Careers

Who We Are

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.   

 

Role Description 

The DC Based Case Manager works in partnership with CAIR Coalition attorneys to safeguard the rights and dignity of all detained immigrants & those at the highest risk for detention in the DMV area. The DC Based DAP Case Manager will provide critical case management for clients of the National Qualified Representation Program (NQRP), who have mental health diagnoses or other indicia of incompetency, as well as case management support for individuals working with our other DC based teams. This position engages with clients to advocate for their non-legal needs, with a specific focus on ensuring clients’ releases from detention are safely executed. The NQRP Case Manager reports to the DAP Social Services Coordinator with occasional collaborative supervision from the NQRP Managing Attorney. The case manager serves three primary functions: 

 

Case management:

Coordinates and implements post-release plans for clients, build on clients existing resources, strengths, and autonomy to help them with their self-identified goals 

 

Community advocacy:

Builds relationships with myriad community partners including volunteer networks and community organizers; liaise with detention center staff and volunteers; 

 

Program coordination:

Coordinates psychological evaluations for NQRP clients in collaboration with the DAP Social Services Coordinator and other social services staff to handle the stakeholder relationships with the evaluators.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]  

• Assist CAIR Coalition attorneys in anticipating client needs upon release and incorporate appropriate resources into a post-release plan that is submitted to the court; 
• Create and maintain relationships with social service providers in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area who can assist with housing, social services, mental health services, and substance abuse counseling for immigrants recently released from detention; 
• Support 20-75  people in detention and post release per year;. 
• Facilitate clients’ release from detention centers and implement the post-release plan; 
• Maintain and update online social service database, and support the DAP Social Services Coordinator in managing social service grants; 
• Coordinate psychological and medical evaluations for clients; 
• Support legal staff in resolving their detained clients’ social service needs; 
• Communicates coverage needs to team; 
• Works with volunteers in appropriate programming; 
• Enter all client-related notes into case management systems and maintain confidentiality; 
• Collaborate with social service professionals on other CAIR Coalition teams to assist in the development of the social work program; 
• Collaborate with other program staff during times of ebb and flow in varying programs;  
• Periodically provide in-court advocacy for clients alongside legal advocates, by explaining Post-Release Plans and other social-service aspects relevant to the client’s legal case;. 
• Actively participate in the design and growth of the social services program through the creation of best practices, feedback solicitation, and staff development 

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Our Work Environment

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.    

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.    

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media.  We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement.  We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.    

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.    

 

Qualifications Required: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience, preference for a degree in social work, counseling or related field; 
• Demonstrated interest in immigrants’ rights and assisting clients with mental health diagnoses; 
• Ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders; 
• Ability to multi-task, work in a fast-paced environment, and triage client emergencies; 
• Ability to work well independently with limited supervision; 
• Availability to work occasional weekend/evening hours to accommodate client release needs. 
• Proficiency in Spanish and valid driver’s license; 
• Preferred: Proficiency in Microsoft Sharepoint and Salesforce; knowledge of immigration system; and knowledge of local community organizations and resources. 

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time non-exempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

Depending on the needs of the program, the Case Manager may be responsible for supervising seasonal interns.

 

Reports To 

Social Services Coordinator

 

Timeline  

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Tentative Start Date: August 2022

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

Salary 

The annual salary range is between 50,000-$61,500, commensurate with experience per CAIR Coalition’s salary scale model.  

 

Location 

Washington, DC

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of the Case Manager position, this staff member may be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office to complete in-person tasks as determined by program needs. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition’s COVID-19 policies.  

 

Candidates should be prepared to accompany clients to USCIS or ICE appointments as needed and assist clients in attending medical and social services appointments as it relates to the legal case. Candidates should also be prepared to provide in person services as part of executing safe releases from detention. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application. At CAIR Coalition we recognize that professional experience and skillsets translate in a myriad of ways. If your experience is closely adjacent to what is listed in the job description, please still consider applying.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1143614/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Case-Manager-Detained-Adult-Program 

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

Role Description: 

The intake and coordination-focused legal assistant in the Maryland Universal Representation Program focuses on (i) organizing and conducting intakes with Marylanders in or at risk of ICE detention and tracking their cases through placement; (ii) liaising with other legal service providers, including the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, community groups, government officials, and detention centers to ensure eligible Marylanders can connect to our services; (iii) working with detained people and their attorneys throughout the course of removal proceedings, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation, and (iii) supporting the program’s provision of services as a whole, including through administrative tasks such as database maintenance and reporting to funders.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]:  

Client Services: 

• Completes intakes with detained and released clients and coordinates with other legal staff to ensure coverage of the same. 
• Regularly communicates and collaborates with other legal service providers, community groups, government officials, and detention center staff to receive referrals of individuals eligible for services and maintain referral and legal access systems. 
• Inputs information to track new potential cases and update direct representation pipelines. 
• Provides follow up after intakes to evaluate eligibility for relief from removal, including legal research, securing criminal records and other coordination with the Maryland Office of the Public Defender, and obtaining additional information from family and other community members. 
• Supports attorneys representing detained and released clients before immigration courts in Maryland, Virginia and remote locations (virtually), USCIS, ICE and local state courts.  This includes representation in the following types of cases: Bond, Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention Against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Cancellation of Removal.  Support includes assistance in developing client and witness declarations, coordination, drafting and preparing filings, country conditions research, and input in case strategy.  
• Conducts detention facility visits in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, for intake and client meetings.     
• Assists with the staffing of the detention hotline and oversight of volunteers for jail visits, the jail hotline, or translation/interpretation volunteer work, as needed.  
• Carries out administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders.   
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed. 
• Interfaces with social services staff, where needed, in preparation and execution of post release and social services plans.   

Organizational Services: 

• Ensures the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion. 
• Assists other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization.   

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Our Work Environment 

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.    

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.    

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media.  We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement.  We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.    

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.    

 

Competencies Required: 

Legal Proficiency

The employee understands legal concepts at a level to allow for meaningful contribution to client intake, follow-up, and casework with moderate supervision. The employee is working towards self-sufficiency in client-facing legal activities and will demonstrate increasing understanding of how to prepare legal filings.    

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The employee adequately presents legal and procedural concepts to detained individuals and clients with moderate supervision, including working with clients and their families/support community throughout the course of a case. The employee will develop trauma-informed interviewing and rapport building skills.  The employee coordinates with outside entities on referral systems efficiently and effectively. The employee adequately prioritizes time and resources.

 

Administrative

The employee ensures that all administrative aspects of their position, attendant to the provision of services to clients and program reporting, are carried out without managerial intervention, including intake logging and case tracking, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.

 

Qualifications Required: 

• Written and oral Spanish proficiency required; 
• Driver’s license required, or ability to work with team on transportation to remote locations; 
• Strong candidates will have experience working in the immigrant community, particularly in immigration law, and/or experience working with people in detention. 

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time, non-exempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

None

 

Reports To 

Designated supervisory-level attorney or legal assistant staff member

 

Timeline  

Applications will be accepted and offers made on a rolling basis, however preferred deadline for submission is 7/01/2022. 

This role will start summer or early fall 2022.   

 

Salary 

$47,500-$59,750 

Salary is commensurate with experience per CAIR Coalition salary scale.  

 

Location 

This position will be based from the Baltimore, M.D. Office. Due to business related travel expectations, it is recommended candidates live within 30-miles of their assigned primary office.

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1157481/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Legal-Assistant-Intake-and-Coordination-Lead-Detained-Adult-Program 

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

 

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

Role Description 

A legal assistant in the Legal Orientation Program focuses on (i) the coordination and execution of visits to detention centers for the purpose of conducting know your rights presentations and intakes with detained adults, (ii) working with detained people throughout the course of removal proceedings, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation, and (iii) supporting the program’s provision of services as a whole.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]  

Client Services: 

• Participates in preparation and breakdown of detention facility visits. 
• Conducts detention facility visits throughout Virginia and Maryland (normally 2-4 full visit days per month, including one overnight visit), for the provision of know your rights presentations and intake/follow-up. 
• In-person services have been suspended since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, we anticipate returning to some in-person visits as early as June 2022. 
• Assists with the recruitment and training of volunteers for jail visits, the jail hotline, or translation/interpretation volunteer work. 
• Participates in intake review, additional case research, and preparing cases for pro bono placement.  
• Provides follow-up after intakes to evaluate eligibility for relief from removal, including legal research, securing criminal records, and obtaining additional information from family and other community members. 
• Conducts administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders. 
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed. 
• Interfaces with social services staff, where needed. Preparation of Post Release Plans and social service plans, in coordination with social services staff. 

