Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

The State Bar of Nevada is accepting applications for an Outreach and Programs Specialist. This is a full-time, exempt position within the bar’s Administration Department.

Position Summary

The position will strategize for and implement diversity, equity, and inclusion projects/initiatives. The position works alongside various groups and State Bar members engaged in promoting participation by minorities in State Bar programs and activities through existing program management and implementation of new programs and services. This position will support state bar section leaders and provide support for the Nevada Bar Foundation, the state bar’s 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties below are noted as essential or defined as a duty that can be reassigned.

Essential Job Functions

 · Researches, develops, recommends, and executes creative strategies to foster the organization’s diversity goals. Reviews current practices and policies, assessing and analyzing the extent to which they support or hinder the state bar’s diversity goals. Develop creative methods to highlight the inclusionary efforts within the organization.

· Develops tracking and benchmarking to measure progress of initiatives and activities.

· Maintains knowledge of diversity-related issues, trends and best practices through research and outreach to affinity bar organizations, state bar associations, American Bar Association and other law related organizations

• Works with affinity bar associations to coordinate and implement programs and initiatives related to DEI. Serve as liaison to external voluntary bars to help communicate between organizations and assist in their events. Attends external bar meetings and events as required.

• Manages administrative responsibilities, program planning, implementation, and assessment.

• Works with the Communications, Continuing Legal Education, and Practice Management Departments to increase visibility and participation of minorities in State Bar continuing education programming, leadership recruitment, and communication/marketing/publication features.

 · Supports state bar section leaders by facilitating communications to members, disseminating quarterly financial reports, tracking legislative proposals, and assisting in the development of section leaders.

· Manages grant programs that provide funding for DEI initiatives, lawyer wellbeing and other educational programs. Includes review of grant applications, monitoring of grant requirements, identifying potential grant recipients, and assisting applicants with grant submissions.

· Provides support to the Nevada Bar Foundation through coordination of biannual Foundation meetings, preparing meeting materials, facilitating annual grant applications and dissemination of funds, and assisting as needed the Nevada Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission.

· Develop training modules and informational resources. Create material and training programs to answer frequently asked questions to entities applying for grants. Build programs to assist in section leadership training.

· Manage lawyer wellbeing programs, including liaising with contracted individuals, tracking use of offered services, identifying lawyer wellbeing needs and trends, and communicating offered programs and services.

Reassignable Job Functions

· Other duties as assigned

Education and Experience Required

Bachelor’s Degree and at least five years prior related work experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Skills and Abilities

· Should be customer-service driven. Position requires demonstrated poise, tact and diplomacy along with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations.

· Strong listening skills.

· Should have a professional and personable demeanor.

· Must maintain confidential information provided.

· Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one situations (e.g., callers) in a professional and friendly manner. Must have excellent customer-service skills.

· Work requires continual attention to detail in composing, typing, and proofing materials, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines.

· Some analytical ability is required to properly direct and process incoming correspondence.

· Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential situations. Position requires demonstrated poise, tact, and diplomacy. 

· Must be able to perform basic mathematical functions (e.g., adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing).

· Strong attention to detail and well organized.

· Must be team oriented but able to work independently.

· Ability to work on multiple projects and to make decisions in accordance with established policies, procedures and deadlines.

Computer Skills

MS Office, Adobe

Other

Regular attendance is required. At times, individual must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with ability to handle and prioritize multiple, competing tasks and demands and to seek supervisory assistance as appropriate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee regularly is required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, ability to adjust focus, and manual dexterity in combination with eye/hand coordination. Work environment is subject to interruptions, varying and unpredictable situations and time pressures related to multiple tasks. It also requires regular use of computer keyboard and monitor. There is extensive repetitive motion in using hands/wrists.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified. Other functions may be assigned, and management retains the right to add or change the duties at any time.

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