Legal Aid at Work seeks a Program Director for their Wage Protection Program. The Wage Protection Program is currently staffed by three attorneys who work full-time with the program, along with a post-graduate legal fellow assigned to the program and support from LAAW’s team of paralegals.

The Program Director will oversee all aspects of the Program’s activities. The Director is responsible for:

1.Developing strategy for the program in conjunction with the other attorneys on the team,
2.Overseeing the Program’s litigation docket, including class actions, representative actions, individualactions, and amicus work;
3.Overseeing the Program’s collaborations with worker centers and other community partners;
4.Overseeing the Program’s direct services work, including limited and full legal representation inadministrative hearings and the Program’s clinics;
5.Overseeing Program administration, including preparing the program budget, coordinating programprojects, supervising Program attorneys and staff, hiring and ensuring supervising of law studentexterns, and assisting with the preparation of grant applications and reports.

To Apply: We strongly encourage candidates from underrepresented communities to apply. Applications must include (1) a cover letter explaining your interest in this position and the ways in which you satisfy the qualifications specified above, (2) résumé, and (3) two legal writing samples. If your candidacy advances to the final round, you will be asked to provide a list of four references, including one direct supervisor and one direct supervisee (please indicate your relationship to each reference).

All application materials should be submitted to Wage Protection Program Director Search Committee; email: jobs@legalaidatwork.org.