Organizational Services: 

• Ensure the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion. 
• Help with the transfer of clients to internal representation programs (e.g.,  the National Qualified Representative program, the Immigration Impact Lab, local Safe Cities universal representation programs) and facilitation of pro bono attorney communications with detained clients. 
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods. 
• Take part in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and telephonic meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers. 
• Engage with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization.   

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Our Work Environment

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.    

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.    

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media.  We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement.  We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.    

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.    

 

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency 

The employee understands legal concepts at a level to allow for meaningful contribution to client intake, follow-up, and casework with moderate supervision. The employee is working towards self-sufficiency in client-facing legal activities.  

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency 

The employee adequately presents legal and procedural concepts to detained individuals and clients with moderate supervision, including working with clients and their families/support community throughout the course of a case. The employee provides educational presentations to clients efficiently and effectively. The employee adequately prioritizes time and resources.  

 

Administrative 

The employee ensures that all administrative aspects of their position, attendant to the provision of services to clients and jail visits, are carried out without managerial intervention, including jail visit preparation and breakdown, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc. 

 

Qualifications Required:

• Written and oral Spanish proficiency required. 
• Driver’s license and willingness to drive long distances required.

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time nonexempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility

None

  

Reports To 

Staff Attorney

 

Timeline  

Deadline to Apply: 06/27/2022

Start Date: 08/15/22

 

Salary 

Commensurate with experience working in immigration legal services. The starting salary is $47,500.

 

Location 

Washington, DC

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1127440/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Legal-Assistant-Detained-Adult-Program 

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

The Detained Children’s Program provides legal orientation and screening to migrant children detained in the Maryland and Virginia region. We also offer free legal services to children released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody to the greater Washington/DC Baltimore region.  

 

Role Description 

A Legal Assistant (LA) in the Detained Children’s Program works collaboratively with legal and social services staff to: 

• coordinate and participate in visits to detention centers for the purpose of conducting know your rights presentations and legal screenings with detained children; 
• support attorneys in providing legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation; and  
• contribute to the program’s provision of services as a whole, including administrative tasks such as database maintenance and reporting to funders. 
• ensure clients receive high-quality, culturally competent legal services while detained and after release; 

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]  

 

Client Services: 

• Participates in the preparation and breakdown of detention facility visits. 
• Conducts detention facility visits in Virginia and Maryland, as needed, for the provision of know your rights presentations, intakes, and follow-up conversations with immigrant children. 
• Prepares case summaries and contributes to case evaluation including teamwide case reviews, research, securing records, and obtaining additional information from family members to assist with relief assessments and pro bono placement. 
• Conducts administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders. 
• Supports attorneys representing detained and released clients before USCIS, Baltimore, Arlington Immigration, and Hyattsville Immigration Courts and local state courts in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. This includes representation in the following types of cases: Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas and T-Visas, in addition to limited social services assistance. 

Organizational Services: 

• Ensures the timely and accurate entry of case information into shared databases. 
• Assists other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods.  
• Assists with stakeholder relationship activities. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization. 

[1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Our Work Environment 

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children’s Program (DUCs) is a highly collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed legal and social services, and a culture of professional growth and support for staff. Although aspects of our work are completed in smaller teams, we work towards integrated and client-focused services across the program by embracing interconnectivity. We strive to create systems that provide structure while actively fostering innovation and adaptability. Supervisors in our program share a commitment to teaching, mentorship, and work life balance.  

 

Competencies Required: 

Legal Proficiency 

The Legal Assistant (LA) demonstrates an understanding of basic eligibility for types of immigration relief to allow for meaningful contribution to client intake, follow-up, and casework with moderate supervision. The LA works towards self-sufficiency in client-facing activities and demonstrates an advancing knowledge of trauma-informed practices. The LA demonstrates an understanding of legal information versus legal advice. The LA demonstrates an increasing understanding in the preparation of legal filings under attorney supervision. 

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency 

The LA will skillfully and clearly present legal information and know your rights presentations to detained children and clients with moderate supervision. The LA has, and continually improves upon, trauma-informed interviewing and rapport building skills. The LA will demonstrate effective time and resources management. 

 

Administrative 

The LA will ensure that all administrative aspects attendant to the provision of services to clients and jail visits are carried out with moderate supervision, including facility visit preparation and breakdown, file, and database upkeep, etc. 

 

Qualifications Required: 

• Written and oral Spanish fluency required. 
• 1 year of professional experience, strongly preferred.  
• Experience in immigration law and/or working with clients; ideally children, preferred.  
• Driver’s license required 
• Favorable results on background check including driving record, Child Protection Registry, and state and federal criminal records. 

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time nonexempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

None

 

Reports To 

Staff Attorney

 

Timeline  

Deadline to Apply: 07/01/2022

Start Date: TBD

 

Salary 

$47,500- $59,750 commensurate with experience

 

Location 

This position will be based from the Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, M.D. Office. 

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1117561/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Legal-Assistant-Detained-Childrens-Program

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

Role Description: 

A legal assistant in the Maryland Universal Representation Program focuses on (i) working with detained people and their attorneys throughout the course of removal proceedings, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation, and (iii) supporting the program’s provision of services as a whole, including through intakes and administrative tasks such as database maintenance and reporting to funders.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]:  

Client Services: 

• Supports attorneys representing detained and released clients before immigration courts in Maryland, Virginia and remote locations (virtually), USCIS, ICE and local state courts.  This includes representation in the following types of cases: Bond, Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention Against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Cancellation of Removal.  Support includes assistance in developing client and witness declarations, coordination, drafting and preparing filings, country conditions research, and input in case strategy.  
• Completes intakes and provides follow up after intakes to evaluate eligibility for relief from removal, including legal research, securing criminal records, and obtaining additional information from family and other community members. 
• Conducts detention facility visits in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania, for intake and client meetings.     
• Assists with the staffing of the detention hotline and oversight of volunteers for jail visits, the jail hotline, or translation/interpretation volunteer work, as needed.  
• Carries out administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders.   
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed. 
• Interfaces with social services staff, where needed, in preparation and execution of post release and social services plans.   

Organizational Services: 

• Ensures the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion. 
• Assists other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods. 
• Takes part in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and remote meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization.   

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks. 

 

Our Work Environment

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.    

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.    

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media.  We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement.  We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.    

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.    

 

Competencies Required:

 Legal Proficiency

The employee understands legal concepts at a level to allow for meaningful contribution to client intake, follow-up, and casework with moderate supervision. The employee is working towards self-sufficiency in client-facing legal activities and will demonstrate increasing understanding of how to prepare legal filings.    

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The employee adequately presents legal and procedural concepts to detained individuals and clients with moderate supervision, including working with clients and their families/support community throughout the course of a case. The employee will develop trauma-informed interviewing and rapport building skills.  The employee adequately prioritizes time and resources.

 

Administrative

The employee ensures that all administrative aspects of their position, attendant to the provision of services to clients and program reporting, are carried out without managerial intervention, including intake logging and case tracking, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.

 

Qualifications Required: 

• Written and oral Spanish proficiency required; 
• Driver’s license required, or ability to work with team on transportation to remote locations; 
• Strong candidates will have experience working in the immigrant community, particularly in immigration law, and/or experience working with people in detention. 

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time, non-exempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

None

 

Reports To 

Designated supervisory-level attorney or legal assistant staff member

 

Timeline  

 Applications will be accepted and offers made on a rolling basis, however preferred deadline for submission is 7/01/2022. 

This role will start summer or early fall 2022.   

 

Salary 

$47,500-$59,750 

Salary is commensurate with experience per CAIR Coalition salary scale.  

 

Location 

This position will be based from the Baltimore, M.D. Office. Due to business related travel expectations, it is recommended candidates live within 30-miles of their assigned primary office.   

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1157457/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Legal-Assistant--Maryland-Universal-Representation-Detained-Adult-Program

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.

