Chief Legal Officer - Justice at Work PA

We need to output HTML fragment with headings

for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions. So we need to strip application process lines, nondiscrimination, etc. We need to extract content: Job Title: Chief Legal Officer (not heading). Location: Pennsylvania (Hybrid). Status: Exempt. Employment Type: Full-time. Reports To: Executive Director. We can fold minor metadata into a short

or drop it. Probably include a paragraph with location, status, employment type, reports to. Then sections: About the role: The paragraph after "Justice at Work seeks a Chief Legal Officer (CLO) to lead our legal programs...". That is description. So we can put that in

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containing that description. Responsibilities: There's a list under "Primary Responsibilities" with subheadings: Strategic Leadership, Legal Program Leadership & Oversight, Team Leadership & Talent Development, Internal Partnerships & Cross-Functional Collaboration, External Partnerships & Relations. Each has bullet-like sentences. We need to output

• for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we can combine all responsibilities into a list. Or we could keep subheadings? The instruction: use

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  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and

    for prose. So we can have a Responsibilities section with

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    • items for each responsibility bullet. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to capture each bullet's content. Let's extract responsibilities: Under "Primary Responsibilities": Strategic Leadership - Collaborate with teams to develop and execute strategies that advance program priorities, strengthen legal services, and expand mission impact - Anticipate and respond to emerging legal, regulatory, and policy developments affecting Pennsylvania's low-wage workers - Assess organizational and community needs and work with the leadership team to align staffing, resources, and program design to meet evolving demands Legal Program Leadership & Oversight - Provide high-level oversight of legal services, community education, partnerships, and related programmatic activities to ensure cross-team coordination and organizational alignment - Establish and maintain standards for legal quality, supervision, case management, and service delivery, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical obligations, grant requirements, and organizational policies - Monitor program outcomes, identify trends, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to maximize impact Team Leadership & Talent Development - Supervise and support program team supervisors - Support recruitment, development, and retention of high-performing legal staff - Partner with leadership team to foster an inclusive, collaborative culture, with a focus on direct communication, accountability, and continuous learning - Lead a strategic, collaborative process to develop and implement professional development initiatives, including training and conferences, licensing, and accreditation Internal Partnerships & Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner with the operations team to align legal program activities with the organization's compliance, operations, and grant-reporting responsibilities - Serve as program lead in cross-functional workflows, supplying program activity information for reporting, funding, and compliance processes led by operations team - Ensure legal staff maintain accurate, complete, and timely case documentation that supports compliance, funding, and reporting requirements - Collaborate on resolution of compliance matters identified by the operations team External Partnerships & Relations - Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with funders, legal aid organizations, community partners, referral networks, and other stakeholders - Support fundraising, grant development & management, and funder engagement - Drive strategic collaboration with partners to address service gaps, strengthen referral processes, and identify opportunities for broader impact in advancing JaW-PA's goals We'll list each as
    • . Next, Requirements / Qualifications / Skills: The posting has "Required Skills And Qualifications". It includes: - Licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the ability to obtain a Pennsylvania law license immediately upon hiring - A minimum of 7 years of legal practice experience, preferably in the nonprofit sector - Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity and a demonstrated ability to manage staff, set priorities, delegate tasks, and follow-up - Exceptional critical thinking and strong judgment - Strong interpersonal skills: able to work well with a wide range of people with different lived and professional education, experience, and ability, including low-wage worker communities, community partners, and funders - A demonstrated commitment to mentorship practices rooted in collaboration - Experience practicing employment law and/or immigration law (strongly preferred) We need to decide which sections to use: Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. The instruction says use headings for those categories if content exists. We have content that mixes requirements and qualifications and skills. We could split: Requirements (licensed, years experience), Qualifications (maybe same), Skills (leadership, critical thinking, interpersonal, mentorship, employment/immigration law). But we must not create thin sections with filler. Better to combine into one section maybe "Requirements and Qualifications" but headings limited to given list. We could use "Requirements" for the license and years experience, "Qualifications" for leadership etc, "Skills" for interpersonal etc. However that may be thin. But we have enough detail for each. Let's see: Requirements: license, 7 years experience. Qualifications: excellent leadership skills, exceptional critical thinking, strong judgment, demonstrated commitment to mentorship. Skills: strong interpersonal skills, experience practicing employment law and/or immigration law. We'll create three sections if each has substantive content. They do. Now Benefits and Pay: The posting includes "Salary & Benefits". Salary: "The salary for this position will be commensurate with qualifications and experience." That's vague; we must not create Pay section unless posting actually states them. It says salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience - that's not a specific number or range, but it's still stating something about pay. The instruction: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state something about salary (commensurate). So we can include Pay section with that sentence. However we must avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" is considered filler? The instruction says: "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". So "commensurate with qualifications and experience" is considered filler/placeholder. So we should NOT create a Pay section because the content is filler. Similarly Benefits: they list specific benefits: Medical, dental, vision insurance; Life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage; Retirement plan with employer contribution; Generous holiday, sick, and personal paid leave, including paid holiday leave for one week at the end of each calendar year; Up to $7,500 per year in student loan repayment assistance. That's specific, so we can include Benefits section. Schedule: Not mentioned. So no Schedule section. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits. We also need to include location etc maybe as a short paragraph before sections. We must not include application instructions, nondiscrimination, etc. Now produce HTML fragment. Structure:

