Lead Paralegal

Min 2 yrs required

Full-time

No

Bullet Points:

- Lead Paralegal position available at The Door, a youth development organization in New York City
- Full-time position with a salary range of $54,500 to $60,000 per year
- Day shift, Monday-Friday, 35 hours per week
- Responsible for providing support for the organization's immigration practice, specifically serving detained immigrant youth
- Bachelor's degree and 2 years of paralegal or comparable experience required
- Experience working with youth and/or detained immigrant populations preferred
- Knowledge of positive youth development principles and ability to apply them
- Experience with Salesforce preferred
- Fluency in Spanish required
- Willingness to advocate for program, participants, and community
- Strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Hybrid work schedule currently offered
- COVID-19 policy in place, requiring all new hires to be vaccinated unless they have a qualified exemption
- Equal opportunity employer, committed to building a diverse and inclusive community

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- Committed to Diversity and Inclusion
- COVID-19 Policy and Equal Opportunity Employer

responsibilities

under attorney supervision, screen unaccompanied children (ucs) in office of refugee resettlement custody and provide them with legal orientations including know your rights trainings and full screenings for immigration relief
serve as main point of contact with federally contracted office of refugee resettlement shelters, with responsibility for scheduling and managing know your rights trainings, legal screenings and other visit plans, and working with supervising and staff attorneys to equitably distribute workload for other paralegals
under attorney supervision, advocate with shelters as necessary to ensure rights of detained ucs
manage complex government and foundation grants
maintain databases and monitor grant compliance in timely manner, including reviewing complete and accurate data submissions by other paralegals
assist attorneys with immigration applications, including completing forms, drafting affidavits, compiling country conditions research, and assisting with interview and hearing preparation
provide interpretation and translation services to attorneys and other service providers at the door
assist with systemic advocacy and media outreach by collecting time-sensitive information outside the standard data collected
come up with and implement protocols, templates, and systems for organizing, streamlining, and prioritizing all aspects of work, taking initiative to propose these solutions to emergent and recurring issues
facilitate internal and external referrals to legal services providers in other geographic regions and to local and remote education, health care, and other services
manage volunteers and undergraduate interns
perform additional functions and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor



qualifications and requirements:

bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 2 years of paralegal or comparable experience
experience working with youth and/or detained immigrant populations
knowledge of and ability to apply positive youth development principles to working with young people
experience with salesforce preferred
strong written and oral communication skills
excellent organizational, time management and record keeping skills
strong database and computer skills
superior interpersonal skills
professional proficiency in spanish required
you are willing to be an advocate for your program, participants and community
you have a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion



work schedule: full time, monday - friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm or 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, 35 hours per week



salary: $54,500 to $60,000 - commensurate with experience, plus a generous benefits package, which included 1199 union medical, dental & vision benefits in addition to generous paid time off

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