 

Position Summary:

A Managing Attorney in the Detained Adult Program focuses on ensuring that program staff provide excellent and efficient services to clients, implementing long-term plans for the program, providing direct legal services to immigrant adults, and supervising junior staff with a focus on professional development. 

 

Our Work Environment:

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment, each team lead or manager works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping, appeals squad, or staff run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee. 

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies. 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media. We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement. We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion! 

 

DAP has slowly over the years begun to embrace work life balance, although not to perfection.

Our team is still going through growth and continues to analyze how to ensure every team member is heard. We learn from those who are new to the field while also ensuring experience is a critical part of decision making. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them. 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success. 

 

General Duties and Responsibilities[1]:

Representation:

• Provides oversight and management of significant aspects of the program in coordination with the Program Director or Deputy Program Director. 
• Take on direct legal representation of detained clients in removal proceedings before the Arlington and/or Baltimore Immigration Courts. This includes representation types such as Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Board of Immigration Appeals, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Cancellation of Removal. 
• Direct representation is “as needed” to support supervisees and team or to grow own skills, but the position is focused on supervision of senior and staff attorneys. 
• Ensure that the program is kept abreast of new developments in the law and that junior staff are adequately trained on the law. CAIR Coalition has a Legal Strategy Team to support the managing attorney.
• Provide oversight and mentoring to senior and staff attorneys on direct representation cases, including supervision and assistance of (i) case strategy, (ii) trial preparation, and (iii) case load management. 
• Provide expert mentoring to outside attorneys representing detained immigrants on a pro bono basis as needed.
• Manage a caseload of in-house direct representation case and pro bono mentorship cases to ensure timely completion and submission of all filings, forms, etc.
• Research, engage, and prepare experts on health, behavioral health, and country conditions. 
• Work with case management team and Social Services Coordinator to provide holistic advocacy. This includes supervision of attorneys on preparation of Post Release Plans and social service plans, in coordination with social services staff.
• Work with the Impact Lab to provide holistic advocacy. 
• Work with team to develop new and novel arguments in new circuits where Maryland residents are detained. 
• CAIR Coalition is increasing the number of dedicated paralegals, but from time to time, attorneys must undertake their own administrative functions, including for casework (e.g., preparation of all aspects of filings). Each program has support from case managers or legal assistants to support the team, also known as program advocates. 

Advocacy:

• Educate lawmakers and funders on program impacts;
• Work with partner organizations to uplift advocacy;
• Center impacted people in discussions with community organizing activities;
• Media engagement on occasion or supporting impacted people in media or community engagement. 

Detention Facility Services:

• Conduct oversight of visits to government detention facilities.
• Conduct individual intakes with immigrants at the detention facilities. Provide necessary follow-up after intakes to evaluate eligibility for relief, including performing research, securing criminal/juvenile delinquency records and obtaining additional information from family and community members. However, the majority of time will be spent supervising and supporting new attorneys in this area. 
• Work with stakeholders in areas where new detention centers arise.
• Coordinate with other LSPs who are serving detention centers to effectively use resources.

Organizational Services:

• Work with program management to set long-term program plans.
• Interface with leadership of other CAIR Coalition programs to ensure cross-program information and strategy sharing. 
• Ensure the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion for program staff. 
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods.
• Take part in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and telephonic meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers.
• Lead internal CAIR Coalition working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization. 

Program-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Members of the Detained Adult program, in addition to the responsibilities above, also:

• Coordinate with all internal DAP Programs (e.g., LOP, NQRP, Safe Cities) to ensure all programs are kept abreast of developments and clients.
• Support team in new Program 
• Ensure Equity & Inclusion is key component of practice and professional development. 

 

Requirements

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency

The employee demonstrates a mastery of the law and legal procedure and can deploy innovative and thoughtful approaches to assisting clients. The employee stays abreast of developments in the law and ensures that their supervisees are trained in new developments.

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The employee proficiently helps to manage all of the program’s in-jail, client, and in-office programmatic obligations. The employee proficiently manages their caseloads and the caseloads of the staff they supervise. The employee skillfully supervises their staff and ensures that staff are in a position to grow professionally.

 

Administrative

The employee ensures that all administrative aspects of their position (and their staffs’ positions), attendant to the provision of services to clients, are carried out without managerial intervention, including timekeeping, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.

 

Qualifications Required:

• JD and relevant experience in immigration law. 
• Strong candidates will have a min. of 4 - 10 years of experience in immigration law. 
• Strong candidates will have a min. of 2 years in detained removal defense specifically.  
• Strong candidate will have a min. of 1-2 years of supervision experience
• Must have trial experience.
• Must be licensed to practice law.
• Written and oral Spanish fluency strongly preferred.
• Driver’s license required.

 

Additional Job Requirements: 

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 by their first day of employment, except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

What Else You Should Know:

Timeline:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Deadline to Apply: May 21st 

 

Salary

This is a full-time exempt position. The starting salary is $79,500 commensurate with experience.

 

Travel

This position may require travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with all CAIR Coalition safety protocols.

 

Position Location

Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD

 

Telework

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members may be required to live within daily commuting distance of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies.  

 

Benefits:

CAIR Coalition’s benefits package includes (a) subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); (b) life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; (d) the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account (beginning January 1, 2021); and (d) the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for nonprofits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

 

Paid Time-Off:

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time
• Federal holidays
• Winter break closure

 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

 

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions. 

 

To Apply: 

Submit your resume and cover letter to the link below. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1056182/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Managing-Attorney-Detained-Adult-Program 

Who We Are:

 The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.       

The Detained Children’s Program provides legal orientation and screening to detained migrant children detained in Maryland and Virginia region. We also offer free legal services to children released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody to the greater Washington/DC Baltimore region.

 

Our Work Environment:

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children’s Program (DUCs) is a highly collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed legal and social services and a culture of professional growth and support for staff. Although aspects of our work are completed in smaller teams, we work towards integrated and client-focused services across the program by embracing interconnectivity. We strive to create systems that provide structure while actively fostering innovation and adaptability. 

 

Position Summary:

A Managing Attorney in the Detained Children’s Program works collaboratively with staff and leadership to:

• ensure that clients receive high-quality legal services while detained and after release to our local area,
• provide direct legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children,
• supervise and train attorneys and legal assistants,
• work with program leadership to ensure contractual compliance, and
• implement long-term plans for the program.

General Duties and Responsibilities: ^[1]

Representation: 

• • Manage caseload of full legal representation of clients in removal proceedings before the Arlington and/or Baltimore Immigration Courts. This includes representation in the following types of cases: Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Board of Immigration Appeals, U-Visas, and T-Visas.
  • Represent clients before USCIS and in local state courts.
  • Manage potential client follow-up after intake, including sponsor intakes, assessment of legal relief and case placement with in-house or pro bono attorneys.
  • Support the program’s efforts to remain abreast of new developments in the law and to train staff on the law.
  • Provide supervision and training to attorneys on full representation and pro bono cases, including (i) case strategy, (ii) trial preparation, and (iii) caseload management.
  • Provide expert mentoring to pro bono attorneys from area law firms handling children’s cases.

              Organizational Services:

• • Work with program leadership to set long-term program goals and ensure contractual compliance.
  • Support team to ensure smooth operations of weekly visits to several local government detention centers. This includes ensuring that all children receive a legal orientation and intake.
  • Work with other CAIR Coalition programs to ensure cross-program information and strategy sharing.
  • Oversee the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases.
  • Take part in stakeholder relationship activities with community groups, government agencies, contractors, and representatives, and other legal service providers.
  • Lead internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups, including as a member of an organizational leadership team, to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization.

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency

The Managing Attorney utilizes their expertise in immigration law and legal procedure to provide high quality, innovative, and culturally competent representation. The Managing Attorney stays abreast of developments in the law and ensures that their supervisees are trained in new developments.

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The Managing Attorney contributes to the effective management of the program's shelter, client, and in-office obligations to ensure that clients receive zealous representation, funding obligations are met, and that the program collaborates effectively within the organization and with peer groups. The employee proficiently manages their and their supervisees’ caseloads and skillfully supervises junior staff, ensuring that they perform job duties and are supported in their professional growth.

