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About CROC

CROC empowers domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking survivors in San Francisco to understand their legal rights and options, and we provide free legal services to help survivors enforce and protect those rights.  CROC operates as a collaborative supported by four member agencies:  Asian Pacific Islander Legal Outreach; Bay Area Legal Aid; the Justice & Diversity Center of The Bar Association of San Francisco; and W.O.M.A.N., Inc.  Our office is located in the Inner Mission District of San Francisco.

Open Positions:

 
 

Bilingual (Spanish/English) Client Advocate

About the Job:

Bilingual Client Advocates are integral members of CROC’s staff, with primary responsibility for client intake and referral.  Client Advocates perform trauma-informed, survivor-centered intakes; maintain ongoing communication with sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking survivors; provide interpretation for client meetings; and provide administrative support to CROC projects.  The Client Advocate will be responsible for the following duties:

  • Working as a team with other CROC staff members in our Marsy’s Rights and Restraining Order Legal Services projects

  • Answering phone calls

  • Performing client intakes over the phone and in person

  • Providing crisis intervention, criminal legal system orientation, and resource and referral counseling

  • Interpreting between Spanish and English in client meetings

  • Accompanying clients to meetings and hearings

  • Client Advocates may also be assigned to other responsibilities as they arise, including community outreach and the researching of social service referrals.

Salary range:  $30.00-$36.00/hour.

in-person Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position (35 hours per week).

This position will be required to accompany clients to in-person hearings occasionally in San Francisco Superior Court.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • At least 1 year of direct client experience working with survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking

  • Undergraduate degree in field related to this position preferred but not required

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

  • Bilingual English / Spanish (verbal and written fluency) (Spanish/English bilingualism is a requirement for this position, and candidates who are not bilingual cannot be considered for this position.)

  • Ability to interpret between Spanish and English for client meetings

  • Outstanding communication skills to interact effectively and professionally with diverse populations and clients in crisis and to work calmly and effectively with callers and drop-in clients

  • Ability to work under pressure while managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced team-oriented environment

  • Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to work both independently and collaboratively with a team

  • Proficiency with standard office software and computing, and the ability to learn and adapt to new systems

 
 

Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney

About the Job:

The Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney will work as part of CROC’s Marsy Project to provide trauma-informed legal assistance and representation to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking at various stages of the criminal process.  This includes the following:

  • Assisting victims in all stages of the criminal process that impact their safety and privacy, including investigations, charging, criminal proceedings, and sentencings

  • Representing victims in criminal hearings in San Francisco Superior Court

  • Providing advocacy in probation and parole hearings and revocation matters

  • Conducting outreach and participating in regional coalitions and advocacy groups

  • Engaging with systems partners, including the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco District Attorneys’ Office, the Victim Services Division of the San Francisco DA’s Office, and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department

  • Delivering workshops and training to community members and organizations

  • Preparing timely and accurate reports for funders

  • Collaborating across CROC’s programs to provide holistic, effective, wrap-around support to survivors

Salary range:  $80,000 - $85,000/year

in-person Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position (35 hours per week).

This is a predominantly in-person position. Court representation is a core and essential function of this role; the Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney must be available and prepared to make frequent, in-person appearances in San Francisco Superior Court, and should expect to appear in court regularly throughout the week. While limited remote work may occasionally be possible depending on project needs and with supervisor approval, in-person court availability is expected.  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • Licensed member of the California State Bar in good standing

  • At least 2 years of legal experience in a victim service, family law, or other similar setting focused on responding to the practical and legal issues encountered by sexual assault or domestic violence survivors

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong preference for bilingual Spanish language fluency

  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills to communicate with a broad range of people including survivors, other attorneys, judges and court staff, law enforcement, and community partner nonprofits

  • Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to work both independently and collaboratively with a team

  • Proficiency with standard office software and computing, and the ability to learn and adapt to new systems

 
 

