Description:
- NMLAs Centro Legal Campesino provides free civil legal aid to agricultural workers throughout the state -- predominantly in the south and southeast. NMLA case priorities include wage theft, employment discrimination and harassment, workplace health and safety violations, civil rights abuses, and immigration relief for survivors of violence and human trafficking.
Duties:
- The Staff Attorney will provide effective legal services to enforce agricultural workers rights. Advocacy tasks include:
- Multi-faceted advocacy to support project initiatives (Wage Justice Agricultural Guest Workers, Workplace Health & Safety, Labor Trafficking)
- Outreach in rural areas and at farmworker community centers across New Mexico and at the El Paso/Juarez border
- Case development and litigation in federal and state courts for claims under the Agricultural Worker Protection Act and federal and state wage laws
- Advice, counsel, and representation as appropriate for farmworkers before administrative agencies for wage theft and health and safety violations
- Advice, counsel, and representation as appropriate for farmworkers in poverty law practice areas (public benefits, unemployment insurance, housing, and consumer)
- Development of community legal education materials and conduct Know Your Rights presentations and participatory workshops
- Work in strategic partnerships, including co-counseling relationships, with other legal services and advocacy organizations
- Development and strengthening relationships with community agencies
- Participation in state-wide, regional, and national coalitions and taskforces
Requirements:
- Fluency (or high proficiency) in Spanish and English
- Ability to work effectively as part of team
- Collaborative work ethic
- Passion and energy to confront systemic injustices faced by farmworker communities
- Experience working with marginalized individuals and populations, especially immigrants
- Commitment to a client-centered approach to advocacy and working on challenging issues in a compassionate and sensitive manner
- Willingness and ability to do evening and weekend work, especially in harvest season, and to travel throughout New Mexico and to the El Paso/Juarez border region.
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