Administrative

The Managing Attorney ensures that all administrative aspects of their and their supervisees’ positions, are carried out without managerial intervention, including timekeeping, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.

 

Qualifications Required:

• JD and at least three (3) years of relevant experience in immigration law. Experience working with unaccompanied minors preferred.
• Management and supervision experience.
• Committed to principles of equity and inclusion.
• Must be licensed to practice law in Maryland or Virginia, eligible to waive into either bar, or willing to sit for the next scheduled bar exam.
• Written and oral Spanish fluency strongly preferred.
• Driver’s license required.
• Favorable results on background check including driving record, Child Protection Registry, and state and federal criminal records, required.

 

 

Additional Job Requirements: 

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 by their first day of employment, except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

What Else You Should Know:

Salary

This is a full-time exempt position. Starting salary is $74,500 commensurate with experience.

 

Position Location

Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD 

 

Telework

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members may be required to live within daily commuting distance of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

Benefits:

CAIR Coalition’s benefits package includes (a) subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); (b) life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; (d) the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account (beginning January 1, 2022); and (d) the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for nonprofits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

 

Paid Time-Off:

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time
• Federal holidays
• Winter break closure

 

To Apply:

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/All/9b007096-1541-4838-95db-d098051452aa/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition

 

Complete the application in its entirety. Be sure to upload a cover letter, resume, and writing sample focused on an immigration related legal issue.

 

 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

^[1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region. 

 

Position Summary: 

A Senior Attorney in the Detained Adult Program focuses on (i) the provision of direct legal services under a universal representation model to immigrant adults held in facilities in Virginia and Maryland, (ii) the supervision of staff attorneys and legal assistants (also including supervision of interns and fellows); and (iii) the mentoring of pro bono attorneys. This position is based in our Baltimore, Maryland office and will work primarily with our Maryland focused universal representation project/public defender model. This project provides legal representation to detained immigrants regardless of their criminal history and immigration procedural postures. 

 

Our Work Environment:  

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program (DAP) is a highly collaborative work environment. We work in smaller focused teams around various direct representation and legal orientation projects, but all DAP colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping, appeals management, advocacy initiatives, and staff-run committees such as our Equity & Inclusion Committee. 

 

DAP staff have been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. We have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through collaborations that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies. 

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media. ?We embrace the movements to bring universal representation, an end to detention, and meaningful due process to the U.S. immigration system in our work, which also staying focused on the practical work we are trained to do and where we are most useful in this space. ?We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is interest! 

 

General Duties and Responsibilities: 

Representation: 

• Manages caseload of direct legal representation of detained clients in removal proceedings primarily before the Arlington and/or Baltimore Immigration Courts. This includes representation types such as Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Cancellation of Removal. 
• Provide direct supervision to staff attorneys on direct representation cases, including supervision and assistance of (i) case strategy, (ii) trial preparation, and (iii) case load management. 
• Provide expert mentoring to outside attorneys representing detained immigrants on a pro bono basis. 
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low bandwidth periods. 
• Participates in stakeholder relationship activities. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization. 
• Written and oral Spanish fluency strongly preferred, but experienced supervisors will be considered with no Spanish language.
• Driver’s license required. 

 

What Else You Should Know:

Salary

Commensurate with experience working in legal services. The salary range is $65,300-$80,750. 

 

Travel

This position may require travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, in accordance with all CAIR Coalition safety protocols.

 

Position Location

Baltimore, MD or Washington, DC

While local applicants are preferred, we will also consider qualified remote non-local applicants to work remotely through September 2022. 

 

Telework

 Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members may be required to live within daily commuting distance of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies.  

 

Benefits:

CAIR Coalition’s benefits package includes (a) subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); (b) life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; (d) the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account (beginning January 1, 2022); and (d) the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for nonprofits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

 

Paid Time-Off:

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time
• Federal holidays
• Winter break closure

Requirements

 

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency

The Senior Attorney demonstrates a solid understanding of legal concepts at a level that allows them to provide services to clients with limited supervision. The Senior Attorney clearly and skillfully employs the law in written and oral presentations and assists junior staff in doing the same. The Senior Attorney has taken on multiple hearings or interviews for clients with limited supervision. The Senior Attorney is able to competently supervise Staff Attorneys on client interaction matters and legal strategy, research, and writing. The Senior Attorney demonstrates cultural competency and trauma-informed practices.

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The Senior Attorney competently handles, and supervises, all required programmatic obligations (staff supervision, program reporting requirements, intake, follow-up, relief eligibility memos for pro bono placement, etc.). The Senior Attorney manages their supervision responsibilities and in-house and pro bono mentoring caseload to allow for proper prioritization and thoughtful use of time and resources. The Senior Attorney supervises junior staff to ensure programmatic efficiency and efficacy. The Senior Attorney exercises sound judgment and decision-making skills and identifies when issues must be elevated to management.

 

Administrative

The Senior Attorney ensures that all administrative aspects of their position (and of their supervisees’), attendant to the provision of services to clients, are carried out without managerial intervention, including timekeeping, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.).

 

Qualifications Required:

• JD and 3-5 years of relevant experience in immigration law.
• Must be licensed to practice law and in good standing with a state bar.
• Written and oral Spanish fluency strongly preferred, but experienced supervisors will be considered with no Spanish language.
• Driver’s license required.

 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

To Apply:

Complete the application in its entirety. Be sure to upload a cover letter, resume, and writing sample focused on an immigration related legal issue. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/637713/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Senior-Attorney---Detained-Adult-Program

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region. 

 

The Detained Children’s Program provides legal orientation and screening to detained migrant children in the Maryland and Virginia region. We also offer free legal services to children released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody to the greater Washington/DC Baltimore region. 

 

Our Work Environment:

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children’s Program (DUCs) is a highly collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed legal and social services and a culture of professional growth and support for staff. Although aspects of our work are completed in smaller teams, we work towards integrated and client-focused services across the program by embracing interconnectivity. We strive to create systems that provide structure while fostering innovation and adaptability. Supervisors in our program share a commitment to teaching, mentorship, and work life balance. 

 

Position Summary:

A Senior Attorney in the Detained Children’s Program works collaboratively with staff and leadership to: 

• ensure clients receive high-quality, culturally competent legal services while detained and after release; 
• participate in visits to detention centers for the purpose of conducting legal intakes and Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations to detained children, 
• provide direct legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children; 
• mentor pro bono attorneys providing legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children; 
• supervise legal assistants, interns, and staff attorneys (depending on experience level); and  
• promote a team culture of equity and inclusion. 

 

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Representation:

• Manage a caseload of direct legal representation of detained and released clients in removal proceedings before local state and immigration courts and USCIS in the following types of cases: asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, and T visas. 
• Participate in client intake and follow-up to determine eligibility for legal relief and facilitation of case placement with in-house or pro bono attorneys. 
• Support the program’s efforts to remain abreast of new developments in the law and to train staff on immigration and relevant aspects of family law. 
• Supervise legal assistants, interns, and staff attorneys on aspects of case work. Supervision of other attorneys is dependent on experience.  
• Provide expert mentoring to pro bono attorneys from law firms handling children’s immigration cases. 
• Handle own administrative tasks for casework (e.g., preparation and submission of filings, file maintenance, and recordkeeping).  

 

Organizational Services:

• Assist program leadership with the implementation of long-term program plans and contract compliance. 
• Facilitate and/or participate in regular facility visits for the purpose of conducting legal intakes and KYR presentations for detained children. 
• Ensure a smooth operation of administrative aspects of the program such as processing referrals and the internal case placement process. 
• Ensure the timely and accurate entry of case information into shared databases. 
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low- bandwidth periods. 
• Participate in stakeholder relationship activities, including meetings with community groups, government agencies, and other legal service providers. 
• Conducts trainings and stakeholder meetings with detention center staff. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to participate in the growth and strategy of the organization. 

 

What Else You Should Know

Timeline

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Applicants must attach their resume and cover letter to the application link. 

 

Salary

Commensurate with experience working in legal services ranging from $67,800-$79,000.

