[blindLaw] FW: [DRBA] CREEC is looking for a new Executive Director!

Tue Aug 2 15:16:19 UTC 2022

FYI

This would be a great job for someone with the requisite experience and skills.

From: Disability Rights Bar Association <DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU> On Behalf Of Amy Robertson
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2022 5:51 AM
To: DRBA at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: [DRBA] CREEC is looking for a new Executive Director!

Hi, all – 

Passing this along for my former organization, the Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center.  Thanks!  

Link here:  https://creeclaw.org/executive-director-search/

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The Civil Rights Education and Enforcement Center (CREEC) is a legal nonprofit and membership organization. CREEC’s work focuses on empowering communities through civil rights impact litigation, education and instructional resources, discourse, outreach, advocacy, collaboration, and well-timed humor. CREEC is looking for an Executive Director to start immediately.

About CREEC:

CREEC’s goal is to ensure that everyone can fully and independently participate in our nation’s civic life without discrimination based on disability, race, gender, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We challenge discrimination through litigation and education, seeking systemic change and improvement in individual lives. CREEC provides legal expertise as well as education and resources to individuals, advocates, and lawyers in the immigrant and civil rights communities.

Based in Denver, with remote employees in other locations, our scope is nationwide. Through our advocacy and litigation, CREEC has successfully transformed the practices of major companies and government entities.

Our Work:

CREEC brings litigation on behalf of individuals, organizations, and classes of people. This includes large, cutting-edge, class action cases throughout the nation as well as smaller, individual cases. For example, we have litigated systemic cases on behalf of incarcerated people with disabilities in Colorado, Montana, and Tennessee. We have also brought multiple class actions against ICE, including a nationwide class action challenging medical and mental health care, segregation, and disability access at more than 150 immigration detention prisons.

We also engage in informal advocacy, for example through our Fast Advocacy for Communication program, advocating for sign language interpreters for Deaf clients through educational letters and negotiations.

We also have a number of educational projects, ranging from one-time webinars and continuing legal education courses to our ongoing “help desk” projects, providing technical assistance in the areas of disability rights and immigration detention conditions to other lawyers, advocates, and interested parties.

Responsibilities of the Executive Director:

*	Running the joint.
*	With input from board and staff, creating and overseeing a strategic plan that continues and builds on CREEC’s track record for sustainable high-impact litigation and education.
*	Being the chief spokesperson for and public face of CREEC, including working with the CREEC staff to cultivate messaging and media relationships.
*	Working with CREEC staff to develop and maintain a strong fundraising program, meeting with and cultivating individual and corporate donors at all levels.
*	Working with the Director of Operations, bookkeeper, and accountant to prepare audits, tax reports, and other public filings, and to monitor the financial health of the organization.
*	Working with CREEC staff to coordinate workload and resource allocation.
*	Working with the Director of Operations to manage personnel policies, hiring, annual reviews, and transitions; work with the Director of Operations to maintain compliance with federal, state, and local labor and business laws and requirements.
*	Doing a bit of everything. We’re a small outfit, so everyone pitches in from time to time on random and/or menial tasks.
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This is an opportunity for an experienced nonprofit leader to grow a successful organization and lead it into a sustainable future.

What We’re Looking For:

The ideal candidate will share our values and have executive experience leading a nonprofit, including most or all of the following:

*	Familiarity with (or willingness to become familiar with) the relevant areas of law in which we practice, including managing the organization’s caseload and how relevant laws affect our case and project selection and staffing.
*	Experience with and ties to one or more relevant communities, including disability rights, immigrant rights, and/or other civil rights communities.
*	Experience with and enthusiasm for development, including a proven track record of successful fundraising.
*	Experience with non-profit management – preferably at the executive level – and strategic planning.
*	Experience managing or running a legal nonprofit would be ideal but, at a minimum, ability to understand the ebb and flow of litigation and its impact on resources.
*	Skills and creativity to help CREEC navigate the transition and to proactively form the role of CREEC Executive Director.
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Salary & Benefits:

Salary $165,000.  Benefits include a healthcare plan, a SIMPLE retirement plan to which CREEC contributes, three weeks of paid leave, workers’ compensation insurance, payment of dues for relevant organizations, (for lawyers) payment of bar dues, continuing legal education, and malpractice insurance, and (if working from Denver) free parking.

CREEC is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workforce and promotes an inclusive culture. CREEC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.

Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Process:

Please submit to resumes at creeclaw.org <mailto:resumes at creeclaw.org>  a resume or CV and a cover letter explaining why you would be ideal for this job in light of the description above and your experience. Applications are due by August 16, 2022.

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