Rapid Response Attorney
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POSITION: Rapid Response Attorney / Advocate
REPORTS TO: Supervising Attorney for Emerging Issues
SECTION: Executive
STATUS: FullTime Exempt
LOCATION: Remote
SALARY RANGE: 85 90K
Summary Description:
The Rapid Response Attorneys / advocates will play a critical role in tracking analyzing and interpreting executive orders policy changes and emerging immigration issues. These positions will work together to provide timely guidance to CLINICs affiliate network by: developing written resources collaborating on rapid response efforts and providing urgent legal and policy updates. The rapid response attorneys /advocates will collaborate across CLINICs teams ensuring that affiliates and partners receive accurate and actionable information. These roles require the ability to work independently in a fastpaced environment while effectively engaging with subject matter experts (SMEs) and key stakeholders. The responsibilities below will be divided between two positions.
Primary Responsibilities:
Policy Tracking Analysis & Guidance
- Stay informed on immigration law and policy changes to ensure that CLINICs network remains up to date.
- Track update and oversee CLINICs internal policy tracker which includes immigrationrelated executive orders federal policies and enforcement changes.
- Share and manage information from internal policy tracker as well as all immigration related communications and policy changes from government agencies in the weekly Topline Immigration Policy Update (TIPs) email.
Rapid Response Coordination
- Organize and lead rapid response coordination meetings across CLINICs sections ensuring alignment with CLINICs strategy and efficient allocation of workload.
- Participate in both internal and external conversations with CLINIC staff and network to receive updates and determine where collaboration is needed.
- Coordinate with the State and Local Advocacy Attorney (SLAA) for rapid response to policies affecting immigrant communities and affiliates at the state and local level.
Resource Development & Collaboration
- Identify gaps in available resources propose solutions and coordinate the creation of written resources and trainings to respond to emerging needs to enhance CLINICs technical support.
- Maintain update and identify gaps from the internal SMEs list.
- Coordinate and collaborate with partners to provide comprehensive coverage of services while avoiding duplication of efforts.
- Represent CLINIC in external meetings conferences and stakeholder engagements as needed.
Knowledge Skills & Abilities:
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school with membership in good standing of the highest court in any state Puerto Rico or the District of Columbia or former / current DOJ accredited representative.
- At least three years of experience in immigration lawespecially related to timely topics such as enforcement detention removal etc.
- Strong legal research writing and analytical skills particularly in response to evolving immigration policies.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple urgent projects in a highpressure environment while also coordinating with multiple teams across the organization.
- Excellent collaboration skills with the ability to work across teams and organizations.
- Excellent communication skills including comfort in public speaking scenarios.
- Commitment to social justice and immigrant rights advocacy.
- Spanish language proficiency preferred but not required.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and support the organizations mission vision value statements policies and procedures operating instructions confidentiality standards and the code of ethical behavior.
- Fulfill CLINICs expectations that all staff abide by the following Organization Behaviors
- Occasional travel may be required.
Work Environment:
- This position may require extended periods of standing sitting as well as some repetitive movements bending and repetitive lifting of significant weight.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key components and primary responsibilities.
The work you will do is covered by a collective employment agreement between Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. CLINIC and the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union NPEU Local 70. Please contact your local union representative atwith any unionrelated questions.
Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity Commitment
- CLINIC considers all applicants for employment without regard to race color ancestry national origin sex gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status family responsibilities religion age disability service in the military or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law. CLINIC also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local laws. All interested individuals regardless of background are encouraged to apply.
- We embrace and encourage our employees differences in race color ancestry national origin sex gender sexual orientation marital status and other characteristics that make our employees unique.
- Accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the key components and primary responsibilities
Location: REMOTE
Acknowledged by: Date
Employee
Approved by: Date
Executive Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
