What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff Attorney position at Canal Alliance?
Description
About the Organization
Canal Alliance exists to break the generational cycle of poverty for Latino immigrants and their families by lifting barriers to their success. Canal Alliance is a nonprofit champion of immigrants who are challenged by a lack of resources and an unfamiliar environment. Every day, we educate, empower, support, and partner with motivated immigrants to best meet all their unique needs—from putting food on the table, to becoming American citizens, to learning English, to graduating from college. Canal Alliance strives for a trauma-informed collaborative and inclusive culture. We invest in high quality services, professional development, and work-life balance.
Position Summary
The Senior Staff Attorney for the Unaccompanied Children Unit will represent ILS clients in a variety of humanitarian immigration matters with an emphasis on representation of unaccompanied children in removal proceedings. They will maintain a caseload representing clients before the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). The Senior Staff Attorney will work in a collaborative and trauma-informed environment delivering high quality service. The Senior Staff Attorney will also train, mentor and supervise support team (such as law fellows, legal advocates, and paralegals). This is a full-time, exempt position with a hybrid work model requiring three days a week in the office. Must be available to attend hearings and interviews in San Francisco as needed. The Senior Staff Attorney reports to the Senior Supervising Attorney of the Unaccompanied Children Unit.
Responsibilities
- Conduct client intakes, consultations, provide eligibility assessment, develop case strategy, and represent individuals before USCIS in a variety of humanitarian applications
- Respond to complex Requests for Evidence
- Represent clients before EOIR and attend court hearings as needed
- Train, mentor and supervise support team (such as law fellows, legal advocates, and paralegals)
- Assign and help supervisees manage caseload in a manner that supports work-life balance
- Manage, track, and report on contract obligations and deliverables
- Collaborate with the Senior Supervising Attorney to develop the Unaccompanied Children Unit’s Capacity
- Comply with ILS policies, procedures, and best practices, including entering data into our case management software (LawLogix), collecting fees, executing contracts with clients, and filing applications in a timely manner
- Compile client data for reporting requirements
- Participate in regular peer review meetings, one-on-one check-in meetings with supervisees, supervisor, Unaccompanied Children Unit meetings, ILS department meetings, all-staff meetings, and quarterly all-staff retreats
- Attend immigration legal trainings and behavioral health trainings as needed
- Participate in other team and agency meetings
- Assist Senior Supervising Attorney in improving effective and efficient inter- and intra-agency referral systems.
Requirements
Qualifications
- J.D. and a member in good standing of any state bar
- Bilingual -English and Spanish- oral and written fluency
- Minimum 2 years of experience representing clients before EOIR and USCIS
- Experience working with LawLogix or other legal case management software
- Able to sit for an extended period and sufficient mobility to work in standard office/courtroom settings
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational, communication, writing and analytical skills
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment and excel in working individually/remotely, as well as in a team setting.
- Commitment to serving immigrants and sensitivity to the needs of low-income, vulnerable clients
- Canal Alliance requires all staff be COVID vaccinated except for those who have medical or religious beliefs exemptions
Compensation
This is a full-time, exempt position with benefits. We offer a competitive salary range from $85k-$90k with a benefits package that includes:
- 3 weeks paid vacation per year
- 12 days of sick leave per year
- Paid Birthday each year
- 13 paid holidays per year
- 100% paid employee medical & dental insurance, life insurance, LTD, and EAP
- 403(b)-retirement plan with employer match of up to 4% after 3 months of employment
- Voluntary benefits include FSA, vision, life, and pet insurance, as well as coverage for dependents
- Telehealth for physical and mental health
We get a high volume of candidates - for the fastest response from Canal Alliance, please use this Paylocity Link to apply:
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Apply/2962146/Canal-Alliance/Senior-Supervising-Attorney
Location
This position is hybrid, minimum of 3 days onsite at our HQ on 711 Grand Ave., San Rafael, CA. Attendance at quarterly in-person staff retreats, and any other in-person trainings and meetings as needed, as well as occasional night and weekend events.
Canal Alliance Equity and Inclusion Statement
Canal Alliance actively promotes and recognizes principles of fairness, equity, and social justice in relation to, and across, intersections of race, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, disability, ancestry and all other identities represented among our diverse employees.
Salary : $85,000 - $90,000