Supervising Administrative Assistant - YAD Administration

Overview

The Committee for Public Counsel Services, the Massachusetts public defender agency, is seeking a full-time Supervising Administrative Assistant to support the Deputy Chief Counsel of the Youth Advocacy Division (YAD).  The Supervising Administrative Assistant will also support the YAD Managing Directors.  This position will be based in Boston and is eligible for a hybrid work schedule.

 

We fight for equal justice and human dignity by supporting our clients in achieving their legal and life goals. We zealously advocate for the rights

of individuals and promote just public policy to protect the rights of all.

 

Our Values

 

Courage   •   Accountability   •   Respect   •   Excellence

 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION MISSION STATEMENT

 

CPCS is committed to protecting the fundamental constitutional and human rights of our assigned clients through zealous advocacy, community-oriented defense, and the fullness of excellent legal representation.  We are dedicated to building and maintaining strong professional relationships, while striving to accept, listen to and respect the diverse circumstances of each client, as we dedicate ourselves to meeting their individual needs.  It is our CPCS mission to achieve these goals, and in furtherance thereof, we embrace and endorse diversity, equity and inclusion as our core values as we maintain a steadfast commitment to: (1) Ensure that CPCS management and staff members represent a broad range of human differences and experience; (2) Provide a work climate that is respectful and supports success; and (3) Promote the dignity and well-being of all staff members. CPCS leadership is responsible for ensuring equity, diversity, and inclusion. The ability to achieve these goals with any level of certainty is ultimately the responsibility of each member of the CPCS community.

 

AGENCY OVERVIEW

 

CPCS is the state agency in Massachusetts responsible for providing an attorney when the state or federal constitution or a state statute requires the appointment of an attorney for a person who cannot afford to retain one.  The agency provides representation in criminal, delinquency, youthful offender, family regulation, guardianship, mental health, sexually dangerous person, and sex offender registry cases, as well as in appeals and post-conviction and post-judgment proceedings related to those matters.

 

The clients we represent are diverse across every context imaginable and bring many unique cultural dimensions to the matters we address. This reality creates a critical need for CPCS staff to be culturally competent and able to work well with people of different races, ethnicities, genders and/or sexual orientation identities, abilities, and limited English proficiency, among other protected characteristics.

 

DIVISION OVERVIEW

 

The Youth Advocacy Division (YAD), the juvenile defender division of CPCS, is committed to ensuring that every indigent child in Massachusetts has access to zealous legal representation in delinquency, GCL Revocation, juvenile murder, juvenile appeals, and youthful offender cases from a diverse and ever improving community of juvenile defenders consisting of both private assigned counsel and staff public defenders. YAD provides leadership, training, support, and oversight to the indigent juvenile defense bar in Massachusetts.  As youth in Massachusetts have a right to jury trials, the Attorney in Charge (AIC) oversees a trial office which integrates the work of a supervising attorney, trial attorneys, social service advocates (SSAs), an investigator, and administrative assistants (AAs) to fully address the legal and developmental needs of our clients.  The clients YAD represents are diverse across every context imaginable and bring many unique cultural dimensions to the matters YAD addresses.  This reality creates a critical need for all YAD staff to be culturally competent and able to work well with people of different races, ethnicities, gender and/or gender preferences, abilities, and limited English proficiency, among other protected characteristics.

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

 

The Supervising Administrative Assistant is a key member of the YAD management team and must be able to maintain confidentiality while handling the high-level responsibilities necessary to support the Deputy Chief Counsel and Managing Directors of YAD in the day-to-day duties of running the Division. Record keeping, data (including caseload statistics) collection and management, and reporting, using Excel and PowerPoint, are key components and central duties for this pos