Open Position: Full Time Paralegal, Hempstead (Public Benefits Unit)

Open Position: Full Time Paralegal, Hempstead (Public Benefits Unit)

OVERVIEW: For more than 50 years, Nassau Suffolk Law Services (NSLS) has been providing free, high quality legal counsel in civil matters when basic human needs are at stake including eviction and foreclosure prevention, income maintenance, disability, elder law, healthcare, consumer fraud and more. As the only provider of comprehensive civil legal services on Long Island, the services support thousands of poor and low-income families and individuals who cannot afford an attorney. With the gap separating those who can and cannot afford legal representation widening each day, we work to ensure that everyone has equal access to justice, regardless of their ability to pay. NSLS has a staff of nearly one hundred employees situated in three offices across Long Island.

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JOB DESCRIPTION: NSLS has an im‏‏‎mediate opening in our Hempstead office for a full-time paralegal in the Public Benefits Unit, primarily to assist in matters related to income maintenance issues, including but not limited to Public Assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, Unemployment Insurance, and the cessation of SSI benefits. Under the supervision of the unit’s Supervising Attorney, the paralegal will also provide information, referrals and brief services to individuals or agencies, provide attorneys with case and litigation support, help create and update unit materials and input and maintain records in internal and external case management systems. The paralegal will have the opportunity to handle matters through informal advocacy through administrative hearings, as necessitated by the individual case.

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START DATE: IMMEDIATELY

SALARY:   $39,158.00 DOE, union scale with excellent benefits

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Requirements: Paralegal training, college degree or appropriate prior experience; excellent communication and writing skills; strong attention to detail and organizational ability to prioritize and multi-task; demonstrated commitment to the goals and clients of the legal services program and the ability to work with the staff attorneys assigned to the unit; proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook; bilingual proficiency in Spanish and English preferred but not mandatory.

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Persons interested should submit resumes to:

JOHN BATANCHIEV, SUPERVISING ATTORNEY

NASSAU/SUFFOLK LAW SERVICES COMMITTEE, INC.

One Helen Keller Way, 5th Floor

Hempstead, New York 11550

JBatanchiev@nsls.legal

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NASSAU/SUFFOLK LAW SERVICES COMMITTEE, INC. IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION EMPLOYER.  PERSONS OF COLOR AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, WOMEN AND LGBTQ ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.