Requisition ID: req51568
Job Title: Legal Services Director
Sector: Legal
Employment Category: Regular
Employment Type: Full-Time
Compensation: USD 110,000.00 – 139,872.00 Annually
Location: Baltimore, MD USA
Work Arrangement: In-person
Job Description
JOB OVERVIEW:
IRC seeks a Legal Services Director to provide vision, strategy, and leadership to immigration legal services programs across IRC Maryland in Silver Spring and Baltimore. The Legal Services Director will ensure the delivery of high-quality and impactful immigration legal services programs through direct supervision of two immigration program managers, who oversee the provision of affirmative immigration services at each office, and one managing attorney, who oversees the Children’s Legal Services program across both offices. The Silver Spring and Baltimore immigration legal services programs are staffed by Department of Justice (DOJ) accredited representatives and legal assistants and offer client support on naturalization, adjustment of status, refugee/asylee family reunification, family-based petitions, consular processing, employment authorization, and temporary protected status (TPS), among other services. Maryland’s Children’s Legal Services (CLS) team provides immigration legal services to unaccompanied children who have been released from the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and is staffed by a managing attorney, a senior staff attorney, two staff attorneys, two fellows, and two legal assistants. Relief for unaccompanied children includes filing for asylum, T Visas, U Visas, and special immigrant juvenile status, requiring the attorneys to appear in Maryland family court, immigration court, and before the USCIS asylum office.
The Legal Services Director will bring vision and creativity to ensure legal services programs expand in a sustainable manner. The position will report to the Executive Director and work in close collaboration with leaders and managers of other program areas, as well as with development and finance managers. The Legal Services Director will communicate regularly with a wide range of community partners and stakeholders as well as the Legal Services Technical Unit (TU) at IRC’s headquarters.
This role requires thoughtful management and leadership, legal strategy, resource acquisition and development, advocacy, supervision, and the promotion of an inclusive and equitable professional working environment.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
Program/Staff Management
Program Strategy
Advocacy & Community Partnerships
KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS:
Position Reports to: Executive Director, IRC Maryland
Position Directly Supervises: Two immigration program managers and one managing attorney.
Other internal relationships: Liaises with Deputy Director of IRC Maryland offices, program managers across disciplines, and works closely with the HQ Legal Services Unit.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Compensation: Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
US Benefits: The IRC offers a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. All US employees are eligible for sick time, a 403b retirement savings plans: up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus an 3-7% additional IRC contribution, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
In addition, full-time employees are eligible for 10 US paid holidays, 20-25 paid time off days, disability & life insurance, medical, dental, and vision insurance (employee contribution starting at $135, $7, and $5 per month respectively) and FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs. Part-time employees are eligible for a proportionate amount of paid time off. These additional benefits apply to employees who work at least 6 months within a 12 month time period.
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