Hiring Update May 2024 | Open position announcement

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.    

• Office Manager – PDF  
• Office Manager – Word Doc 

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.”

Hiring Update December 2023 | Open positions announcement

MHLAC is hiring for several new roles: Executive Assistant, Office Manager, and a Litigation Paralegal. See the following job announcements for a description of each position and full details on how to apply.

Deadline: Submissions received after January 8, 2024 may not be considered. 

• The Executive Assistant, a newly created position, will work full-time coordinating and supporting the work of MHLAC’s management and financial teams. In addition to typical administrative functions such as scheduling meetings and invoice management, this person will also work closely with administrative staff to build strong communications, internally and externally, and support our advocates by making sure all systems function dependably, processes are consistent, and needs are addressed.     
  • Executive Assistant – PDF  
  • Executive Assistant – Word Doc  

• The Litigation Paralegal will support litigation efforts in conjunction with advocacy teams or individual attorneys. This includes the full continuum of a case, from the initial research phase to settlement negotiations or trial in either state or federal court.  
  • Litigation Paralegal – PDF  
  • Litigation Paralegal – Word Doc

• 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.   
  • Office Manager – PDF  
  • Office Manager – Word Doc  

All interested applications are encouraged to apply as soon as possibly by submitting their cover letter and resume to hiring@mhlac.org.