      Location: Pennsylvania (Hybrid). Status: Exempt. Employment Type: Full-time. Reports To: Executive Director.

      About the role

      Justice at Work seeks a Chief Legal Officer (CLO) to lead our legal programs. A key member of our leadership team, the CLO will inform organizational strategy, advance resource development, and drive programmatic excellence. The CLO partners with the Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer to ensure strategic alignment in JaW-PA’s people, programs, policies, and practices. The CLO supervises and develops legal leaders and staff, strengthens JaW-PA's delivery of legal services, optimizes case management, fosters a collaborative culture committed to continuous learning, and cultivates impactful community partnerships. The ideal candidate will bring extensive nonprofit legal practice experience and a proven ability to lead mission-driven teams in delivering high-quality legal services.

      Responsibilities

      • Collaborate with teams to develop and execute strategies that advance program priorities, strengthen legal services, and expand mission impact
      • Anticipate and respond to emerging legal, regulatory, and policy developments affecting Pennsylvania's low-wage workers
      • Assess organizational and community needs and work with the leadership team to align staffing, resources, and program design to meet evolving demands
      • Provide high-level oversight of legal services, community education, partnerships, and related programmatic activities to ensure cross-team coordination and organizational alignment
      • Establish and maintain standards for legal quality, supervision, case management, and service delivery, ensuring compliance with legal and ethical obligations, grant requirements, and organizational policies
      • Monitor program outcomes, identify trends, and implement continuous improvement initiatives to maximize impact
      • Supervise and support program team supervisors
      • Support recruitment, development, and retention of high-performing legal staff
      • Partner with leadership team to foster an inclusive, collaborative culture, with a focus on direct communication, accountability, and continuous learning
      • Lead a strategic, collaborative process to develop and implement professional development initiatives, including training and conferences, licensing, and accreditation
      • Partner with the operations team to align legal program activities with the organization's compliance, operations, and grant-reporting responsibilities
      • Serve as program lead in cross-functional workflows, supplying program activity information for reporting, funding, and compliance processes led by operations team
      • Ensure legal staff maintain accurate, complete, and timely case documentation that supports compliance, funding, and reporting requirements
      • Collaborate on resolution of compliance matters identified by the operations team
      • Cultivate and maintain strategic relationships with funders, legal aid organizations, community partners, referral networks, and other stakeholders
      • Support fundraising, grant development & management, and funder engagement
      • Drive strategic collaboration with partners to address service gaps, strengthen referral processes, and identify opportunities for broader impact in advancing JaW-PA's goals

      Requirements

      • Licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, or the ability to obtain a Pennsylvania law license immediately upon hiring
      • A minimum of 7 years of legal practice experience, preferably in the nonprofit sector

      Qualifications

      • Excellent leadership skills, with steadfast resolve and personal integrity and a demonstrated ability to manage staff, set priorities, delegate tasks, and follow-up
      • Exceptional critical thinking and strong judgment
      • A demonstrated commitment to mentorship practices rooted in collaboration

      Skills

      • Strong interpersonal skills: able to work well with a wide range of people with different lived and professional education, experience, and ability, including low-wage worker communities, community partners, and funders
      • Experience practicing employment law and/or immigration law (strongly preferred)

      Benefits

      • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
      • Life insurance and short and long-term disability coverage
      • Retirement plan with employer contribution
      • Generous holiday, sick, and personal paid leave, including paid holiday leave for one week at the end of each calendar year