Education Rights Legal Assistant (Data & Billing)

Advocates for Children of New York, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 64,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

403(b) plan with employer match

Paid time off: 15 vacation days and 15

15 paid time off days in first year

10 federal holidays

Life insurance

Short/long-term disability insurance

Job summary

Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. (AFC) is seeking a Legal Assistant to support our legal services staff in representing hundreds of families each year to obtain appropriate educational services.

The Legal Assistant processes and pursues payments won through our advocacy, files and tracks attorneys' fees claims, and administers our client loan fund. This essential role reports to the Director of Project Thrive and offers potential growth in casework responsibilities, with a salary range

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of relevant post-college work experience.
• Excellent technical skills, especially in Excel
• Spanish fluency preferred

Responsibilities

• Tracking and following up on money owed by the Department of Education to parents, schools, and service providers as a result of litigation.
• Billing, negotiating, and accounting for fees owed to AFC by the Department of Education when AFC prevails in a case.
• Processing, reporting on and accounting for AFC's client loan funds and coordinating with Hebrew Free Loan Society, which administers the funds.
• Analyzing and preparing data on loans and legal fees for budgeting and auditing, including partnering with the Operations and Development teams to provide additional support as needed.
• Assisting in casework including communicating with clients, preparing for hearings, and keeping records.
• Desire to learn, both as an individual and as part of an organization, and apply diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism principles.

Skills

Excel

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Independent work

Teamwork

Spanish fluency

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Proactive thinking

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Salesforce

Job description

Advocates for Children of New York, Inc. (AFC) is seeking a Legal Assistant to support our legal services staff in representing hundreds of families each year to obtain appropriate educational services.

The Legal Assistant processes and pursues payments won through our advocacy, files and tracks attorneys' fees claims, and administers our client loan fund. This essential role reports to the Director of Project Thrive and offers potential growth in casework responsibilities, with a salary range