Mission Economic Development Agency is hiring a
Title: Litigation Paralegal
Reports to: Asset Building Programs Director
Pay Range: $85,000-$95,000
Location: San Francisco, CA.
This is a hybrid position, and candidates must be able to work three days per week in our San Francisco office.
Apply here: https://medasf.bamboohr.com/careers/222
JOIN OUR MEDA TEAM
The Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA) is a community-based, local economic development organization, which, for over 50 years, has engaged individuals, families, and small businesses in community-building strategies. Rooted in the Mission and focused on San Francisco, MEDA’s mission is to strengthen low- and moderate-income Latino families by promoting economic equity and social justice through asset building and community development
YOUR CAREER OPPORTUNITY
In 2022, MEDA formed Housing Stabilization & Eviction Defense (HSED) to appropriately serve the Mission Community with culturally competent legal services for housing conflicts. To further our impact, MEDA is hiring a Litigation Paralegal to join our HSED legal staff.
The position requires a candidate who will actively support our legal team in serving clients facing tenants’ rights issues and eviction lawsuits to avoid displacement. They will join the HSED team to assist in carrying out the daily operations of the eviction defense service line which includes calendaring, document management, and compiling information for discovery responses, interrogatories, pleadings, motions, depositions, and trial preparation that are essential functions of this role. The Litigation Paralegal will collaborate with our legal counsel to serve as a point of contact for clients, providing legal research and administrative support over the course of representation. In the course of their duties, they shall regularly work alongside our legal team to facilitate trial representation, discovery collection, drafting motions and other documents, handling depositions, keeping client files up to date, and ensuring that key deadlines are met. Experience in eviction defense and tenant-landlord law is preferred.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
YOUR KEYS TO SUCCESS
To perform successfully in this role, you will need to leverage these key qualifications:
YOUR MEDA EXPERIENCE
Do meaningful work in an innovative workplace, while being challenged for your professional growth.
Joining MEDA means having meaningful experiences that develop achievers – from across the Mission neighborhood and within our organization. We find meaning and fulfillment in our work as we see our community thrive and are driven to achieve better outcomes by challenging ourselves to innovate in our ways of working.
We offer a market-leading benefits program that reflects MEDA's values and mission. We invest in people's lives and support our own people's health and financial well-being.
Our core benefits include:
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time