Legal Services Director oversees the activities of the organization's legal department. Provides legal advice, interpretation, and guidance to senior management and officers regarding contracts, state/federal regulatory requirements, intellectual property or trademark protection, and other business matters. Being a Legal Services Director reviews all information and prepares defense for any legal actions against the organization or advises on prosecuting lawsuits on behalf of the organization. Coordinates and reviews the work of internal or external legal staff. Additionally, Legal Services Director manages staff of attorneys. Requires a Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school. Requires admittance to a state bar. Typically reports to top management. The Legal Services Director typically manages through subordinate managers and professionals in larger groups of moderate complexity. Provides input to strategic decisions that affect the functional area of responsibility. May give input into developing the budget. To be a Legal Services Director typically requires 3+ years of managerial experience. Capable of resolving escalated issues arising from operations and requiring coordination with other departments. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Department: Office of Data Governance and Analysis
Employment Status: Regular/Full-Time/Exempt
ABOUT LSC:
Established by Congress in 1974, the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) is the country’s single largest funder of civil legal aid for low-income Americans. LSC currently funds 131 independent nonprofit legal aid organizations with more than 800 offices throughout the nation. LSC’s mission is to promote equal access to justice and provide grants for high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income Americans.
This position is based in Washington, DC, and will require working from an office in DC in accordance with LSC’s hybrid work model. The successful candidate must live in the DC metropolitan area.
BASIC FUNCTION:
Under the direction of the Chief Data Officer (CDO), the Deputy Director assists in the management, administration and implementation of ODGA research and programmatic functions. The Deputy Director will assist in delivering data-informed, actionable insights to support LSC’s internal operations, LSC grantee’s work, and the civil legal aid community. The office collects and analyzes data from LSC’s grantees and other sources and conducts research to maximize the quality and effectiveness of the civil legal service LSC’s grantees provide. LSC administers the nation’s largest repository of data about the delivery of civil legal services to low-income people and is looked to by other funders, courts, academics, and researchers for comprehensive and reliable information. This position plays a key role in establishing and championing an organizational culture of continuous learning and data-informed decision making. The Deputy Director will assist in supervising approximately 12 staff, including research associates, data scientists, data engineers, analysts, and interns.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:
General:
Strong leadership and management skills; Results-oriented, detailed, energetic, and focused with a strong desire to learn and succeed; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, and enthusiasm; able to make sound, well-informed and objective decisions; excellent written communication skills with demonstrated ability to produce professional, well-written work products that require minimal editing; excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to effectively reach different audiences, including all levels of LSC management, and to manage conflicts; strong commitment to principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion; high degree of flexibility, capacity for self-management, and attention to detail; understanding of, and commitment to, organizational mission and goals; strong organizational skills and ability to plan and manage multiple priorities and shifting priorities; A demonstrated ability to educate, mentor, and develop junior to mid-level team members; ability to coach, influence, motivate, challenge, and inspire confidence among others; able to fairly and equitably apply LSC personnel policies; ability to develop and lead high performance and to foster high morale and teamwork; demonstrated experience working in and leading cross-functional teams in a mission-driven organization; unimpeachable integrity and personal ethics. Some travel may be required.
Technical/Specialized:
A bachelor’s degree and a minimum of ten years of experience in applied research, data analytics, business intelligence or data engineering with increasing levels of responsibility. Five years managing and supervising large scale projects and/or staff. Experience designing research studies, evaluations, data pipelines, or data visualization tools; Ability to collaboratively define and articulate data and analytics strategy, as well as a strong data and analytics delivery background from project scoping, milestone and timeline development, through successful delivery of actionable insights; Proven quantitative and qualitative analytic skills. Extensive experience conducting research and/or policy analysis on issues related to poverty and income inequality; Significant experience conducting trend analyses on large data sets and designing and implementing surveys; a demonstrated expertise in quantitative research methods and significant experience applying quantitative methods; knowledge of Bureau of the Census datasets. Familiarity with or a background in the provision of civil legal services desired but not required. Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel and Word, and prior experience using or familiarity with R, Python, SPSS, Tableau, and ArcGIS. Familiarity with APIs and interacting with cloud-based computing environments such as Amazon Web Services.
Salary: $149,141; Step 1
Salary range: $149,141 - $155,167
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