JOB AVAILABLE
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION PARALEGAL
STATEN ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES
Staten
Island Legal Services (across the street
from the ferry) seeks a paralegal for its Homeowner Defense
Project. The job involves working with
low-income people facing foreclosure and other risks to homeownership,
interviewing them about their individual situations, gathering documents to
support their cases, and working with lawyers to modify mortgage loans and save
homes. The paralegal will have substantial client
contact as well as their own clients.
Qualifications
include:
Ø
Excellent interviewing, writing, and
communication skills;
Ø
Experience working with low-income people
preferred;
Ø
College degree or commensurate experience;
Ø Excellent
organizational skills;
Ø
Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred
Salary determined by
Collective Bargaining Agreement. Excellent
benefit package.
Interested individuals should
email a resume, cover letter and writing sample to:
Please write “SILS foreclosure paralegal” in subject
line
Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No
telephone calls.
Staten Island Legal
Services is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, women, people with disabilities, gay,
lesbian, and transgender people are all welcome and encouraged to apply.
