tax credit/health justice advocate for southern region

Organization: Pisgah Legal Services

Application Deadline: October 31, 2026

Position Type: Full-time, salary

About the role

The WNC Health and Economic Opportunities Program (HEOP) supports our mission in 18 Western North Carolina counties as part of a multi-year grant-funded expansion of anti-poverty work within the broad areas of free tax preparation/tax credits and outreach/enrollment for Affordable Care Act health insurance. Counties serviced include: Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey.

The WNC HEOP is designed to have long-term impact through two main priorities: (1) reduce the child poverty rate in each WNC county and (2) increase the insured rate through quality, affordable health care coverage in each WNC county. The program will work in conjunction with the entire PLS legal aid staff to support expanding free legal assistance to help a growing number of low-income people each year to solve problems related to basic needs, particularly housing, domestic violence, health care, and insufficient income.

The WNC HEOP Tax Credit and Health Justice Advocate will be responsible for ensuring that families and individuals gain access to quality health insurance coverage, as well as quality tax preparation services throughout the Southern region that services Transylvania, Henderson, Polk, and Rutherford Counties. This position will be based in Hendersonville, NC, Rutherfordton, NC, or Brevard, NC.

Responsibilities

• Provide tax preparation services, including:
  • Informing potential clients of free tax clinics
  • Collecting relevant financial records
  • Inputting data from financial records into tax return databases
  • Completing the filing of tax documents with appropriate agencies
• Serve as a health justice advocate, including:
  • Helping clients make informed decisions about healthcare coverage by providing one-on-one enrollment assistance

Pay

Salary ranges from $46,995 – $67,696 depending on experience. Additional bilingual language skills that are applicable to this role may qualify for up to an additional $3,000 upon completing a language assessment test.