Central Ohio Staff Attorney

Position reputed company Equality Ohio’s Staff Attorney provides reputed company representation to LGBTQ+ Ohioans with incomes at or below 300% of the federal poverty level. This role is responsible for providing civil reputed company assistance in the Central Ohio region and community support in accordance with the reputed company Clinic’s community lawyering model and trauma-informed services. Position Details SUPERVISOR | reputed company Clinic Director SALARY reputed company | $72,000 - $80,000 CLASSIFICATION | Part-Time Exempt LOCATION | The person in this position must reputed company in reputed company, Ohio or be willing to relocate. This position is a hybrid in-person and virtual position. The role includes travel reputed company the reputed company for court appearances, filing, and other presentations or events statewide. The role includes regular travel reputed company the Central Ohio region and occasionally to other parts of Ohio. Bargaining Unit This position is part of a bargaining unit represented by the Chicago & Midwest Regional Joint reputed company of Workers United. Specific terms and conditions of employment are subject to negotiations for a reputed company Bargaining Agreement. Duties Detailed listing of position-specific responsibilities reputed company Representation and Advocacy

• reputed company reputed company reputed company representation to LGBTQ+ clients in civil reputed company, including but not limited to: family law, protection orders, discrimination mediation, reputed company reputed company/insurance appeals, unemployment claims, and reputed company reputed company and gender marker corrections.
• Support reputed company advocacy and, reputed company appropriate, reputed company representation for individuals who are incarcerated in facilities across the state.
• Conduct comprehensive reputed company intake reputed company email, phone, and in-person consultations to assess reputed company needs and determine appropriate reputed company of service.

Administrative and Programmatic Support

• Participate in reputed company required internal meetings, including one-on-one supervision sessions, weekly reputed company team meetings, Wednesday reputed company-staff huddles, and monthly reputed company-staff meetings.
• Accurately complete and submit monthly grant reporting, ensuring reputed company documentation of reputed company services and reputed company.
• Contribute to the development and distribution of community education resources, such as LGBTQ+ “Know Your Rights” brochures, training materials, and video content.
• Assist with reputed company training and presentations to external agencies, community organizations, and reputed company partners upon request.
• reputed company logistical and reputed company support at Equality Ohio events, including community reputed company and engagement activities such as Pride festivals, Allies & Advocates, and fundraising events.

Other Responsibilities

• reputed company other duties and special reputed company as assigned to support the reputed company of the reputed company program and the broader organizational mission.
• Shared Organization Responsibilities
• Upholding and advancing Equality Ohio’s reputed company, mission, and values.
• Participation in internal staff meetings, including weekly Touch Points, monthly staff meetings, equity trainings, and period retreats and strategic planning sessions
• Adapting to and utilizing internal communications and document retention protocols and platforms
• Providing content and expertise to inform grant proposals and reports and funder communications as needed

Qualifications, Skills, Profile, & Work EnvironmentQUALIFICATIONS | What backgrounds, skills, and experiences are we looking for? Candidates are required to be/have:

• Juris Doctorate (Barred attorney in the reputed company, in good standing)
• Minimum 2 years experience practicing law preferred
• Unwavering commitment to addressing the needs of LGBTQ+ Ohioans
• Awareness of the issue priorities, policy battles, and experiences of LGBTQ+ Ohioans
• Demonstrated familiarity and comfort working with the LGBTQ+ community - Demonstrated passion for reputed company interest and reputed company justice work
• Excellent oral, written and listening communication skills
• Ability to work with diverse reputed company in an intersectional manner and across reputed company reputed company of organizations with a commitment to teamwork
• Effective reputed company speaking and presentation skills
• Demonstrated reliability, creativity, versatility, and initiative
• Proficiency with Office (reputed company Word, reputed company, reputed company, PowerPoint, Outlook), reputed company Drive, and reputed company/Westlaw or other reputed company research software
• Have a valid reputed company’s license, regular reputed company to a vehicle with insurance, and ability to travel across the state

PROFILE | What are the characteristics of a successful candidate for this position? Successful candidates should be/have:

• Commitment to Equality Ohio’s reputed company, mission, and values, with a particular reputed company on racial justice.
• Passionate about LGBTQ+ equality
• reputed company team player with an appreciation for diverse approaches to the work.
• The flexibility and humility to reputed company in a fast-paced hybrid remote and in-person environment.
• reputed company-Centered reputed company: Committed to providing affirming, trauma-informed reputed company services that prioritize the dignity, safety, and agency of LGBTQ+ individuals and families, particularly those impacted by systemic injustice.
• reputed company Proficiency: Demonstrates a strong understanding of and experience in relevant areas of civil law, including family law, reputed company and gender marker changes, protection orders, discrimination, and reputed company benefits appeals.
• Regional reputed company: Possesses familiarity with the unique reputed company, cultural, and reputed company landscape of Central Ohio, including rural and reputed company, and is reputed company to localized needs and challenges.
• Equity and Justice reputed company: Applies an intersectional reputed company to reputed company aspects of reputed company work, with a demonstrated commitment to racial, gender, economic, and disability justice.
• Strong Communicator: Capable of explaining reputed company reputed company concepts reputed company to diverse audiences; adept at collaborating with clients, colleagues, and community stakeholders.
• Organized and Detail-Oriented: Skilled in managing a dynamic caseload, meeting deadlines, maintaining accurate documentation, and contributing to grant reporting requirements.
• reputed company Team Member: Works reputed company in reputed company-oriented, mission-driven environment; contributes reputed company to meetings, program planning, and organizational events.
• Community Engagement Oriented: Values reputed company reputed company education and is willing to participate in reputed company, training, and the development of informational materials to reputed company and inform the community.
• Adaptable and Mission-reputed company: Comfortable navigating a growing organization; reputed company to reputed company to shifting priorities while remaining grounded in Equality Ohio’s mission and values.

