Staff Attorney - Children's Program

Full-time

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# Staff Attorney - Children's Program

## Overview
The Florence Project is a nonprofit organization providing legal and social services to thousands of adults, youth, and children detained in Eloy, Florence, Phoenix, and Tucson, Arizona. The Staff Attorney will be part of the Children's Program and provide legal representation in cases accepted through the program. The position requires extensive client contact with indigenous youth and youth who have suffered abuse, abandonment, neglect or other emotional and physical trauma.

## Minimum Requirements
- . and admission to any state bar
- Fluency or advanced proficiency in Spanish
- Demonstrate commitment to advocating for indigent immigrant clients in a respectful and empowering way
- Demonstrate a zealous support of the Florence Project’s mission
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
- Strong legal research
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with diverse populations
- Highly organized, an innovative thinker, and work in high-volume settings with limited resources
- Excellent problem solving, research and analytical skills
- Effectively manage multiple projects and meet deadlines
- Demonstrate to be a hardworking, flexible, respectful team player that can work effectively in a collaborative, innovative, and client centered work environment
- Ability to work independently, be adaptable and reliable in the face of conflict, pressure, crisis or changing priorities
- Exhibit high ethical standards and the ability to maintain confidentiality
- Must be able to pass federal and state background checks
- Travel is required for this position
- Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
- Proven computer skills

## Preferred Requirements
- License to practice in Arizona
- Experience practicing before the Arizona Juvenile Courts, the Immigration Courts, BIA, or USCIS
- Prior experience working with children/teenagers and trauma survivors or individuals with mental health issues
- Experience providing direct representation to immigrants in removal proceedings, and extensive knowledge of immigration law, specifically deportation defense, asylum, and criminal-immigration law issues
- Prior advocacy work in immigrant rights, human rights, LGBTQ rights, criminal justice, or experience working with trauma survivors
- Experience with databases and data tracking (., Legal Server)

## Working Conditions/Physical Demands
- Operate in a professional office environment and requires the ability to sit for long periods of time with intermittent walking, standing, bending, squatting, pulling and pushing
- Requires the ability to use standard office equipment such as scanners, computers, keyboards, phones, shredders, photocopiers, and filing cabinets. Requires the ability to lift-up to ten pounds - accommodations may be available
- Requires to travel regularly between offices, and secondary work locations
- Require frequent time in children’s shelter detention facilities and immigration courts located in Tucson and Phoenix, and Florence and Eloy as necessary
- The Florence Project has three offices: Florence, Tucson, and Phoenix. Depending on the needs of the program, the position may be based in any of the three offices
- Effective September 1, 2021, FIRRP has implemented a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy

## Salary and Benefits
This is a full-time position with a salary competitive for our field and geographical area. Salaries will be calculated based on relevant experience and our established comprehensive wage scale: $66, - $90, DOE. We strive to create and uphold a positive, supportive, and inclusive work environment for all staff. We offer excellent benefits, including:

- Medical plans including health, dental, vision coverage, subject to plan terms
- Short Term Disability
- Eligibility for group benefits such as voluntary life insurance, subject to applicable waiting periods
- Retirement plan, subject to plan terms
- Paid Time Off earned on a biweekly accrual basis- Twenty-five (25) Days of Vacation Time, annually
- Five (5) Days of Medical/Sick Time, annually
- One (1) Day of Personal Time, monthly
- Eight (8) Week Paid Sabbatical, after three years of employment
- Bereavement leave
- Fifteen (15) Organization-paid holidays, all observed
- Eligible for Parental Leave which includes Twelve (13) paid weeks
- Mileage reimbursement for travel between offices and places of work
- Relocation Assistance for out of state new hires available for some positions

This position is eligible for membership in the union Proyecto Solidaridad-FIRRP affiliated with OPEIU Local 251.

## Application Process
This is an immediate opening. Salary is commensurate with experience. The position will remain open until we receive enough qualified applicants. To apply, please submit a cover letter detailing your interest in the position as well as your resume, three professional references. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and candidates are encouraged to apply early. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. The Florence Project values diversity in the workplace and strongly encourages applications from people of color, LGBTQ individuals, persons with disabilities, and members of underrepresented FIRRP, we recognize that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the requirements of a job.? If your experience is close to what you see listed in our current job opportunities, please still consider applying.? Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and excellence, which is very much valued at FIRRP.

Medical plans including health, dental, vision coverage, Short Term Disability, Eligibility for group benefits such as voluntary life insurance, Retirement plan, Paid Time Off earned on a biweekly accrual basis- Twenty-five (25) Days of Vacation Time, annually, Five (5) Days of Medical/Sick Time, annually, One (1) Day of Personal Time, monthly, Eight (8) Week Paid Sabbatical, after three years of employment, Bereavement leave, Fifteen (15) Organization-paid holidays, all observed, Eligible for Parental Leave which includes Twelve (13) paid weeks, Mileage reimbursement for travel between offices and places of work, Relocation Assistance for out of state new hires available for some positions

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Legal Research, Interpersonal Skills, Problem Solving, Research and Analytical Skills, Managing Multiple Projects, Meeting Deadlines, High Ethical Standards

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Submit a cover letter detailing interest in the position as well as resume, three professional references

Qualification and Experience J.D. and admission to any state bar, Fluency or advanced proficiency in Spanish

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