SUMMARY
The Trial Team Manager is a part-time position for a practicing lawyer committed to South Texas College of Law Houston's nationally recognized Advocacy Program. The Manager mentors competition teams preparing for national tournaments and helps coordinate the recruitment and development of alumni trial team coaches.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Applicants must have the ability to work independently. Essential job functions for the position include:
• Guide competition teams preparing for national trial tournaments through fact pattern analysis and work product development prior to alumni coach sessions.
• Mentor coaches working with trial advocacy teams.
• Help the Vice President of Advocacy and Senior Director of Advocacy Competitions recruit trial team alumni coaches.
• Help the Senior Director of Advocacy Competitions with orientations each semester for trial advocacy students and coaches.
• Help with judge recruitment for regional competitions the Advocacy Program hosts for other schools.
• Help with judge recruitment for the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge.
• Act as a South Texas College of Law Houston representative to the national advocacy community.
• Coordinate efforts with the Vice President, Advocacy and Senior Director of Advocacy Competitions on a regular basis.
• Comply with all aspects of the Law Schools Customer Service Standards.
• Generally helping to advance the mission of the College and the Advocacy Program.
• Completing other duties as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
None.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Must be professional and confidential of all department data and correspondence. The person must have a poised and professional image; strong ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast paced environment, excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively and efficiently with all employees, visitors and students while projecting a positive image for the area and college. Service oriented with ability to make all visitors feel welcome. Must be computer literate with proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) with ability to learn new programs as necessary. Must be detail-oriented and able to work in a fast-paced multi-tasking environment.
EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE
Applicants must have the following education and experience:
• J.D. degree; and
• Participation as a coach in the South Texas Advocacy Program.
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Proficient in both spoken and written English. Ability to interpret and explain complex data. Ability to effectively and professionally communicate in one-on-one and small group situations to students, alumni, clients, and other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to perform basic to intermediate math essential. Must possess the ability to analyze numerical data and detect patterns, errors and trends.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to define routine problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to solve routine problems and/or deal with a variety of variables in situations, especially when department head may be out of office or unavailable. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS
None required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Occasional light to moderate lifting from floor level, at waist, and above shoulders required. Infrequent bending and stooping necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision to accurately input data and proofread; distance vision to recognize and assist visitors to the department.
**WORK ENVIRONMENT **
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Must adhere to published Customer Service Standards. Fast paced, multi-tasking, non-smoking work environment. Must be able to work the general business schedule of the College (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) plus evenings and weekends as needed.
THE ADVOCACY PROGRAM
The Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law Houston operates to create, foster, and assist advocacy training. While South Texas has long-standing reputation for excellence in national moot-court and mock-trial competitions, the Advocacy Program has grown and matured to reflect the evolving nature of the provision of skills training in legal education. The Advocacy Program seeks to engage students in a variety of opportunities to help them find their own voices as advocates.
THE COLLEGE
Located in the heart of the nation’s fourth largest city, South Texas College of Law Houston is a private, independent institution that has earned a reputation for providing students an exceptional, relevant, practical legal education that fully prepares them for a career in the profession.
South Texas College of Law Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability in employment or in the provision of services. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, requests for reasonable accommodation needed during the application process should be communicated with the application.
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