Spring Internship People & Culture

Organization Overview:

Colorado Legal Services (CLS) is Colorados statewide nonprofit legal aid program with thirteen offices providing civil legalassistanceto low-income Coloradans throughout the state. CLS provides free legalassistancein a broad variety of legal areas including family law public benefits eviction defense consumer protection services to survivors of serious crime and human trafficking and many others.

CLS has strengthened livesassistedfamilies and supported communitiesone person at a time for over 100 years. We are committed to providing high-quality free legal advice and representation to eligible individuals throughout Colorado. We have a long history of successful impact and advocacy. CLS strives to bring about substantive transformational change in the lives of those we serve.

We value representation.

At CLS we value and respect our staffs wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. We ensure representation of our client communities in our staff Board ofDirectorsand leadership teams. We also envision a fairjusttrusted and harm reductionist legal system which emphasizes access to and implementation of true justice for every Coloradan.

Position Summary:

CLSs People & Culture team is responsible for managing the people side of the work everything related to employees from the moment theyre hired to the moment they leave. Interns with this team can expect to feel essential to the daily operations assisting with tasks related to trainings company culture recruitment and systems and processes.

Interns will have opportunities to develop skills in human resources and nonprofit management.
They will also be able to network with professionals in the legal aid and nonprofit sectors and make a meaningful impact on access to justice.

Essential Duties:

• Team Collaboration:
  Participatein meetings and contribute ideas to strengthen workplace culture strategies.

• Human Resources:Utilizeattention to detail skills in drafting and editing organizationalHR-relateddocuments.

• Digitizing and Auditing Files:
  Utilizetechnologyskills to digitize oldhuman resourcesoffice files and ensure all files are accurate and complete.

Required Qualifications:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  

• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational abilities.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word Excel) and comfortable learning new software.

• Interestin nonprofit management fundraising social justice or human resources.

• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior experience in research or writing is a plus but not.

Location

This position is housed in the Denver office.

Time commitment:

Part-time 10 hours per week preferred.

Compensation:

The position is unpaid but is open to receiving other work study funds that are student generated. Students may apply for course credit through their Externship Program.

How to Apply:

Pleasesubmityour resume and cover letter via theApply for This Job link for this job opening onour
careers page.We will not be reviewing applications sent via e-mail or physical mail.If you have questions about this internship or any others at Colorado Legal Services please contact Kirsten Hoaby Denver Volunteer and Pro Bono Manager at

Required Experience:

Intern