Domestic Violence Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney

About the Job:

The Domestic Violence Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney will work as part of CROC’s Marsy Project to provide trauma-informed holistic legal assistance and representation to survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. This includes the following:

  • Interviewing domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking survivors and victims to complete restraining order applications

  • Representing clients in domestic violence restraining order proceedings

  • Assisting victims in all stages of the criminal process that impact their safety and privacy, including investigations, charging, criminal proceedings, and sentencings

  • Representing victims in criminal hearings in San Francisco Superior Court

  • Providing advocacy in probation and parole hearings and revocation matters

  • Conducting outreach and participating in regional coalitions and advocacy groups

  • Engaging with systems partners, including the San Francisco Police Department, San Francisco District Attorneys’ Office, the Victim Services Division of the San Francisco DA’s Office, and the San Francisco Sheriff’s Department

  • Delivering workshops and training to community members and organizations

  • Preparing timely and accurate reports for funders

  • Collaborating across CROC’s programs to provide holistic, effective, wrap-around support to survivors

Salary range:  $80,000 - $88,000/year

IN-person Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position (35 hours per week).

This is a predominantly in-person position. Court representation is a core and essential function of this role; the Domestic Violence Victims’ Rights Staff Attorney must be available and prepared to make frequent, in-person appearances in San Francisco Superior Court, and should expect to appear in court regularly throughout the week. While limited remote work may occasionally be possible depending on project needs and with supervisor approval, in-person court availability is expected.  

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

  • Licensed member of the California State Bar in good standing

  • At least 2 years of legal experience in a victim service, family law, or other similar setting focused on responding to the practical and legal issues encountered by sexual assault or domestic violence survivors

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

  • Strong preference for bilingual Spanish language fluency

  • Outstanding written and oral communication skills to communicate with a broad range of people including survivors, other attorneys, judges and court staff, law enforcement, and community partner nonprofits

  • Highly organized, self-motivated, and able to work both independently and collaboratively with a team

  • Proficiency with standard office software and computing, and the ability to learn and adapt to new systems

 
 

Why work for us

We offer a collaborative, mission-driven work environment grounded in the commitment to empower and serve survivors from all communities.  

We offer a generous benefits package, including multiple medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; pretax commuter, health, and dependent care accounts; employer paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance; a retirement and profit-sharing plan; and more.  

CROC is strongly committed to a diverse and inclusive workspace.  We strongly encourage applications from people who can contribute to our diversity, including people with disabilities.

To find out more about CROC, please look through this website at www.roclinic.org; to find out more about CROC’s fiscal sponsor, the Justice & Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco, please visit www.sfbar.org. 

To apply:

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until positions are filled. Please submit the following to resumes@roclinic.org:

  1. cover letter including response to application prompt below (no page limit)

  2. resume

  3. references  

Application Prompt

Many of CROC’s clients are low‐ and very low‐income members of our communities. They include people of color, LGBTQ+ people, immigrants, seniors, people with lived experiences of homelessness, people with disabilities, and people from other under-represented groups. CROC is committed to enhancing the provision of our services to all clients and creating an inclusive and respectful workplace in which differences are acknowledged and valued. CROC promotes and supports policies that enable us to work effectively in cross‐cultural situations with our clients, coworkers, and the community. 

In your cover letter, please address the following:

How do you think your background or experiences have prepared you to: (1) serve our diverse client base effectively, (2) work effectively with colleagues from different backgrounds, and (3) acknowledge the systemic barriers that our clients face?  Feel free to think broadly about your response to this question, provide examples, and draw on various aspects of your personal, professional, and lived experiences.

PHEW! We know this is a lot of information.

We err on the side of giving you as much information as possible up-front in order to help you decide whether CROC seems like a good fit for you. We know your time is valuable and that searching for a job is about more than just searching for a job. We hope this detailed information is helpful to you in making a decision whether to submit an application to join our team.