Fully Remote - VA Associate Advocate

Advocacy Solutions; Fort Lauderdale (FL); Remote; USD 63,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Company paid life and disability

401(k) with employer match

Paid time off

Ten company paid holidays

Job summary

Advocacy Solutions in Fort Lauderdale seeks an Associate Advocate to support the Senior Advocate and help build a strong leadership team within the advocate department. This role provides technical legal support at the Regional Office, Board, and CAVC levels.

The Associate Advocate leads intake activities, drafts arguments and briefs, conducts legal research, prepares clients for examinations, and reviews caseloads.

Qualifications

• This role requires an active license to practice law in the United States and 1–2 years of related experience or an equivalent education.
• Post-collegiate degree or accredited agent status with relevant legal experience is acceptable.
• Strong written/oral communication, analytical, interpersonal, and computer skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership and support of all Intake activities, leading a team of customer service professionals.
• Provides technical guidance to reports and other professionals as required.
• Reviews decisions and provides directive to Case Managers for further development.
• Drafts arguments, briefs, and letters for VA disability benefits cases.
• Prepares clients for Compensation & Pension Examinations and reviews c-files.
• Conducts legal research for cases and takes lay witness statements.
• Edits company blogs and supports the department's strategic direction.

Skills

Legal research

Drafting briefs

Communication

Analytical skills

Team leadership

Education

Active law license (US)

Job description

Salary Range (DOQ): $62,943.75 - $104,906.25Job Summary:Do you want to have a fulfilling career with purpose helping people obtain their VA disability benefits? The VA Associate Advocate will assist the Senior Advocate/Team Leader of an advocate department and be responsible for assisting in the strategic direction of the department. They will partner with the department head to build a strong leadership team.The Associate Advocate provides technical legal support to the Senior Advocate. Duties and responsibilities include becoming familiar with the relevant statues, regulations and case law; reviewing and bookmarking records and files; assisting the SA in identifying issues, providing legal research, and drafting of arguments and briefs at the Regional Office, Board and CAVC levels.This is a remote work from home position. Our benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, company paid life insurance and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with an employer match, paid time off, and ten company paid holidays.Essential Functions:· Provides leadership and support of all Intake activities, leading a team of customer service professionals.· Provides technical guidance to reports and other professionals as required.· Provides input and recommendations to leaders for progress towards company objectives.· Review decisions and provide directive to Case Managers for further development.· Manage reduced caseload with similar responsibilities as senior associate on a smaller scale.· Draft arguments, briefs, and letters.· Prepare clients for Compensation & Pension Examinations.· Review and bookmark c-files.· Conduct Legal Research for a case.· Take lay witness statements.· Edit BLOGS for the company website.· Performs other related duties as assigned.Required Skills/Abilities:· Performing work in this job’s occupational field requires the application of advanced professional disciplines requiring a post collegiate degree or be an accredited agent with equivalent and the extensive, applied use of related concepts, practices, and methods.· In relation to other jobs in the same function, this job requires an advanced level of proficiency to apply broad knowledge, experience, and leadership.· Other important skills include excellent written and oral communication, analytical, interpersonal and computer skills.Education and Experience:· This job requires applicants to have an active license to practice law from a jurisdiction within the United States; 1-2 years of work-related experience is preferred for this position or an equivalent combination of education and experience.Physical Requirements:· Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, talking on a telephone and working on a computer.Remote Work from Home Requirements:· Must have a desk, chair and basic essentials to work from home.· Must have a quiet work area without noise or distractions.· Must have personal high speed internet service (Wi-Fi is not acceptable). Our minimum internet speed requirement is 100 download & 20 upload speed.· Remote workers must be based in the United States and must reside in (or be willing to relocate to) one of the following states: FL, GA, IL, IN, MA, NC, NJ, NV, NY, PA, SC, TX or WV.