Bilingual Grant Paralegal - Farm Worker Rights Division (FWRD)
About The Position
Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is Colorado’s statewide nonprofit legal aid program, providing free civil legal assistance to eligible low-income Coloradans. The Farmworker Rights Division (FWRD), based in Denver, assists low-income agricultural workers throughout Colorado with matters including employment and civil rights litigation involving wages, working conditions, and discrimination. The division also sometimes represents agricultural workers who have experienced labor trafficking and other severe crimes in obtaining humanitarian visas for themselves and their derivatives. CLS is hiring a full-time, two-year term grant paralegal to support FWRD’s small team. The paralegal assists attorneys with casework and participates in outreach and community education, sharing information with workers and service providers. The role involves occasional travel throughout Colorado for outreach, service-provider engagement, and client meetings, and occasional evening and weekend work.
Requirements
- Fluency in oral and written Spanish.
- Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to independently manage multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to treat clients and staff with courtesy and respect.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Cultural responsiveness.
- Access to and provision of personal transportation for occasional travel throughout Colorado.
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with agricultural workers or other low-income workers.
- Experience in immigration and/or employment law.
- Microsoft Office proficiency.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an initial point of contact for applicants by screening cases, completing intakes, providing referrals, and opening cases.
- Manage mail and other correspondence.
- Implement and maintain filing systems; file electronic and physical documents; and ensure case data is tracked.
- Conduct legal research and draft documents for attorney review.
- Manage the FWRD intake line, track incoming calls, and ensure appropriate follow-up with the team and potential clients.
- Maintain client communications throughout their cases by conducting interviews and fact investigation, gathering documents, and providing technical assistance as needed.
- Work with the FWRD team to develop and implement outreach and education strategies for workers and service providers.
- Support work with outside attorneys, including processing invoices and managing timekeeping.
- Travel throughout the state occasionally for outreach to farm workers, engagement with service providers, and client meetings.
- Be available for occasional weekend and evening work as required.
Benefits
- Employer-paid premiums for employee health, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability insurance.
- Partial employer-paid premiums for spouses and dependents, based on a sliding scale.
- Dependent Care and Medical Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- CLS contributes $200 per month to each employee’s 403(b) retirement account and matches 100% of employee contributions up to 3% of salary; vesting is gradual, with full vesting after three years of employment.
- Generous paid time off.
- 13 paid holidays per year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
