Director of Legal and Advocacy Services
Seeking Director of Legal and Advocacy Services for Disability Rights Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas - Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) is seeking a Director of Legal and Advocacy Services to provide leadership, management, supervision and evaluation of DRA legal and advocacy work. The Director of Legal and Advocacy Services provides direct supervision to DRA Managing Attorneys and indirect oversight of attorneys, advocates, and other assigned staff; participates in the hiring of programmatic staff, setting priorities, budgeting and is a member of DRA's Senior Management Team.
Agency Description: Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) is an Arkansas non-profit organization with funding and authorization from the federal government to serve as the Protection and Advocacy system for individuals with disabilities in Arkansas. DRA pursues administrative, legal, and other appropriate remedies to ensure the protection of people with disailities in Arkansas. Cases include special education, employment, housing discrimination, abuse and neglect, right to treatment and freedom from harm. DRA pursues system change advocacy in addition to individual case advocacy.
DRA services to individuals with disabilities include information, referral, technical assistance, legal representation and investigation of abuse and neglect allegations. DRA also develops, publishes and distributes advocacy materials, participates in advocacy training, and monitors, analyse and comment on regulations, plans, budgets, policies or proposed legislation that may affect rights of people with disabilities.