 

Position Location

Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD

 

Telework 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of the senior attorney role, they are required to live within daily commuting distance of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

Benefits

CAIR Coalition’s benefits package includes (a) subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); (b) life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; (d) the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account (beginning January 1, 2022); and (d) the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for nonprofits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

 

Paid Time Off

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 1 day of volunteer time
• Federal holidays.
• Winter break closure

Requirements

 

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency

The Senior Attorney demonstrates a solid understanding of legal concepts, allowing them to provide competent and client-centered services with limited supervision. The Senior Attorney effectively advocates through written and oral work and assists junior staff in doing the same. The Senior Attorney has experience litigating and preparing for hearings or interviews for clients with limited supervision. The Senior Attorney competently supervises aspects of the work of staff attorneys, legal assistants and interns on client relationships and legal strategy, research, and writing. The Senior Attorney demonstrates cultural competency and trauma-informed practices. 

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The Senior Attorney competently handles, and supervises, all required program obligations (including KYRs, legal intakes, follow-up interviewing, case placement, direct representation services, and pro bono mentorship). The Senior Attorney manages their in-house and pro bono mentoring caseload to allow for appropriate prioritization and thoughtful use of time and resources. The Senior Attorney supervises junior staff to ensure programmatic efficiency and efficacy. The Senior Attorney exercises sound judgment and decision-making skills and identifies when issues must be elevated to leadership. 

 

Administrative

The Senior Attorney ensures that all administrative aspects of their position (and that of their supervisees) are carried out without managerial intervention, including timekeeping, file maintenance, database upkeep, etc. 

 

Qualifications Required:

• JD and 3-5 years relevant experience in immigration law (family law experience a plus). 
• Experience working with child clients preferred.  
• Written and oral Spanish fluency. 
• Must be licensed to practice law in Maryland or Virginia, eligible to waive into the Maryland or Virginia bar, or willing to sit for the next scheduled bar exam. 
• Driver’s license. 
• Favorable results on background check including driving record, Child Protection Registry, and state and federal criminal records. 
• Ability to work remotely temporarily but fulfill job responsibilities in-person as required. 

  

Additional Job Requirements: 

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 by their first day of employment, except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

To Apply:

Please attach your resume and cover letter to the link below.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1023502/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/DUCs-Senior-Attorney

 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region. 

 

The Detained Children’s Program provides legal orientation and screening to migrant children detained in the Maryland and Virginia region. We also offer free legal services to children released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody to the greater Washington/DC Baltimore region. 

 

Role Description:

A Senior Legal Assistant (LA) in the Detained Children’s Program works collaboratively with staff and leadership to:  

• ensure clients receive high-quality, culturally competent legal services while detained and after release; 
• coordinate, participate, and supervise visits to detention centers for the purpose of conducting know your rights presentations and intakes with detained children;  
• support attorneys in providing legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation;  
• contribute to the program’s provision of services as a whole, including administrative tasks such as database maintenance and reporting to funders;   
• supervision and training of junior staff with a focus on professional development (dependent on experience level); and  
• regularly engage with senior staff and leadership to identify programmatic needs and implement program goals.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]  

 

Client Services: 

• Supervises and participates in preparation and breakdown of detention facility visits, as needed. 
• Conducts detention facility visits in Virginia and Maryland, for the provision of know your rights presentations, intakes, and follow-up conversations with immigrant children. 
• Ensures that junior staff complete all shelter-involved tasks to a high standard. 
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of common immigration relief eligibility and provides high-quality input during internal case reviews. 
• Performs and can train other staff on performing administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders. 
• Supports attorneys representing detained and released clients before USCIS, Baltimore, Arlington, and Hyattsville Immigration Courts, and local state courts in Maryland, DC, and Virginia. This includes representation in the following types of cases: Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas and T-Visas, in addition to limited social services assistance. 
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training efforts of new staff and interns, as needed. 

Organizational Services: 

• Ensures the timely and accurate entry of case information into shared databases. Troubleshoots data management system problems. 
• Assists program leadership in planning and implementation of program goals. 
• Assists other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low- bandwidth periods. 
• Leads projects to improve systems or client services. 
• Actively participates and contributes to stakeholder relationship activities. 
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization. 

[1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Our Work Environment:

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children’s Program (DUCs) is a highly collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed legal and social services, and a culture of professional growth and support for staff. Although aspects of our work are completed in smaller teams, we work towards integrated and client-focused services across the program by embracing interconnectivity. We strive to create systems that provide structure while actively fostering innovation and adaptability. Supervisors in our program share a commitment to teaching, mentorship, and work life balance.  

 

Competencies Required: 

Legal Proficiency 

The Senior Legal Assistant (Senior LA) demonstrates a firm understanding of children’s removal proceedings, relief eligibility, and culturally competent legal services. The Senior LA plays an active role in client relationships and can independently advance work on cases with attorney approval and supervision. The Senior LA demonstrates understanding of legal information versus legal advice and educates others on appropriate limitations for non-attorney staff. The Senior LA is familiar with preparing client filings and can do so with limited or minimal attorney supervision and review. 

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency 

The Senior LA will skillfully and clearly present legal information and know your rights presentations to detained children and clients with limited supervision. The Senior LA has, and continually improves upon, trauma-informed interviewing and rapport-building skills. The Senior LA effectively manages time and resources and appropriately prioritizes client needs and other program responsibilities. 

 

Administrative 

The Senior LA ensures that all administrative aspects of their position are carried out with limited supervisory support, including facility visit preparation and breakdown, file and database upkeep, etc. The Senior LA contributes to updates and adjustments, as needed, to administrative systems designed to support shelter and client work. 

 

Qualifications Required: 

• Written and oral Spanish fluency 
• 2-3 years of relevant experience in immigration legal service provision.  
• 2-3 years of relevant experience interviewing / working with clients, preferably children.  
• Management or supervision experience preferred. 
• Driver’s license 
• Favorable results on background check including driving record, Child Protection Registry, and state and federal criminal records 

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time nonexempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

Yes

 

Reports To 

TBD

 

Timeline  

Deadline to Apply: July 01, 2022

Start Date: TBD

 

Salary 

$50,000- $61,500 commensurate with experience

 

Location 

This position will be based from the Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, M.D. Office. 

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1117621/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Senior-Legal-Assistant-Detained-Childrens-Program 

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.

 

Position Summary:

A staff attorney in the Detained Adult Program focuses on: (i) screening individuals for program eligibility and immigration relief, (ii) managing a caseload of direct legal services to immigrant adults held in facilities in Virginia, Maryland and outside the DMV region, (iii) maintaining client and stakeholder information up to date in the organization’s database, (iv) advocating with stakeholders and community representatives for program and clients, and (v) the mentoring of pro bono attorneys.

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]:

Representation:

• Manage a caseload of in-house direct legal representation of detained clients in removal proceedings before the Arlington and/or Baltimore Immigration Courts and out-of-state courts via remote appearance as needed. This includes representation in cases such as Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, Board of Immigration Appeals, U-Visas, T- Visas, and Cancellation of Removal. An average staff attorney’s docket consists of four trial level cases going to individual hearing and other removal defense cases.
• Provide expert mentoring to outside pro bono attorneys representing detained immigrants on a pro bono basis.
• Prepare Post Release Plans and social service plans, in coordination with social services staff.
• Research, engage, and prepare experts on health, behavioral health, and country conditions.

 

Detention Facility Services:

• Conduct government detention center visits as needed to prepare clients for their immigration hearings.
• Conduct individual intakes with immigrants at the detention facilities or remotely. Provide necessary follow-up after intakes to evaluate program eligibility and eligibility for relief, including performing research, securing criminal/juvenile delinquency records and obtaining additional information from family and community members.

 

Organizational Services:

• Ensure the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion.
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low- bandwidth periods.
• Take part in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and telephonic meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers.
• Conduct trainings and stakeholder meetings with detention center staff.
• Engage with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to lend a voice to the growth and strategy of the organization.
• Undertake own administrative functions, including for casework (e.g., preparation of all aspects of filings). CAIR Coalition attorneys do not have dedicated paralegals for assistance on cases and non-attorney staff time is dedicated to client-facing tasks (e.g, jail visits).

 

Program-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Members of the Detained Adult program, in addition to the responsibilities above, also:

• Coordinate with all internal DAP Programs (e.g., LOP, NQRP, Safe Cities) to ensure all programs are kept abreast of developments and clients.

 

Our Work Environment

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.   

