Staff Attorney

Position Summary 

As part of Lifespan Local's commitment to developing community-responsive services, we plan to launch legal services in 2025. To that end, we are seeking a Colorado-licensed attorney to help research, plan, develop and provide legal services to SW Denver residents. Our goal is to launch a best-practice model of legal services that will include ongoing legal support (the ability to follow a case over time), one-time face-face consultations, and legal education workshops/sessions (e.g, Know Your Rights, Advocating for Your Child at School, Understanding the Criminal Justice System, etc). There will also be an element of this staff attorney role that requires participation in community engagement activities and organizational partnership development.  

Essential Functions 

  • Develop and implement a model of community-based delivery of legal services

  • Grant writing, with an emphasis on funding legal services

  • Conduct legal literature reviews, best practice research for legal service program models, and summarize findings in research reports

Experience and Skill Requirements 

  • Minimum of 5 years working in the nonprofit sector

  • At least 5 years of grant writing and grant management, report writing

  • 5 years demonstrated success at structuring and tracking longer term projects 

  • 5 years of experience in a legal setting

  • Expertise in program development

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

  • Research and data analysis skills

  • Grant writing expertise with a track record of funded proposals

  • A strengths-based orientation to diverse communities

  • Knowledge of inequities that are present in SW Denver neighborhoods

  • Ability to present information in a variety of modalities (visually, graphically, verbally)

  • Comfort in using simultaneous translation when required

  • Demonstrated skill in partnership development and cross-sector collaborations

  • Bilingual (Spanish) preferred

Expected Work Hours        

May require occasional evening or weekend hours. 

Education  

  • Bachelor's Degree

  • Juris Doctor Awarded

  • Licensed (to practice law in Colorado)

Compensation/Benefits

Salary range is $95,000-110,000 for this full‐time non-exempt position (40 hours/week).

Generous benefits package includes:

  • 3 weeks’ vacation time and 1 week sick time annually

  • Portion of medical and dental care premiums covered by Lifespan Local

  • Short and long‐term disability insurance (Fully covered by Lifespan Local)

  • Life insurance (Fully covered by Lifespan Local)

  • 401K plan (Lifespan Local contributes without match required)

  • Vision insurance is available to purchase through benefits provider

To Apply  

Please forward cover letter and resume to:    

Lydia Prado
Executive Director | Lifespan Local 
Lydia@LifespanLocal.org