Type: Regular, Full-time, Exempt, Management.

Location: San Francisco, CA. This is a hybrid role that is required to work in the office 2 days a week.

Deadline: Applications are due by Wednesday, Sept. 16.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual compensation depends on years of relevant experience and ranges from $161,197 to $176,144.

ALC’s comprehensive benefits package includes the following: generous vacation and paid holidays; medical, dental, disability, and life insurance coverage (ALC pays 100% of premiums for employees and 75% for qualified dependents); a flexible spending account (FSA); commuter benefits; and 401(k) retirement plan with employer non-elective contribution and match.

The Opportunity

ALC currently seeks an experienced attorney to assume the pivotal role of Program Director of our esteemed Workers’ Rights Program. This position offers a unique opportunity to lead a dynamic team dedicated to advocating for the rights of immigrant and low-wage workers at a crucial time. Immigrant workers face governmental attacks and employer retaliation and intimidation. Employers use new technologies and old tactics to exploit workers, in low-wage industries ranging from restaurants to care work to transportation. Amid these challenges, our team works to strengthen worker power and protect Asian and Pacific Islander and other immigrant communities from wage theft, discrimination, and unsafe work environments. Current and recent matters have sought to hold companies accountable for their app-based workers; garnered up to seven-figure wage-theft recoveries; combated efforts to strip immigrants of commercial drivers licenses; and protected immigrant workers from information-sharing with ICE.

The selected candidate will spearhead our efforts to address a broad spectrum of workplace and immigrant worker Issues through a combination of strategic litigation, community-centered policy advocacy, direct legal services, and support for worker organizing. Integral to this role is the cultivation and maintenance of strategic partnerships with worker centers and community partners to support workplace organizing, foster worker-led campaigns, and build power for low-income, immigrant workers. The position reflects our commitment to integrating legal advocacy with movement building to create systemic change.

The Program Director will lead a team comprising two staff attorneys, a paralegal, and a community advocate. The ideal candidate will possess management experience, significant legal expertise in immigrant workers’ rights, and demonstrate an essential understanding of the nuanced challenges our clients face. The Program Director will work within a supportive environment that values innovation, collaboration, and community partnership, under the guidance of ALC’s Legal Director.

In assuming this leadership role, the Program Director will play a vital role in shaping the strategic direction of the program, leveraging their expertise to propel ALC’s mission forward. This entails formulating and executing strategic goals designed to advance the welfare of immigrant workers and safeguard their rights within the workplace and against government overreach. We invite qualified candidates who are driven by a commitment to social justice and immigrant workers’ rights to join us in this critical work.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit via BreezyHR the following:

1. Cover letter
2. Resume
3. Writing sample (no more than 10 pages)
4. Three professional references (including at least two direct supervisor reference)

For more information and to apply, visit our job portal below.