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Immigration Attorney in Mountain View, CA

Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto (CLSEPA) Jun 19,2018 May 30,2018 Location USA Mountain View CA
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Public Interest

Attorney

Immigration

Min 6 yrs required

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Managing Attorney, Immigration Program The candidate will be responsible for: mentoring and supervising a team of immigration staff and volunteers; fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and supportive work environment and playing a leadership role in the program’s fundraising and relationship-building with external stakeholders. Will provide mentorship, supervision and professional development support to a team of staff and volunteers, potentially across different offices. Work collaboratively with the team to maintain an optimal balance between meeting community and client needs and ensuring manageable caseloads and workloads. Manage a portfolio of grants and contracts, including overseeing data collection, ensuring progress toward deliverables, drafting proposals and reports, and participating in funder briefings. Maintain strong relationships with external stakeholders, including government agencies and officials, community-based organizations, educational institutions, non-profit legal services providers, law firms and corporate volunteers, media outlets, and other key institutions. Represent firm's at conferences, coalitions, meetings, trainings, and community events. and Maintain a docket of cases, projects, and initiatives, as permitted by other responsibilities.

Qualification and Experience

The candidate should have Bar membership and 6+ years of post-law school legal experience. Must have demonstrated commitment to serving low-income and under-served communities. Excellent managerial skills, including the ability to work effectively in collaboration with a diverse team, be a proactive and engaged supervisor, and inspire confidence in others is required. Excellent listening, communication, and persuasion skills needed. Experience with fundraising, including foundation grants and/or government contracts, is a plus.

Deadline : June 23, 2018.

Additional info

Send a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and list of three references.

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