About Acacia Center for Justice:

The Acacia Center for Justice (“Acacia”) provides legal support and representation to immigrants facing deportation through the development, coordination, and management of national networks of legal services providers serving immigrants across the country. Acacia’s goals are twofold: to support immigrant legal services and defense networks to provide exceptional legal services to immigrants; and to advocate for the expansion of these programs and the infrastructure critical to guaranteeing immigrants access to justice, fairness, and freedom. Acacia ensures accountable, independent, zealous, and person-centered legal services and representation to protect the rights of all immigrants.Job Summary:

The Program Manager will provide program management and support to legal service providers (LSPs) serving unaccompanied children nationwide with immigration legal services, including full-scope representation in removal proceedings. They will ensure the provision of high-quality legal services to children in and released from immigration detention and funding contract compliance. In this role, they will develop and maintain relationships with project partners and creatively brainstorm solutions to the LSPs’ challenges. They will join a functional team with various backgrounds in immigration advocacy, child welfare, finance, and research.

Primary Duties/Responsibilities:

• Operations Planning and Program Management
• Lead planning and implementing improvements to LSP network operations, including through contracting, monitoring, or developing programming aimed at ensuring network services sustainability.
• Guide Senior Program Associates (SPAs) on managing contract compliance for individual LSPs, including thorough analysis of monthly program data, and providing regular updates to the Associate Program Director for Operations & Quality Assurance. Support team in ensuring contract requirements are met by network LSPs where necessary, including by troubleshooting and documenting contract compliance challenges, identifying performance issues, and supporting a high level of quality assurance.
• Work closely with SPAs to keep updated on trends, challenges, and best practices in the field and strategically brainstorm solutions to challenges experienced by individual LSPs. When necessary, assist in elevation of challenges to Associate Director of Operations & Quality Assurance.
• Services Reporting and Technical Assistance
• May oversee site visits and review reports drafted by SPAs and research team, including site visit reports and annual reports. Help identify technical assistance needs of the network and collaborate with the Learning & Development team to create training resources that address these needs. Participate in delivery of technical assistance on an ad hoc basis.
• Help identify promising practices among subcontractors and devise ways to disseminate information about such practices to encourage implementation elsewhere in the network.
• May liaise with the Budgets & Resource Management team to ensure that LSP spending and budgeting is appropriate based on knowledge of the program and on-the-ground needs.
• May collaborate with the Research, Evaluation & Data Analytics team to ensure program analysis is accurately captured in reporting.
• Develop and maintain relationships with project partners, including government and external stakeholders.

Required Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software)
• A demonstrated knowledge of immigration, child welfare, criminal or juvenile justice, or other justice areas
• Strong writing, research, data analysis, communication, and facilitation skills
• Ability to manage work on multiple projects effectively and efficiently
• Ability to work collaboratively on a team, as well as to take the initiative and manage projects independently
• Ability to successfully balance travel responsibilities with office-based responsibilities
• Ability to read and communicate effectively in Spanish (proficiency in other languages is a plus)
• Experience representing detained immigrants and/or children is a strong plus
• Experience with "know your rights" and other community education initiatives are a strong plus
• Willingness to travel occasionally
• An uncompromising commitment to immigrants' rights and race equity.

Education and Experience:

• A JD degree, or Advanced Degree
• At least six years of legal, government, or policy work experience (including internships).
• Valid driver's license to travel and conduct in-person site visits

Compensation and Benefits:Acacia has established an internal compensation philosophy that centers equity and pay transparency. The salary for this position is set at $118,200. The salary listed is just one component of Acacia’s total compensation package for employees. Supporting Acacia staff—both personally and professionally—is our priority.

• Medical/Dental/Vision- Some plans at $0 cost to the employee
• Employee Assistance Program
• 20 days per year of vacation time
• 12 days per year of sick time
• 5 personal days
• 4 organization-wide Wellness Days
• 11 observed holidays, including the last week of December.
• $2000 Professional Development Stipend
• Home office set-up stipend
• Internet Stipend
• 401k with 5% employer contribution, no employee participation required.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Gym Reimbursement

People of color and those who have been impacted by the criminal system and immigration system are strongly urged to apply. Acacia is deeply committed to race equality, inclusion and belonging and strives to create a work culture that recognizes everyone's unique lived experience.

To Apply:Submit your resume and cover letter through the Acacia Careers site. If you encounter technical issues or have accessibility needs, email your resume and cover letter to hiring@acaciajustice.org with Subject: ATTN: Human Resources / [Job Title], Acacia Center for Justice

Acacia Center for Justice is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior record of arrest or conviction, citizenship status, current employment status, or caregiver status.