Staff Attorney - Elder Health and Disability Unit (Boston, MA)

Staff Attorney - Elder Health and Disability Unit

Greater Boston Legal Services (GBLS) is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Accessible Employer and strives to ensure that our staff members reflect the diversity of the communities we serve.Greater Boston Legal Services seeks a staff attorney with 0-3 years experience for a permanent position in the Elder Health and Disability Unit ( EHD ).The staff attorney s responsibilities will include assisting elders with a full range of housing and state and federal public health and income benefits work. The housing work will include representing elder tenants facing eviction in local district and housing courts and may include representing individual tenants facing Section 8 terminations. The staff attorney will also handle hearings on denials and terminations of SSI SSDI SNAP EAEDC TAFDC Medicare and MassHealth. The responsibilities may involve administrative advocacy and legislative work on housing or public benefits issues.Qualifications Admission to or comity with the Massachusetts Bar is required. This position is for an attorney with 0-3 years of legal experience. A commitment to social justice is required. Some legal experience in poverty law as well as knowledge of housing law and or federal (SSI SSDI Medicare) or state benefits (TAFDC EAEDC SNAP EA shelter MassHealth) are preferred. Fluency in Spanish or Haitian Creole is helpful but not required.Salary is based on a union scale which begins at 60 000 for an attorney who has just graduated law school. GBLS offers a generous benefits package paid time off and a student loan repayment assistance plan for eligible attorneys. The attorney will work out of the GBLS Boston office. However at present due to COVID-19 work is handled both remotely and in the office.Candidates should submit cover letter resume and a brief writing sample to the Human Resources Team via email at jobs(at)gbls.org. Please refer to Job Code EHD-ATTY when applying for this position. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled and reviewed on a rolling basis but applicants are encouraged to submit applications by October 28 2022.GBLS values diversity and encourages applicants from a broad range of backgrounds.