About Still She Rises
Still She Rises, Inc. (SSR) provides free legal representation to pregnant women, mothers, and women who are caregivers of children, who have been brought into the criminal, family regulation, and housing legal systems. Founded in North Tulsa, Still She Rises is the first holistic defense office in the country dedicated exclusively to the representation of mothers in both the criminal and civil legal systems. We honor the dignity of the women we serve by championing the goals of each individual client, while also targeting systemic issues impacting the larger community.
Still She Rises takes immense pride in our role within the Tulsa and Greater Oklahoma legal systems where we have accomplished major wins such as a successful legal challenge to the structure of post-arrest detention in Tulsa County, and the organizations role in amending the Oklahoma fines and fees procedure laws. Still She Rises is poised to continue to drive meaningful progress in a political and social atmosphere that is ripe for change.
Learn more about Still She Rises at https://stillsherises.org/.
The Opportunity
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Legal Director will provide oversight of the day-to-day operations of Still She Rises, Inc. (SSR). The Legal Director will be responsible for leading the expansion of the holistic practices of SSR, development of team members, and recruiting.
Working collaboratively with the Executive Director, the Legal Director will be responsible for ensuring that the practices of the organization align with the strategic goals of the organization as set by the Executive Director. An integral part of this role will require supervision of the work performed by staff attorneys, client advocates, investigators, and paralegals.
The ideal Legal Director will be a leader who showcases a record of investment in client-centered holistic legal advocacy. The Legal Director must be someone who is both invested and invigorated by developing others. This role must understand the importance of the diverse roles of a multidisciplinary team at SSR and have specific strategies for how to align those roles in the most client-centered way.
The ideal candidate will have most if not all of the following professional and personal qualities, skills, and characteristics:
Required
-J.D. from an American Bar Association accredited law school.
-Managerial experience with prior experience coaching and developing individual team members.
-Enthusiastic alignment and commitment to SSR’s mission, vision and values.
-Ability and desire to manage multiple projects at once.
-Demonstrated commitment to racial, gender and social equity and against institutional racism.
-Desire AND experience working with or on behalf of members or marginalized communities.
-Superb communication skills.
-Sound decision-making skills and ability to set clear priorities.
Preferred
-Civil Legal Aid, Parent Defense, or Indigent Defense experience.
-5+ years of progressive work experience.
-Exceptional team building and management skills.
-Experience working on collaborative, interdisciplinary legal teams.
In addition, strong candidates will offer:
-Multi-cultural competence and demonstrated ability to work with people from a variety of ethnic, racial, socio-economic, educational, linguistic, and religious backgrounds, as well as people of various physical abilities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and generations.
-History of building and maintaining a strong staff and partnering with senior leaders to develop the culture of the organization; able to act decisively, communicate decisions transparently, and delegate to and work cooperatively with senior leaders and direct reports.
-Demonstrated ability to build capacity for the long run including building upon current internal systems, structures, and policies and/or supporting the development of staff in a way that leads to the sustainability of the organization.
-Strong learning orientation i.e. can learn from mistakes, have a desire to continuously improve and grow, and have the capacity to foster this with direct reports.
-Proven track record successfully leading end-to-end projects; able to execute effectively under pressure with attention to detail, comfortable with multi-tasking and shifting priorities strategically and with flexibility when needed, and ability to solve problems creatively.
-Empathetic and compassionate leadership style with the ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with clients, staff, partner organizations, donors, government officials, judges and court personnel, and members of local holistic human services and advocacy coalitions.
-Track record of motivating and inspiring others to achieve impact through creativity and teamwork, with the ability to foster an environment for staff that celebrates the wins along the way while keeping an eye on the long-term goals of the work.
Contact & Apply
Koya Partners l Diversified Search Group has been exclusively retained for this engagement, which is being led by Shelby Woods and Amber Gomes. Please submit your application, cover letter and resume, by reviewing the posted job description and filling out our Talent Profile located at: https://www.dsgco.com/search/21215-still-she-rises-legal-director/
All inquiries are strictly confidential.
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