Administration & Support Openings
To be considered for any of the positions listed below, please apply by clicking on the Apply Now button within the position page. You will need to upload a cover letter, resume and list of references. Candidates should include in the application materials reference to all prior work experience relevant to the position that they are seeking to aid with the placement on TRLA’s salary scale.
AUSTIN
$43340 - $54212.65 / year
The Tenant Outreach Specialist will advance BASTA’s commitment to building tenant power through forming, supporting and sustaining tenants associations at multifamily properties in Austin. The successful candidate will be an attentive, empathetic relationship builder, have prior experience with community organizing or outreach, possess strong problem solving skills, and have solid strategic instincts.
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Posted 12/11/2024SAN ANTONIO
$43340 - $57212 / year
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) seeks a paralegal to work with our Medical Legal Partnership (MLP) project in San Antonio. Our MLP is an exciting opportunity to work with medical professionals to improve the health and well-being of low-income families. The MLP is based on a national medical-legal partnership model which places lawyers in a clinical setting to facilitate the provision of legal services crucial to vulnerable patient-families. MLP model takes a holistic approach to help families to overcome some social determinants that can harm their health. Some of the MLP’s priority areas will include, but not be exclusively, education, public benefits, and housing.
Learn more about this Paralegal B position.
Posted 9/16/2024AUSTIN
$60000 - $75000 / year
The Austin Tenants Council, a special project of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA), seeks a Fair Housing Testing Coordinator who will support its efforts to investigate allegations of discrimination, protect tenants’ rights, and educate the community on fair housing. A strong belief in equal justice for poor people is paramount to this position.
Learn more about this Coordinator position.
Posted 11/05/2024 TRLA SERVICE AREA
$43340 - $57212 / year
TRLA’s Public Benefits Team represents clients in administrative proceedings before the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Social Security Administration, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Learn more about this Paralegal B position.
Updated 9/12/2024AUSTIN
$43340 - $57212 / year
The Community Education Outreach Specialist will support BASTA’s frontline community education efforts including materials development, adaptation, and organization, as well as workshop co-facilitation and community tabling. The Outreach Specialist will also take the lead on eviction-specific outreach activities, including responding to incoming eviction-related inquiries as a result of our Eviction Notification System and conducting flyering and info drops at “high evictor” and bad actor properties in Travis County to share tenant rights information.
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Posted 9/10/2024MERCEDES
$60000 - $75000 / year
Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) seeks a full-time Risk and Safety Manager. The Risk and Safety Manager provides oversight in the development and management of a comprehensive Risk and Safety Management Program for TRLA and is responsible for the development, implementation, and maintenance of an environmental health and safety management system to ensure a safe, healthy workplace for employees, clients, and visitors.
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Posted 8/16/2024NASHVILLE, TN
$42340 - $56157 / year
Southern Migrant Legal Services, A Project of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc., seeks a full-time, year-round paralegal for its Nashville office.
Southern Migrant Legal Services (SMLS) is a project of Texas RioGrande Legal Aid, Inc. (TRLA), one of the nation’s largest nonprofit corporations that provides civil legal services to eligible, low-income persons. TRLA is one of the nation’s premier law firms in representing migrant and seasonal farmworkers, with over 30 years of experience in zealous, fearless, and effective advocacy. Opened in Nashville in 2001, SMLS provides free employment-related legal services to seasonal and migrant farms, poultry, catfish, nursery, and forestry workers in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
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Posted 7/25/2024MERCEDES
$70000 -$85000 / year
The TRLA Assistant Director of Human Resources works under the direct supervision of the Director of Human Resources. This role will be responsible for assisting with and supervising all aspects of Human Resources, including labor relations, recruitment, benefits, training, employee relations, Safety & Worker’s Compensation, and liability prevention and legal compliance.
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Posted 1/18/2024