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.   

 

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media. We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement. We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.   

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.   

 

What Else You Should Know:

Position Type:

Full-time, exempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility:

This position does not include primary supervision of other staff. However, may involve the supervision of legal assistants or interns depending on case specific needs.

 

Reports To:

DAP Managing Attorney

 

Timeline:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Deadline to apply is July 8th. The start date for this role will be in August. 

 

Salary:

$61,500 - $75,800

Salary is commensurate with experience per CAIR Coalition salary scale. 

 

Location

This position will primarily be based in the Baltimore, Maryland office, though the Washington, D.C. office may be available as a less preferred second option. Due to business related travel expectations, it is recommended candidates live within 30-miles of their assigned primary office. 

 

Telework

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of Staff Attorney certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff are expected to work from the office once per week following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies.

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters.

 

Benefits

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes: 

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.;
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor;
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV;
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); 
• An annual data reimbursement of $240
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; 
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and 
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

Paid time off includes: 

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time
• Federal holidays
• Winter break closure
• 12 weeks of parental leave 

 

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1159989/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Staff-Attorney-Detained-Adult-Program

 

EEO Statement

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-r…

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing free legal assistance to child and adult immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region. 

The Detained Children’s Program provides legal orientation and screening to detained migrant children in the Maryland and Virginia region. We also offer free legal services to children released from Office of Refugee Resettlement custody to the greater Washington/DC Baltimore region. 

 

Our Work Environment:  

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Children’s Program (DUCs) is a highly collaborative work environment. We are committed to providing high-quality, trauma-informed legal and social services and a culture of professional growth and support for staff. Although aspects of our work are completed in smaller teams, we work towards integrated and client-focused services across the program by embracing interconnectivity. We strive to create systems that provide structure while fostering innovation and adaptability. Supervisors in our program share a commitment to teaching,?mentorship, and work life balance. 

 

Position Summary:

A Staff Attorney in the Detained Children’s Program works collaboratively with legal and social services staff and program leadership to: 

• provide high-quality, culturally competent direct legal services to detained and released unaccompanied immigrant children; 
• participate in, and assist with coordination of, visits to detention centers for the purpose of conducting legal intakes and Know Your Rights (KYR) presentations to detained children; 
• mentor pro bono attorneys providing legal services to unaccompanied immigrant children; and 
• contribute to the success of the program by building a culture of collaboration and learning. 

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Representation:

 Manage a caseload of direct legal representation of detained and released clients in removal proceedings before local state and immigration courts and USCIS in the following types of cases: asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, and T visas. 

• Participate in client intake and follow-up to determine eligibility for legal relief and facilitation of case placement with in-house or pro bono attorneys. 
• Remain abreast of new developments in the law by actively participating in legal trainings and meetings with community groups, government agencies, and other legal service providers. 
• Supervise legal assistants and interns on aspects of their work. 
• Mentor pro bono attorneys from area law firms handling children’s immigration cases, as needed. 

Organizational Services:

• Participate in regular facility visits for the purpose of conducting legal intakes and Know Your Rights presentations for detained children. 
• Ensure the timely and accurate entry of case information into shared databases  
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low- bandwidth periods. 
• Engage with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to participate in the growth and vision of the organization. 
• Handle own administrative functions, including for casework (i.e. preparation of all aspects of filings) and social services referrals.   

 

What Else You Should Know

Timeline

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Applicants must attach their resume and cover letter to the application link. 

 

Salary

Commensurate with experience working in legal services ranging from $61,500-$67,500.

 

Position Location

Washington, DC or Baltimore, MD

 

Telework 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of the staff attorney role, they are required to live within daily commuting distance of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

Benefits

CAIR Coalition’s benefits package includes (a) subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); (b) life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; (d) the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account (beginning January 1, 2022); and (d) the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for nonprofits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

Paid Time Off

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 1 day of volunteer time
• Federal holidays.
• Winter break closure

 

Requirements

 Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency:

 The Staff Attorney demonstrates a developing understanding of legal concepts at a level that allows them to provide client-centered services with moderate supervision. The Staff Attorney clearly and skillfully employs the law in written and oral presentations with limited input from supervisors. The Staff Attorney is working towards self-sufficiency in client hearings, interviews, and legal research and writing.  

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

 The Staff Attorney satisfactorily handles all programmatic obligations (including KYRs, legal intakes, follow-up interviewing, case placement, direct representation services, and pro bono mentorship) with limited supervision. The Staff Attorney manages their in-house and pro bono mentoring caseload to allow for appropriate prioritization and thoughtful use of time and resources. The Staff Attorney demonstrates a growing understanding of cultural competency and trauma-informed practices. The staff attorney demonstrates sound judgment and decision-making skills and identifies when issues must be elevated to a supervisor.  

 

Administrative

 The Staff Attorney ensures that all administrative aspects of their position are carried out with minimal managerial support, including timekeeping, file maintenance, and database entries.

 

Qualifications Required:

• JD and 0-3 years relevant experience in immigration law (family law experience helpful but not required). 
• Must be licensed to practice law in Maryland or Virginia, eligible to waive into the Maryland or Virginia bar, or willing to sit for the next scheduled bar exam. 
• Written and oral Spanish fluency. 
• Driver’s license. 
• Favorable results on background check including driving record, Child Protection Registry, and state and federal criminal records. 
• Ability to work remotely temporarily but fulfill job responsibilities in-person as required. 

 

Additional Job Requirements: 

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 by their first day of employment, except for those receiving medical or religious exemptions. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

To Apply:

Please attach your resume and cover letter to the link below.

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1023537/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/DUCs-Staff-Attorney 

 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

Role Description

This role focuses on appellate litigation and leadership of the CAIR Coalition Appeals Squad, a team of 6 Detained Adult Program (DAP) attorneys who work on appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeals. The role will involve leading the Appeals Squad and overseeing the DAP Appeals caseload, guide Appeals Squad attorneys in their appellate briefing and argument, and liaise with the Immigration Impact Lab to develop novel areas of appellate litigation in furtherance of justice for immigrants and refugees. The Supervising Appellate Attorney will oversee all appeals in DAP and also have the opportunity to directly represent or co-counsel on a caseload of appellate matters.  

The approximate case load to manage will be between 40-75 appeals per year, depending on changes in ICE/OPLA priorities and enforcement. The Appellate Attorney will monitor and coordinate appeal internal referrals with managing attorneys in DAP and the Appeals Squad.  

This position may be based in our Baltimore, Maryland or Washington, DC office. Remote work is available, with preference given to local candidates. This position may also require in-person attendance in immigration court and circuit courts of appeal, as needed.

 

Our Work Environment:

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.   

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.   

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media. We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement. We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.   

 

General Duties and Responsibilities[1]:

Direct Representation

• Take on direct legal representation or co-counseling a caseload of detained clients’ appeals before the Board of Immigration Appeals and relevant circuit courts each year, with a greater focus on clients who are Maryland residents.  

Leadership and Support

• Lead and expand the CAIR Coalition appeals team, a team. The Appeals Attorney is ultimately responsible to ensure that CAIR Coalition represents on all appeals.  
• Create or make available substantive trainings on appeals.
• Prioritize development of program structure encompassing both BIA appeals and as opportunities arise, Petitions for Review (PFRs), including support of direct representation and pro bono mentoring.  
• Work directly with the Deputy Program Director(s) to solicit feedback on process and program.  
• Create agendas for and facilitate regular appeals team meetings, which include a representative from the Immigration Impact Lab. 
• When new Appeals team members join, implement training requirements, support new members in their first case assignments, and provide feedback on those assignments.  
• Support Appeals team members in becoming growing supervisors themselves, depending on appropriate experience of the team members the Supervising Appellate attorney supervises.  
• Attend weekly case distribution meetings and assist in placing appeals cases across DAP, where appropriate.
• Strategize how to monitor appeals as DAP expands into more circuits.  

