General Responsibilities:
Working with the Basic Unit Director on statewide planning development and coordination of advocacy efforts, the Regional Director of Advocacy’s duties include:
- Supervision and mentoring of staff advocacy efforts Delivering and supporting litigation
- Supporting other advocacy, including legislative, administrative advocacy and community education
Staff Supervision Responsibilities:
- The Regional Director of Advocacy shall supervise and evaluate the Directing Attorneys (DA), as assigned, to ensure implementation and monitoring of approved field office work plans and advocacy. The Regional Director of Advocacy shall be responsible for:
- Litigating impact cases as a lead counsel or co-counsel;
- Establishing and enforcing program policies
- Evaluation of advocacy and managerial skills of program attorneys (as assigned) Exercising independent judgment in resolving client needs and other office/case complaints
- Evaluating staff members' (as assigned) training needs and approving training expenses Approving or denying requests for legal services, training and directing CRLA staff members (as assigned) in carrying out CRLA policies and procedures
- Conducts regional or local office case review, reviews LAPs and proposals for litigation originating in their region. (The RDA role in review of the LAPs is limited to review from an office coordination and resource allocation standpoint.)
- Co-counsels and second chairs litigation, as necessary
- Reviews and supports development of work plans, coordinates local office resource allocation with PDs, DAs, and DLAT
- Ensures advocacy efforts are appropriately staffed by evaluating resources needed and resources available, local office expertise, and opportunities to arrange for external resources
- Identifies and provides training and mentoring opportunities
- Assists in coordination of local office advocacy, supervises, monitors and supports implementation of Core Expectations
- Conducts regional or local office case review, and supports development of annual needs assessments
- Reviews and supports development of work plans, identifies regional office training needs, coordinates local office resource allocation.
- Assists in identifying outcomes and evaluates progress
- Identifies and creates opportunities for offices to support regional and statewide advocacy efforts (e.g. co-counseling, regional outreach)
- Identifies and creates opportunities for cross-training between offices Serves as communication conduit between local offices and senior management, if necessary
- Supports development efforts, assists in development of regional proposals Supports maintaining local office and regional grants
- Supports DAs with local office management
- Supervise and support DAs’ performance of administrative functions, as needed Supervises compliance of LSC regulations
- Ensures DAs receive information regarding CRLA policies
- Monitors grants, including LSC, and impact advocacy deadlines,
- Fills in for DAs in DA absence or DA vacancies
- Maintaining a professional working relationship with Directing Attorneys, Project Directors, support staff, and with all other coordinators performing such other duties as may be assigned
- This job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.