Associate Vice President of Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners

Description

Reporting to the Vice President of Legal Programs, the Associate Vice President of Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners provides leadership in relation to Bet Tzedek’s efforts to address the legal needs of low-income taxpayers facing matters before the IRS, low-wage workers, and low-to-moderate income small business owners. With a focus on providing strategic direction and program management, the Associate Vice President of Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners will work the CEO and Vice President of Legal Programs to set and meet the mission, vision, and short- and long-term goals for this priority. This includes oversight of the legal services, litigation, policy advocacy, and fund development efforts related to Bet Tzedek’s Low Income Taxpayer Clinic, Employment Rights Program, and Small Business Development Program.

The Associate Vice President will collaborate with Bet Tzedek’s Impact Advocacy staff to evaluate, develop, and oversee impact litigation and policy advocacy initiatives, its Pro Bono Department to ensure a “pro bono first” service delivery perspective is taken to all project efforts, the External Affairs and Finance Departments to ensure the priority’s fiscal stability and growth, and the Vice President of Compliance to ensure the various programs’ compliance requirements are met.

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.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

Strategy and Organizational Leadership:

• Leads efforts under Bet Tzedek’s Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners advocacy priority to bring about structural and meaningful change on behalf of small business owners, low-wage workers, and taxpayers;
• Ensures effective information sharing and cross-collaboration and training between Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owner programs and with other programs at Bet Tzedek;
• Helps develop and oversee data collection strategies to further Bet Tzedek’s efforts to measure client and community impact;
• Works with Directing Attorneys to develop and oversee the implementation of direct services advocacy strategies for each of the Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners programs;
• Identifies, evaluates, develops, and oversees the Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners programs’ impact litigation and policy advocacy opportunities at the local, state, and national levels;
• Leads program design for new projects, including new pro bono programming, within the Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners advocacy programs;
• Provides vision and support to Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners program’s Directing Attorneys and staff to deliver high quality legal services, including direct representation, impact litigation, and policy advocacy;
• Directly supervises Justice for Taxpayers, Workers, & Small Business Owners advocacy programs’ Directing Attorneys by holding individual check-in meetings, supporting their development as leaders, providing growth-oriented feedback, and establishing practices that value staff well-being (including sustainable workloads);
• Engages with external partners, community stakeholders, and the media to pursue strategic goals in partnership with management and staff;
• Supports staff by overseeing recruitment, hiring, and onboarding, and by providing mentorship, training and growth opportunities to both attorney and support staff;
• Collaborates with management to inform, enhance, and execute agency-wide policies and initiatives; and
• Collaborates with management and staff to further diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as trauma-informed practices within the organization.

Community Relations & Programming:

• Collaborates with community partners, including grassroots organizations, legal service providers, social service agencies, and governmental agencies;
• Actively participates in the recruitment of pro bono attorneys;
• Provide comment to media sources about public issues facing small business owners, taxpayers, and low-wage workers; and

Financial Management and Fund Development:

• Works with staff, the External Affairs and Finance teams, and leadership to maintain existing grant funding and seek new sources of funding to support and, where appropriate, expand the priority’s objectives and impact;