Relationship with Immigration Impact Lab

• Conduct regular meetings with CAIR Coalition’s Immigration Impact Lab to assess priorities for impact litigation cases at the Circuit Court level.
• Update Lab as different issues in removal defense and detention arise and help inform any necessary revision of Lab priorities

Relationship with DAP Teams

• Work directly with DAP attorneys and their supervisors, co-counseling or mentoring them on appeals cases.
• Support oversight of internal appeals cases per year depending on trial level outcomes, contract goals, and merits.  
• Prioritize appeals cases and teach others how to prioritize appeal making decisions.  
• Work with IJ Decision bank team to monitor trends in judge decisions and OPLA patterns.  
• Update pro se PFR and BIA appeal templates and information

Stakeholder relations

• Assist in mentoring appeals cases (to BIA or circuit courts) that have been placed at law firms on a pro bono basis. 
• Attend various stakeholder meetings related to BIA and circuit court work.

Data tracking and systems development

• Develop a database of appeal briefs that is searchable by topic or issue and accessible to all of CAIR Coalition in harmony with already existing systems.
• Ensure equity in how work is spread across DAP and reinforcing equity for staff attorneys to have access to same support and resources as skills develop
• Support /guide attorneys in making final decision on whether to represent on appeals or not and track that development. 
• Track pending appeals, including monitoring timelines, court deadlines and issues raised
• Manage the Appeals Pipeline on Salesforce and run reports, as needed.
• Develop systems for recruiting and selecting new appeal team (Appeal Squad) members.
• Ensure knowledge is not held by a few, but that there is flexibility and growth for all.

Organizational Services:

• Work with DAP management to set long-term program plans including those for appeals.
• Interface with leadership of other CAIR Coalition programs to ensure cross-program information and partake in forming organizational legal strategy. 
• Ensure the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion for program staff. 
• Take part in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and telephonic meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers, as needed.

Program-Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Members of the Detained Adult program, in addition to the responsibilities above, also:

• Coordinate with all internal DAP Programs (e.g., LOP, NQRP, Safe Cities) to ensure all programs are kept abreast of developments and clients.
• Ensure Equity & Inclusion is key component of practice and professional development.  

 

[1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.

 

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency

The employee demonstrates a mastery of the law and legal procedure and can deploy innovative and thoughtful approaches to assisting clients. The employee stays abreast of developments in the law and ensures that their supervisees are trained in new developments.

 

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The employee proficiently helps to manage all of the program’s in-jail, client, and in-office programmatic obligations. The employee proficiently manages their caseloads and the caseloads of the staff they supervise. The employee skillfully supervises their staff and ensures that staff are in a position to grow professionally.

 

Administrative

The employee ensures that all administrative aspects of their position (and their staffs’ positions), attendant to the provision of services to clients, are carried out without managerial intervention, including timekeeping, file upkeep, database upkeep, etc.

 

Qualifications Required:

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to coordinate across programs
• JD and relevant experience for 5-7 years as an immigration attorney required
• Strong candidates will have a minimum of 3-5 years’ experience in appellate work in total.  
• At least three years of experience writing appeals before the BIA. 
• Strong candidates will have 1-3 years’ experience in detained removal defense, preferably in the Third and Fourth circuits.
• Strong candidates will have 1-2 years supervisory experience.
• Admittance to practice before the Third or Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals preferred.
• Some trial experience preferred.
• Must be licensed to practice law.

 

What Else You Should Know:

Position Type

Full-time nonexempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility

TBD

 

Reports To

Deputy Program Director

 

Timeline

Application Deadline: July 01, 2022

Start Date: TBD; Late Summer- Early Fall

 

Salary

Salary range $70,000- $100,000 commensurate with experience

 

Location

This position will be based from the Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, M.D. Office. This job can be performed fully remotely for the right candidate.  

 

Telework

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies.

 

COVID-19 Vaccination

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits

• CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  
• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information);  
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability;  
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

 

Paid time off includes:

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave 

How to Apply:

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application .

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1112063/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Supervising-Appellate-Attorney-Detained-Adults-Program

 

EEO Statement:

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization 

Who We Are: 

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region. 

  

Role Description 

A Supervising Legal Assistant in the Detained Adult Program helps Supervise the program and legal assistants within the program, including: (i) creating systems to track and monitor the program; (ii) working with clients throughout the course of removal proceedings, including assisting with paperwork and case preparation; (iii) supporting the program’s provision of services as a whole; (iv) supervision of junior staff with a focus on professional development; and (v) assist with program data reporting requirements.

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1] 

Client Services:

• Ensures smooth operation of program and/or direct representation work.
• Demonstrates advanced understanding of basic relief eligibility and provides insightful input during case strategy meetings, case workshopping and other critical junctures. 
• Conducts training and supervises other staff on administrative tasks, including database maintenance and reporting to funders.
• Supports attorneys representing detained and released clients before USCIS, Baltimore and Arlington Immigration Court, and remote courts (virtually) such as the Cleveland Court and local state courts in Maryland, DC and Virginia. This includes representation in the following types of cases: Asylum, Withholding of Removal, Protection under the Convention against Torture, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U-Visas, T-Visas, and Cancellation of Removal.
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed.
• Interfaces with social services staff to prepare social services and post-release plans
• Identifies when social services collaboration is necessary. 
• Trains new staff and interns on client-facing work. 
• Develops systems to enhance services to clients in close collaboration with program Supervision staff. 
• Ensures that junior staff are effectively providing in-facility services during in-person client visits or virtually. 
• Assists with the recruitment and training of volunteers for jail visits, the jail hotline, or translation/interpretation volunteer work.
• Provides insightful input at intake review and conducts additional case research and preparation of cases for pro bono placement.
• Ensures that direct representation pipelines are up to date, including monitoring referrals and updating information on the organization’s legal server. 
• Actively engages in CAIR Coalition’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed.
• Supports in tracking and monitoring patterns or trends in the field.
• Work with grants administrator on reporting to funder. 
• Accountable to regular grant reporting in full.
• Ensure team’s data reporting is completed in a timely manner and reinforce compliance with obligations to funder.

 

Organizational Services:

• Ensure the inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases in a timely fashion. Troubleshoots data Supervision system problems.
• Assist program leadership in planning and implementation of program goals. 
• Assist other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods.
• Participates in stakeholder relationship activities, including in-person and telephonic meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers.
• Ensures the inputting and accuracy of data and case information and data reporting to funders. Troubleshoots data Supervision system problems. 
• Assists program leadership in planning and implementation of program goals. 
• Assists program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods.
• Designs and lead projects to improve systems or client services.
• Participates in stakeholder relationship activities, including meetings with community groups, governmental bodies and representatives, and other legal service providers.
• Engages with internal CAIR Coalition committees and working groups to contribute to the growth and strategy of the organization. 
• Ensures equity in implementation of new programs or systems.

 

[1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 
 

Our Work Environment

CAIR Coalition’s Detained Adult Program is a highly collaborative work environment. Each team lead works directly with a focused team, but all colleagues are interconnected through, for example, case workshopping or staff-run committees such as Equity and Inclusion Committee.    

 

DAP staff has been a source of expertise in the highly complex and ever-changing immigration system. They have persisted through administration changes, policy shifts, and attacks on the rights and freedoms of immigrants through project-focused cohorts that arise to address challenges or to brainstorm and implement affirmative strategies.    

We center impacted people in our advocacy and media.  We embrace the movement in our work while also staying focused on the practicalities we trained for, as well as where we are most useful in this movement.  We grow our reach and skill set when resources permit and there is passion. We do not limit our push or dreams for this world based on the limits we know but try to imagine how to navigate around them.  

 

We value our brain trust and are constantly finding ways to ensure that we maintain and grow, in ways that acknowledge those with expertise but also sets up new advocates for success.   

 

Competencies Required:

Legal Proficiency 

The Supervising Legal Assistant (LA) will demonstrate firm understanding of relief eligibility to allow for meaningful contribution to client intake and thought leadership in discussion during casework with limited supervision. The Supervising LA demonstrates familiarity with adult’s removal proceedings and issue spots where attorney input is necessary. The Supervising LA plays an active role in client relationships and can independently advance work on cases with attorney approval. The Supervising LA demonstrates a command of understanding legal information versus advice. The Supervising LA is familiar with preparing client filings and can do so with limited attorney input. The Supervising LA supports other legal assistants in their development.

Client and Programmatic Proficiency

The Supervising LA will skillfully and clearly present legal and proceeding concepts to impacted persons and clients with limited or no supervision, including working with clients and their families/support community throughout the course of a case. The Supervising LA adequately prioritizes time and resources. The Supervising LA contributes to the supervision and professional development of junior staff.

