Sr. Supervising Organizer, Housing & Consumer Justice

About the Legal Aid Justice Center:

The Legal Aid Justice Center is a nationally recognized, non-profit organization that partners with low-income clients and communities of color in Virginia to fight for racial, social, and economic justice. We understand that the harms our clients endure are inextricably linked to overarching systems of injustice. Together we are dismantling those systems through a combination of community organizing, litigation, policy advocacy, public relations, and individual legal services.  

Founded in 1967, LAJC has offices in Charlottesville, Richmond, Petersburg, and Falls Church and provides services under six key program areas: Civil Rights & Racial Justice (focuses on the criminal legal system), Housing & Consumer Justice, Youth Justice, Health Justice & Public Benefits, Immigrant Justice, and Worker Justice. As examples of LAJC’s recent work, our lawsuit and organizing against the state forced reform of Virginia’s unemployment insurance system, including advocacy that resulted in the distribution of over $1 billion in illegally withheld payments to over 160,000 Virginians. During the pandemic, we demanded and secured a statewide eviction moratorium and emergency pandemic protections that helped hundreds of families avoid eviction. We reduced incarceration across the state, including reducing the population of a local immigration detention center down to historically low levels through a coordinated effort of organizing paired with impact and individual litigation.  Our staff are on the front lines of some of the most important anti-poverty fights happening today.  

With a staff of over 90, the past few years have been a time of exciting growth and opportunity for the organization. In addition to the growth of programmatic efforts including increased organizing capacity, LAJC has expanded its operations and administrative capacity, created new opportunities for professional growth and leadership among staff, engaged in ongoing race equity work, and explored changes to organizational structure to deepen its efforts to create long-term, sustainable, community-driven change. 

    
LAJC’s latest strategic plan is available at LAJC Strategic Plan 2022-2026. 

For more information about LAJC’s work and programs, visit www.justice4all.org.

Responsibilities: 

• Supervise up to 3-4 staff within their respective programs. Senior Supervisors may start with a smaller number may increase over time up to 3-4 direct reports within their respective programs. 
• Provide day-to-day supervision and mentorship for staff under your supervision, including conducting regular check-ins and onboarding.
• Manage a schedule that ensures coverage at the Annandale and Culmore day laborer sites for 6 days a week, with a total of 44 hours a week split between a group of three staff in the day laborer team plus other LAJC staff, as needed. 
• Build leadership and power with those directly impacted by inequities in Fairfax County’s day laborer communities, especially as they relate to housing and workers’ rights. 
• Relationship and partnership building with individuals, organizations, businesses, and government agencies active in Fairfax County, especially in the Annandale and Culmore neighborhoods. 
• Lead and support existing strategic campaigns and organizing initiatives, such as efforts to improve housing conditions or address rampant wage theft. 
• Use multiple forms of media to educate community members on their rights and relevant policies. 
• Mobilize for policy changes related to worker and tenants’ rights at local, statewide, and federal levels, as needs arise and capacity allows. 
• Work with a team to develop and implement strategies incorporating impact litigation, direct representation, policy advocacy, and community organizing.
• Refer individuals to other community resources and legal services, as appropriate. 
• Racial Equity (Helper/Consultant): Promote racial equity across all dimensions, including within LAJC, by doing the following:  
  • Helping to recruit, retain, and support both staff and leadership that reflect the racial composition of our community;  
  • Cultivating respect for the work of and expanding resources for non-attorney staff that are disproportionately people of color;  
  • Creating spaces for staff to discuss issues of racial, gender, and all other issues of marginalization; and 
  • Pushing for institutional and cultural changes by management, the board, and staff to further promote racial equity.