Deputy Director - Legal Services
 Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid | |
 United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
 Oct 29, 2026 | |
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Deputy Director Legal Services Position Type: Full-time Exempt Introduction: Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA) is seeking a strategic, systems-oriented leader to serve as Deputy Director Legal Services, a senior leadership role responsible for overseeing the quality, consistency, impact, and effectiveness of legal services delivery throughout the organization. The Deputy Director- Legal Services serves as a key organizational leader responsible for supporting Managing Attorneys and Supervising Attorneys, strengthening supervision practices, ensuring high-quality legal advocacy, and advancing operational systems that enable staff to do their work effectively. This position will coordinate the broad range of legal services under our comprehensive model of delivery across the organization, so legal services are as efficient and impactful as possible, given MMLAs limited resources and high demand for services. The position will be located in either the Minneapolis or St. Cloud office but will require regular office hours in both offices and frequent travel to our locations statewide. In organizing the delivery of legal services across the organization, this position will also be responsible for assuring MMLA meets its commitment to community-based legal services . This position represents a shift from geographically focused leadership to organization-wide oversight of MMLAs delivery of legal services, ensuring that all legal units, across practice areas and locations, are functioning cohesively, effectively, and in alignment with MMLAs mission, standards of excellence, history and traditions, and organizational priorities. This role will include budget, staffing, and resource allocation recommendations to accomplish the objective of defining appropriate legal services in relation to the communities served by MMLA, both urban and rural areas. This position will be responsible for ensuring legal services reflect the communities served by MMLA, by giving extensive autonomy, direct participation, and independent judgment for staff within each office, program, unit, and clinic as to the legal services to be provided to the defined community, within the parameters of organization-wide prioritized legal needs and coordinated legal services delivery. The Deputy Director-Legal Services will work in close collaboration with the Deputy Director-Litigation to ensure MMLA, through its approaches to legal services delivery; staff, volunteers, and supervision; and client education and engagement, is effectively providing the best legal services possible. In this role, the Deputy Director-Legal Services will lead on the strategic guidance and decision making as to how our legal services are best provided to which clients and communities in the most helpful ways and locations (what, where, and how), to deliver on our goal of equal justice for all. Through this leadership, this position will improve our ability to say yes to clients with high priority legal needs, and clarify our limited responsibilities to those we cannot, helping both client communities and partners fully appreciate and understand this necessary approach and the limits on staff, resources, and organizational capacity. As part of the executive leadership team, this role collaborates closely with the Executive Director to drive strategic direction, enhance organizational effectiveness, and ensure long-term sustainability. In the Executive Directors absence, it acts as the primary external representative of the organization. Leadership development is a central component of this role. Required Qualifications:
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Salary Determination: Salary is based on relevant prior experience and aligned with our organizational salary matrix. Candidates are placed on the schedule according to years of directly related experience to ensure consistency and equity. Range of salary: $88,817-$126,041. Other Information: Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid is an Equal Opportunity employer.The terms and conditions of employment, including wages, benefits, and job security, may vary based on union status. Positions within our organization may be governed by collective bargaining agreements and union representation, while others are not. For details, go to mylegalaid.org/employment. Salary/Compensation: $88,817 - $126,041 per year recblid qfsrlo9svbetm4lpq6ev01b7rgic8c | |