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Friday November 17, 2023

NACC is currently hiring for two remote positions to start in January 2024: Training Manager and Staff Attorney.  These positions offer exciting opportunities to work at the national level promoting high quality legal representation in the child protection system.  NACC strongly encourages interested persons to submit their applications by December 1, 2023.  NACC will continue to accept applications on a rolling basis until the positions are filled. 

Training Manager  

The Training Manager works to ensure legal professionals have the resources they need to provide high-quality representation of children, parents, and agencies. This is a full-time senior level position responsible for managing NACC’s training department and external organizational training relationships.  This includes developing and presenting content for NACC-created trainings and contract work, leading content selection for NACC’s annual conference, and supervising training department staff. The Training Manager has strong legal research and writing skills and is skilled at presenting, facilitating, and moderating trainings and external projects. They have experience with supervision and value collaboration, teamwork, and relationships. They have strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple projects. This position requires a minimum of five (5) years’ experience in child welfare practice.  See Full Training Manager Position Description.

Staff Attorney  

The Staff Attorney is a full-time member of NACC’s training department who works to ensure legal professionals have the resources they need to provide high-quality representation of children, parents, and agencies. This includes developing and presenting content for NACC-created trainings and contract work, contributing to member resources, and assisting with content selection for NACC’s annual conference. The Staff Attorney has strong legal research and writing skills and is comfortable presenting, facilitating, and moderating trainings and external projects. They value collaboration, teamwork, and relationships. They have strong project management and organizational skills and the ability to maintain a realistic balance among multiple projects. The Staff Attorney must value and contribute to initiatives that promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, as well as the authentic inclusion of individuals with lived expertise in the child protection system. This position requires a minimum of three (3) years’ experience in child welfare practice. See Full Staff Attorney Position Description.

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