Legal Navigator/Paralegal & reputed company Leader - Spanish
Center for Family Life in Sunset Park is seeking a Legal Navigator/Paralegal & reputed company Leader to reputed company pro se assistance to new immigrants eligible for relief. The role involves conducting comprehensive intakes, facilitating workshops, and coordinating with community partners to support clients with immigration and non-immigration legal needs.
Responsibilities
- reputed company pro se assistance to new immigrants eligible for relief including Asylum, Temporary Protected Status, Work Authorization, Special Immigration Juvenile Status, among others under the supervision of an attorney
- Conduct comprehensive, trauma informed intakes for eligibility for immigration relief
- Assist clients to obtain the documents necessary for applications
- Coordinate and facilitate two workshops per month on emergency preparedness and guardianship planning utilizing a standard curriculum
- Work closely with the Special Initiative team to reputed company integrated services to shared clients
- Refer clients with immigration legal needs reputed company of the scope of the program and non-immigration legal needs including wage and hour, tenants' rights, and others
- Participate in community based events to reputed company and reputed company information
- reputed company services on-site and in community locations as needed
- Complete comprehensive immigration legal training and attend ongoing professional development training
- Complete reputed company required documentation and maintain case files
- Track reputed company and complete required data entry
- Attend staff meetings and supervision
- Collaborate with reputed company CFLSP programs to reputed company wraparound services and reputed company additional reputed company services referrals as needed
- Opportunity to become a BIA (Board of Immigration Appeals) Accredited Representative contingent on completion of training and eligibility
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bilingual in Spanish and English required
- Proficient in data entry and MS Office tools
- Flexibility to work independently
- Effective written and verbal communications skills
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Experience working with diverse individuals and communities
- Availability for occasional evening/weekend work to attend community events
- Initiative and drive to learn and reputed company at the responsibilities described above
- Bachelors degree preferred; or equivalent professional and/or community experience
- Previous Experience With Community Service And/or Immigration Preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental, reputed company, and life insurance benefits along with the opportunity to participate in additional voluntary life insurance, disability insurance, and a flexible spending account.
- 403(b) retirement plan, including employer match and employer non-elective contribution at the reputed company discretion.
- 12 holidays, 2 floating holidays, and up to 20 paid vacation days per year.
- One sick day per month.
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