Demonstrates leadership to maintain credibility, trust, and support.
- Helps manage administrative budget activities and tracking grants related expenditures
- Executes food and catering orders for team and program meetings and functions.
- Responsible for maintaining detailed records of events, attendance, and connection to services.
- Responsible for coordinating in-person, hybrid, and remote events for the team including with staff, Leadership Council, and other key stakeholders.
- Monitors and maintains program supply inventories.
- Assists with providing information and fielding meeting requests from the community.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Education
No formal education requirements. Ideal candidates will have lived experience with the criminal legal system. Preference for candidates who have completed a leadership development program for people impacted by the criminal legal system, such as those offered by Just Leadership USA, the Illinois Prison Project, Live Free Illinois, and similar.
Experience
Required Skills
Supervisory Responsibility
None.
Required Hours
40 hours / week. Daily work is to be conducted between 9 : 00am to 5 : 00pm M-F, with frequent community events on weekends and evenings. Flexing hours to maintain an overall 40-hour workweek is expected.
Physical Requirements :
Travel Requirements
Travel to community-based organizations, or other court locations, as needed, will also be required.
Must travel to attend occasional meetings at CGLA's office (6 S. Clark Street, Chicago), development fundraising events, and off-site donor or funder meetings.
Working Conditions
CGLA has implemented a telecommuter and flexible work policy that allows employees to perform work remotely. This position is hybrid and will require some in-person meetings and activities. Employees must have adequate internet access to work from home.
If working in the office, you must be able to work in an open office setting with moderate noise levels and follow all COVID-19 safety protocols.
The salary for this position is $45,000-$50,000
CGLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages qualified candidates of all backgrounds to apply for this position
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Salary : $45,000 - $50,000