Administrative

The Supervising LA ensures that all administrative aspects of their position, attendant to the provision of services to clients, are carried out without managerial intervention, including file upkeep, database upkeep, etc. The Supervising LA independently leads projects to improve administrative systems to support direct representation work. The Supervising LA identifies programmatic administrative needs and ideas to meet them.

 

Qualifications Required:

• Written and oral Spanish fluency strongly preferred.
• Driver’s license required, or ability to work with team on transportation to remote locations.

 

What Else You Should Know:  

Position Type 

Full-time nonexempt

 

Supervisory Responsibility  

High

 

Reports To 

TBD

 

Timeline  

Application Deadline: July 01, 2022

Start Date: Late Summer-Early Fall

 

Salary 

$50,000- $69,700 commensurate with experience

 

Location 

This position will be based from the Washington, D.C. or Baltimore, M.D. Office. This job can be performed fully remotely for the right candidate.  

 

Telework 

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:  

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters. 

 

Benefits  

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes:  

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C.; 
• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor; 
• Pre-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV; 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); 
• An annual data reimbursement of $240 
• Life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; 
• The option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and  
• The option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment. 

Paid time off includes:  

• 23 personal days per calendar year 
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year 
• 7 hours of volunteer time 
• Federal holidays 
• Winter break closure 
• 12 weeks of parental leave  

 

How to Apply:  

Submit your resume, a cover letter that explains your interest in this role, and a writing sample with your Paylocity application .

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1112253/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Supervising-Legal-Assistant-Detained-Adult-Program 

 

EEO Statement 

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates.  CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement: 

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-racist-organization

Who We Are:

The Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is the only non-profit organization in the Washington, D.C. area focused exclusively on providing legal assistance to adult and child immigrants detained by the government in the Capital Region.  

 

Role Description:

The Volunteer Manager functions as a key member of the Detained Adult Program (DAP) and will report to a manager in the Detained Adult Program (DAP) to oversee the volunteer program. CAIR Coalition has over 200 volunteers dedicated to staffing the Detention Hotline and providing interpretation and translation services for our clients detained in the Capital region and beyond. 

 

The Volunteer Manager will oversee the Detention Hotline, Translation/Interpretation, and Jail Visit Volunteer Programs. This position serves as the primary contact for volunteers and recruits, trains, and works with volunteers to ensure staffing for the Detention Hotline, translations and interpretation support for individuals impacted by detention and deportation, and, as COVID-19 precautions permit, an eventual return to in-person jail visits. The position works closely with the Development team to help conceptualize, implement, and execute stewardship, cultivation, and solicitation efforts for volunteers. 

 

To protect the health of our staff, volunteers, and clients, the Volunteer Program has been operating remotely since March 2020. The Detention Hotline has been operating remotely from the homes of volunteers and Translation/Interpretation volunteers continue to provide services remotely. In the meantime, visits to detention centers have been paused, but as COVID-19 precautions permit, we are planning for an eventual return to in-person jail visits this summer.  

 

General Duties and Responsibilities [1]:

Volunteer Engagement

• Manage the Detention Hotline by conducting training and securing full staffing to communicate and connect with adults held in immigration detention centers in Virginia, Maryland, and beyond. 
• In coordination with legal assistants and attorneys, identify and assign translation and interpretation requests to volunteers. 
• In coordination with CAIR Coalition staff, secure and train volunteers to assist with jail visits.
• Ensure the quality of services provided by volunteers and troubleshoot issues (including technical) related to the Detention Hotline. 
• Assess and implement internal and external volunteer policies. Recommend and draft new policies as necessary to meet the evolving and emerging needs of the organization. 
• Plan, present, and coordinate recruitment events at colleges and organizations. 
• Partner with the Development team to identify, support, and implement volunteer stewardship and cultivation, and solicitation efforts. 
• Attend legal visits to immigration detention centers on a periodic basis.  
• In coordination with CAIR Coalition staff, identify and establish new opportunities for volunteers. 

 

Program Administration

• Help conduct and complete security/background checks for volunteers regularly. 
• Conduct administrative tasks, including entering and maintaining volunteer information in Salesforce and EveryAction according to established protocols, including mailing addresses, emails, and other personal information. 
• Utilize Salesforce, Excel, and other tools to track and report on data related to Volunteer Program, including volunteer hours, phone calls answered, number of translation and interpretation requests completed, etc. 
• Ensure the quality of data captured from phone calls through regular quantitative and qualitative assessments. 
• Participate in department, all-staff, and other committee meetings on a regular basis. 
• Other administrative tasks as assigned related to the Volunteer Program. 
• Maintains electronic files for donors and prospects. 
• Partners with the Development team to help ensure data integrity and to reconcile records.
• Prepares and sends volunteer correspondence, including, but not limited to thank you notes, volunteer updates, etc. 
• Other administrative projects and tasks as assigned. 

 

 [1] This list is illustrative and not intended to be a complete classification of all job functions or tasks.  

 

Qualifications/Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Minimum three years of relevant professional experience. 
• Ability to perform the job from 9 am to 5 pm EST. 
• Experience with Salesforce and/or other customer relationship database (CRM) systems, including EveryAction and Blackbaud products. 
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs including Word and Excel. 
• Ability to handle confidential information with sensitivity, integrity, and accuracy. 
• Meticulous planning and organizational skills, ability to prioritize tasks/projects, and follow through on detail with a high level of accuracy. 
• Comfortable with technology, ability to utilize databases and gather evaluation statistics. 
• Creative self-starter with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Willingness to stay up to date with the latest industry trends. 
• Experience building a community among a team of volunteers and/or managing a hotline. 
• Must be a team player and able to pivot as necessary to evolving circumstances. 
• Ability to work some nights and weekends at volunteer recruitment events.
• Reliability, responsiveness, and courtesy in all team, donor, and volunteer interactions. 
• Driver’s license.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Written and oral Spanish proficiency preferred, but not required. Fluency in other languages is a plus. 
• Experience and/or interest in immigration issues, particularly as they pertain to removal and detention.

 

What Else You Should Know:

Position Type:

This is a full-time, exempt position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 5 pm EST. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required. 

 

Supervisory Responsibilities:

In addition to supervising volunteers, the Volunteer Manager is responsible for supervising Hotline Operator staff. 

 

Reports To:

Development Director

 

Timeline:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

Start Date TBD

 

Salary

The annual salary range is between $63,000 and $68,750 commensurate with experience per CAIR Coalition’s salary scale model. 

 

Location

This position will be based out of our Washington D.C. office.  

 

Telework

All CAIR Coalition staff, interns, and volunteers are working remotely. However, due to the duties and responsibilities of certain positions, certain staff members will be required to live within 30 miles of their assigned primary office. Staff have the option to work from the office following a hybrid model, as long as they are in compliance with CAIR Coalition's COVID-19 policies. 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination:

All employees are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. To be fully vaccinated means having completed the full dosages required for the type of vaccine obtained as designated by the CDC. If boosters are subsequently recommended by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then employees will be required to receive the booster within thirty (30) days of their eligibility to access the boosters.

 

Benefits

CAIR coalition’s benefits package includes: 

• Free gym access located in Washington, D.C. 
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision subsidized health, dental insurance, and vision insurance (CAIR Coalition pays a very high rate of the insurance package, for which we can provide additional information); 
• life insurance valued at $50,000, as well as long and short term disability; 
• the option to set up a Flexible Spending Account; and 
• the option to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the option, for all employees on an annual basis, to match at a certain percentage after one year of continuous employment.

Paid time off includes: 

• 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of sick time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time
• Federal holidays
• Winter break closure
• 12 weeks of parental leave 

 

How to Apply:

Submit a cover letter that summarizes your experience and explain why you are interested in joining the team. Complete the application form in Paylocity and submit your resume. 

https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/1160544/Capital-Area-Immigrants-Rights-Coalition/Volunteer-Manager

 

EEO Statement

Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights (CAIR) Coalition is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, it is the purpose of this policy to effectuate these principles and mandates. CAIR Coalition prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. CAIR Coalition conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. 

 

Anti-Racism Statement:

https://www.caircoalition.org/cair-coalitions-statement-becoming-anti-r…;