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Hiring Update November 2024 | Open position announcement
November 2024 Hiring Update –MHLAC is hiring an Advocacy Director!
MHLAC is pleased to announce our search for an Advocacy Director! See the following job description for full details on how to apply.
Deadline: Submissions received after November 22nd, 2024 may not be considered.
The Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee (MHLAC) seeks a senior manager to collaborate with the Executive Director and staff to advance the work of the office in defending the rights of people with mental health concerns. The person hired will directly participate in advocacy, provide supervision to Program advocates, and will work closely with the Executive Director to oversee advocacy and ensure that work product is of high quality.
How to Apply:
Please submit both a resume and cover letter via email or mail to:
Ms. Beth Heinrich
Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee
100 Hancock Street, Suite 1002
Quincy, MA 02171
hiring@mhlac.org
ATTN: Advocacy Director
Hiring Update May 2024 | Completed
August 2024 Hiring Update- MHLAC has completed hiring for an Office Manager. Thank you to all interested applicants.
May 2024 Hiring Update –MHLAC is hiring an Office Manager!
MHLAC has completed hiring for two of our positions. We welcome our Executive Assistant and Litigation Paralegal to our team. Thank you to all interested applicants.
We are still hiring for an Office Manager. This is a full-time position at our main office located in Quincy, Massachusetts. See the following job announcement for a description of the position and full details on how to apply.
Deadline: Submissions received after June 17th, 2024 may not be considered.
The Office Manager will work full-time in person at MHLAC’s main office screening intakes, ensuring office systems and equipment run efficiently and that advocates serving our clients are administratively supported while working in a hybrid model.
All interested applications are encouraged to apply as soon as possibly by submitting their cover letter and resume to hiring@mhlac.org.
Press Release | MHLAC files complaint against Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for failing to provide special education for incarcerated youth
See press release for more information about MHLAC’s recently filed complaint against the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (“DESE”) for failing to fulfill its statutory duty to “provide special education to school aged children with a disability who are incarcerated in county houses of correction.”