Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) is a community-based non-profit legal aid agency governed by a local Board of Directors. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina (WNC), Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in WNC. The organization currently has offices in Asheville, Brevard, Burnsville, Cashiers, Hendersonville, Highlands, Marshall, Morganton, Newland, and Rutherfordton. With over 120 dedicated staff, including over 30 attorneys plus program staff, and an active group of 200 volunteer attorneys, the program provides free services to over 20,000 people per year to meet their basic needs, primarily in the poverty law areas of housing, public benefits, domestic violence prevention, health care, immigration, and consumer law.
PLS seeks a full-time Disaster Recovery Screener & Community Engagement Coordinator who will work with our Community Outreach & Engagement and Disaster Recovery teams to assist with WNC disaster recovery efforts. Tasks will include building relationships with individuals and organizations in communities impacted by Tropical Storm Helene to connect storm survivors with resources and assistance, doing screening/application interviews with disaster survivors seeking legal services, helping to staff disaster-recovery events, including information sessions, resource fairs, and legal clinics, throughout WNC, and other tasks as our disaster recovery efforts evolve. This position will have a primary focus in Avery, Madison, Mitchell, and Yancey Counties, but will support disaster recovery efforts throughout all impacted WNC counties. Passion for reducing poverty, promoting justice and overcoming barriers facing low-income people, being a creative and zealous staff member and a team-player, being a resourceful and organized self-starter, and having a demonstrated commitment to achieving lasting results for clients and low-income communities are all important.
For more information about this position and how to apply, click here. Salary ranges from $45,143 – $65,338 depending on experience. Additional bilingual language skills that are applicable to this role may qualify for up to an additional $3k upon completing a language assessment test.
The deadline to apply is July 4, 2025.
