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Legal Director Job Description  

The Pension Rights Center is seeking a dynamic, passionate, public interest-oriented lawyer to direct our legal program. The Center is a 50-year-old consumer organization that works to protect and promote the retirement security of workers, retirees, and their families.

PRC serves as the national resource center for six federally-funded regional pension counseling projects across the country in assisting individuals to obtain the pension, 401(k) and other retirement benefits they have earned and recovering benefits for tens of thousands of workers, spouses, retirees and their families.   For the areas that are not covered by the pension counseling projects, we help clients directly, advise and train other lawyers and legal service providers, and operate online legal and actuarial referral services.  We also participate in select pension cases as amicus curiae.

The Legal Director

• Oversees the day-to-day operations of the Center’s legal program
• Works with the Center’s legal program staff and consultants on legal and policy issues and proposals
• Provides legal advice on ERISA and pension benefits issues, including spousal rights, to clients, attorneys, and staff
• Coordinates an annual training conference for the counseling project attorneys
• Develops training materials and webinars for the counseling projects, legal services attorneys, and partner organizations
• Writes grant reports and proposals and serves as Counsel to the Center
• Speaks at conferences and writes fact sheets and blog posts for the Center’s website

Preferred qualifications include –

• Licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia or eligibility to join the DC Bar
• Minimum three years of experience as an ERISA or legal services attorney or program manager.
• Excellent written, communications, public speaking, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Experience with developing and coordinating legal trainings, conferences, and webinars
• A creative self-starter who can work well independently and also as part of a team
• An interest in coming up with innovative solutions to challenging legal problems
• A dedication to mission-driven public interest work and to issues of economic equity
• A positive can-do, anything-that-needs-doing, attitude and a sense of humor

Salary range is $120,000 – $140,000, commensurate with experience. We provide employer-paid health insurance, disability, and retirement benefits.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to maintaining an equitable and inclusive workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or gender identity.

To apply, send the following documents to jobs@pensionrights.org

• Resumé
• Cover letter

Additional documents and references may be requested.