Staff Attorney

Are you passionate about immigration law and supporting refugee and immigrant communities Do you have experience handling family based humanitarian and asylum/refugee cases and want to make a direct impact

Youre in the right place! Refugee Womens Alliance (ReWA) is hiring an Immigration Legal Services Staff Attorney to join their team in Seattle WA!

Key Details:

• Pay: $87750-$97500 per year DOE
• Benefits: Medical dental vision 403(b) PTO student loan forgiveness and more
• Location: Seattle WA. Choose from our three office locations as your home base: Seattle (MLK office) SeaTac City Hall or downtown Kent (King County office building) with occasional travel to other offices as needed to meet with clients.
• Schedule: Full time hybrid: 37.5 hours/week 2 days in office and 3 days remote with some schedule flexibility

Who We Are: Refugee Womens Alliance (ReWA) is a nationally recognized multiethnic nonprofit organization supporting refugee and immigrant women and families through culturally responsive services including legal assistance education and social services.

Through its immigration program ReWA helps individuals work toward legal status stability and long term success in the U.S.

To learn more check out our website:

Why Join ReWA Right Now Youll be part of a dedicated team making a real difference for refugees and immigrants helping clients achieve security citizenship and brighter futures. ReWA is investing in its staff and programs so your work will have immediate meaningful impact in the community.

Who You Are: Youre a detail oriented and compassionate attorney who enjoys working directly with clients and supporting complex immigration cases. Youre comfortable collaborating across teams and helping ensure the quality and accuracy of legal work.

Youll bring:

• Strong attention to detail and documentation accuracy
• The ability to work with clients who may have experienced trauma
• Excellent communication and advocacy skills
• A collaborative and team oriented mindset
• Sound independent judgment

Qualifications Include:

• Law degree and bar admission in the U.S.
• 1 year practicing immigration law in the U.S. including family based humanitarian and asylum/refugee cases
• Experience working with refugee or immigrant communities
• Experience with employment based juvenile or other protection-based immigration cases is a plus
• Experience preparing immigration forms (I-589 I-765 I-130 I-485 VAWA U/T visas SIJS TPS N-400 etc.)
• Strong computer skills (databases spreadsheets MS Office)
• Fluent English required; bilingual Spanish Portuguese French Farsi Russian preferred
• Valid drivers license preferred
• Ability to pass a pre-employment background check
• ReWA requires all legal staff working in immigration to become DOJ accredited

What Youll Do: As a Staff Attorney at ReWA youll play a key role in supporting refugee and immigrant clients through every stage of their immigration journey. Your day will be varied and impactful including:

• Prepare and file immigration applications for family based humanitarian and asylum/refugee cases (e.g. adjustment of status family reunification petitions VAWA U/T visas SIJS TPS naturalization and more)
• Conduct interview preparation with clients to help them succeed in USCIS and court interviews
• Attend immigration interviews alongside clients providing advocacy and support
• Provide legal counsel to clients facing complex immigration issues

• Advise and mentor paralegals and DOJ accredited representatives ensuring accuracy and quality in immigration applications
• Review and sign legal documents for paralegals and DOJ accredited reps including G-28s and applications
• Deliver training and onboarding for immigration staff sharing best practices and legal updates
• Collaborate with the leadership team and other attorneys to maintain clear communication and high standards across the team

• Support program data tracking and reporting helping the team achieve immigration outcomes and solve barriers
• Contribute input for grants contracts and the development of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Help build and maintain partnerships with immigration stakeholders taskforces and community organizations
• Work collaboratively with managers and directors to ensure clients benefit from all ReWA programs
• Other duties as assigned

ReWA is committed to building a diverse inclusive workforce and workplace. We actively seek to minimize implicit bias during our hiring process. Women minorities and other underrepresented groups are especially encouraged to apply.

ReWA is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity) national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital status disability genetic information age membership in an employee organization retaliation parental status military service or any other status protected by law.

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