Senior Immigration Attorney

Job Description

Job Description

Position : Senior Immigration Attorney

Program : Deportation Defense and Legal Advocacy Program

Compensation : $100,000.00 annual salary. Full-time exempt position.

Benefits for full-time employees include medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, flexible spending account, commuter benefits, paid holiday, paid sick leave, generous vacation with Summer Recess and Winter Recess, and 401(K) with employer matching.

To apply : Please visit https : / / dscs.isolvedhire.com / jobs / and submit cover letter, resume, three references, and a writing sample.

Deadline : Immediately interviewing on a rolling basis until position is filled.

About the Organization :

Mission Action has been growing rapidly, therefore, we have created a lot of new positions in different programs. Please consider joining our team to serve the communities.

Mission Action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society. As a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization, we work to improve lives on an individual level as well as affect broader social change by engaging in advocacy and community organizing. We work together across programs to address homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and to support immigrant rights in order to meet the complex needs of our communities and collectively address the root causes of suffering and injustice. To learn more about our organization's model and impact, we encourage you to watch the following video.

About the Program :

Since 2008, Mission Action's Deportation Defense & Legal Advocacy Program has been a local leader in providing pro bono legal defense for individuals and families facing deportation. We use creative legal and advocacy strategies to challenge prolonged detention, constitutional violations, and other injustices in the immigration legal system. We represent individuals threatened with deportation through challenges to the charges of removability, as well as through applications for relief, including asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture, waivers of inadmissibility and deportability, and applications for U-visa, T-Visa, and VAWA relief.

Position Summary :

Mission Action seeks a full-time senior immigration attorney to represent and provide legal assistance to low-income community members in removal proceedings.

Responsibilities include :

• Conduct intake with potential clients, screen for claims for relief, and provide legal counsel and advice.
• Provide full-scope representation to individuals facing removal before the Immigration Court, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
• Stay informed of developments in agency practice, policy, and law.
• Supervise legal assistant(s) and / or accredited representative(s), as needed, including regular check-ins, assisting with workload management, document review, and approval of administrative requests.
• Lead special project initiative(s), in consultation with Legal Program Director and team.
• Participate in agency meetings, community activities, collaborative meetings, and trainings.
• Engage in outreach, education, and advocacy in the area of immigrant rights on the local and state level.
• Maintain and establish relationships with community partners and immigration service providers.
• Perform other programmatic tasks, as necessary.

Other Organizational Duties

Qualifications :

Mission Action ( www.dscs.org ) is an equal-opportunity employer which values lived experience and seeks applicants of the greatest diversity possible. We encourage people of color, women, older people, members of the LGBTQ community, and individuals with disabilities, including HIV and community members who grew up in the Mission District. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.