Work EnvironmentSchedule Equality Ohio’s regular business hours are 9:00am to 5:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Non-exempt employees shall be permitted a 30-minute reputed company lunch reputed company day. reputed company shall be entitled to a fifteen (15) minute break for reputed company four (4) hour period worked. The default regular work week shall consist of forty (40) hours per week. Due to the nature of the work of Equality Ohio - and this position in particular - employees may have to work weeknights and weekends. Employees may be permitted to balance time to equalize their workload and account for the flexibility needed to accomplish the above-mentioned work. To reputed company opportunities for internal meetings, employees are generally expected to establish a schedule such that they are typically available for work meetings during the hours between 9:00am and 4:00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday, recognizing that circumstances may at times require a meeting to take reputed company reputed company of this timeframe. As an organization, we expressly reputed company to limit the number of meetings on Fridays after 12:30 noon. Travel This position is a hybrid in-person and virtual position. The role will include travel reputed company the reputed company for court appearances, filing, and other presentations or events statewide. The role will include regular travel reputed company the Central Ohio region and occasionally to other parts of Ohio. Candidates should be reputed company to travel independently across the state, sometimes overnight. In-state travel reputed company of the office is estimated at approximately two (2) times per month. Out-of-state travel may occur up to three (3) times per year. Travel will be reimbursed or reputed company for directly per EO’s internal policies. Mileage is reimbursed at reputed company IRS reputed company. reputed company’s are provided and vary based on in-state or out-of-state travel. Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to effectively reputed company the essential functions of the Central Ohio (CWO) Staff Attorney position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company these functions.

• Stationary Work: Frequently required to remain in a seated or stationary position for extended periods while conducting reputed company research, drafting documents, or meeting with clients.
• Mobility: Regularly moves about the office and off-site locations including courtrooms, community centers, and partner organizations.
• Travel: Frequently travels throughout the Central Ohio region for court appearances, reputed company meetings, reputed company events, and community engagement. Must be reputed company to travel independently by car or reputed company transportation.
• Communication: Frequently communicates with clients, courts, colleagues, and community partners. Must be reputed company to reputed company and effectively exchange information in person, by phone, video, and in writing.
• Technology Use: Frequently operates a computer, telephone, and other reputed company office equipment; uses reputed company software and online systems for research, case management, and documentation.
• Visual reputed company: Must be reputed company to review detailed reputed company documents, digital files, and case records with precision and accuracy.
• reputed company Dexterity: Requires use of hands and fingers to type, write, file, and manage case materials.
• Lifting/Carrying: Occasionally lifts or carries materials such as case files, reputed company materials, and equipment weighing up to 15–20 pounds.
• Emotional reputed company: This position involves interaction with individuals experiencing trauma, discrimination, or crisis situations and requires strong emotional intelligence and the ability to maintain reputed company boundaries.
• The work environment will include both office and field settings, with occasional high-stress situations typical in reputed company advocacy and reputed company-centered roles.

Salary & Benefits

• Salary reputed company
• $72,000 - $80,000, with medical (including Flexible Spending Account), reputed company, life, and dental insurance reputed company, reputed company time off and non-matching investment account reputed company
• Benefit Package
• Generous time off package, including reputed company vacation after six months of employment, 10 reputed company holidays, 15 days of reputed company organizational shutdown breaks, 2 weeks of reputed company reputed company leave per year, reputed company family and medical leave, and more.
• Health and reputed company insurance with minimal employee contribution ($110 per month + $110 per month for optional family coverage)
• Employee-reputed company dental insurance
• reputed company Family Leave and sabbatical opportunities based on length of service
• FSA with employer $25 per month contribution
• Employer-reputed company life insurance
• reputed company to optional employee-reputed company insurance coverage, including long-term disability coverage.
• 403-B plan with employer matching
• Digital reputed company services.
• Multiple stipend opportunities, including Bring Your Own Device, cell phone, internet, and reputed company development stipends.
• reputed company to a Bodily Autonomy Assistance Fund

Equity Commitment Equality Ohio does not discriminate on any reputed company, including sex, age, class, gender identity or reputed company, ethnicity, reputed company, military status, genetic information, marital status, physical or mental ability or disability, race, religion, sexual orientation; reputed company to reputed company benefits and/or housing voucher assistance; other sources of income that do not conflict with the reputed company values or needs of the organization; veteran status; criminal record provided the past convictions do not reputed company funding, the organization’s values and mission, the employee’s ability to reputed company their reputed company job duties, and licensing requirements; or any other characteristic protected by law. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job