What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff Attorney position at Neighborhood Association for Inter-Cultural Affairs?
Salary: $85,000 - $100,000/Annual
Reports to: Supervising Attorney
Summary:
The successful candidate will provide culturally sensitive services to low-income NAICA clients facing eviction by representing them in the Bronx County court.
Responsibilities:
The Attorney – Tier 1 is responsible for, but not limited to:
- Provide clients with counseling and assisting to ensure the maintenance of housing.
- Handle a full caseload of full representation non-payment and holdover proceedings in Bronx Housing Court and the NYCHA part.
- Handle litigation before administrative agencies as necessary, including NYCHA termination hearings, etc.
- Conduct outreach, including facilitating educational workshops and training.
- Represent tenants at trial.
- Prepare legal agreements, documents, motions, orders to show cause, etc.
- Judge the merits and spot the issues of court cases that we are assigned by the court, the Department of Social Services, or self-referred.
- Demonstrated commitment to public interest law and social justice.
Professional & Personal Qualifications:
- Must have passed the Bar examination.
- J.D from an ABA Accredited Law School
- Trial and Litigation experience is a plus
- Familiarity with New York City housing law and public benefits
- Ability to handle stress and work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Experience providing client representation and handling a case from intake to closing
- Strong team-building skills and ability to work individually
- Professional ethics and integrity
- Excellent communication, research, organizational and writing skills
- Ability to anticipate legal issues
- Experience working with low-income individuals
- Fluency in Spanish is preferred, but not required
- Strong time management skills
- Maturity, integrity and sound judgment
- Strong time management skills
- Maturity, integrity and sound judgment
NAICA Offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
- Comprehensive Health, Dental and Vision Benefits for full-time employees
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plans
- Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
- Paid Holidays and Vacation
- Paid Time-off
- Vol Life Insurance and AD&D
- Term Life and AD&D insurance
- Long Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program support (EAP)
- Commuter Benefits Program
- COBRA
- Aflac: Short-Term Disability, CA, Accident and Hospital
- Employee Discount Program
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, Neighborhood Association of Inter-Cultural Affairs strictly prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity (one’s internal deeply-held sense of one’s gender which may be the same or different from one’s sex assigned at birth); gender expression, disability, marital status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $85,000 - $100,000
