Managing Director, Immigration Services, Advancing Justice SOCAL
Position:
This position leads the development, execution, and evaluation of AJSOCAL’s immigration legal services practices, including (but not limited to): development and management of program, fundraising, and communications strategies; guiding the organization’s advocacy on immigration issues; and informing impact litigation opportunities to improve access to immigration remedies for the communities.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee the organizational operation of immigration legal services, in LA and regional offices.
- Provide substantive legal expertise with program strategies, vision and design.
- Provide day-to-day supervision of program leaders and staff (as necessary).
- Build a team-centered client service model, and monitor issues related to services to manage cooperation, ongoing engagements, and client expectations.
- Coordinate client services with other attorneys and units, including strategy sessions with agency Litigation Director and Policy Director
- Develop fundraising strategies, and manage current funding, including tracking progress towards deliverables, drafting grant reports, and communications with funders.
- Manage the overall budget for immigration programs.
- Work in cooperation with other units within the agency to advance policies affecting clients.
- Cultivate, maintain, and oversee community partnerships.
- Support and instruct community outreach opportunities for programs, including how to inform appropriate responses to community needs and requests.
- Develop communications strategies, and provide communications support, including with media, community stakeholders, and donors.
- All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- J.D. and must be an active member of the California State Bar
- Minimum of eight years of diverse immigration legal practice, preferably representing underrepresented client communities.
- Minimum of two years of supervision.
How to Apply:
To apply for this role, please visit the website - https://www.ajsocal.org/careers/