Description:

Mission Action has been growing rapidly, therefore, we have created a lot of new positions across our different programs and departments. Please consider joining our team to serve the communities.

Mission Action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society. As a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization, we work to improve lives on an individual level as well as affect broader social change by engaging in advocacy and community organizing. We work together across programs to address homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and to support immigrant rights in order to meet the complex needs of our communities and collectively address the root causes of suffering and injustice. To learn more about our organization's model and impact, we encourage you to watch the following video. (https://www.dscs.org/model-impact)

About the Program
Since 2008, Mission Action's Deportation Defense & Legal Advocacy Program has been a local leader in providing pro bono legal defense for individuals and families facing deportation. We use creative legal and advocacy strategies to challenge prolonged detention, constitutional violations, and other injustices in the immigration legal system through direct services, appeals, impact litigation, and public advocacy. We represent individuals threatened with deportation by challenging removability, and through applications for relief, including asylum, withholding of removal, relief under the Convention Against Torture, waivers of inadmissibility and deportability, and applications for U-visa, T-Visa, and VAWA relief. We strive to connect our individual casework to broader movements for immigrants' rights, racial justice, and abolition and to be guided by the communities we work alongside. We are a caring and supportive team that values sustainability and wellness in this challenging work.

What You'll Do:

Conduct intakes with potential clients, screen for claims for relief, and provide legal counsel and advice.
Provide full-scope representation to individuals facing removal before the Immigration Court, the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS), the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Stay informed of developments in agency practice, policy, and law.
Participate in agency meetings, community activities, collaborative meetings, and trainings.
Engage in outreach, education, and advocacy in the area of immigrant rights on the local and state level.
Maintain and establish relationships with community partners and immigration service providers.

Other Organizational Duties

Conducts business in accordance with the Mission Action Employee Handbook, exercising sound judgment and serving the best interests of the agency and the community.
Works within the framework of the agency's mission, vision, values, theory of change, and organization's commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, restorative justice, trauma-informed work, and language justice.
Commits themselves to treating each community member with respect and dignity.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Juris Doctor or equivalent and active bar admission.
Experience practicing removal defense and direct services.
Ability to communicate effectively with monolingual Spanish-speakers (i.e., advanced Spanish skills).
Ability to work effectively and compassionately with survivors of trauma and clients with mental illness.
Strong commitment to working with low-income and underserved communities, with an ability to relate to and communicate with a broad range of clients and colleagues.
Demonstrated commitment to immigrant rights and community empowerment.
Familiarity and demonstrated commitment to DSCS mission, values, and organizational work.
Strong organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently to manage priorities and prioritize workflow.
Strong computer knowledge, ability to use Adobe and Microsoft Office.
Commitment to providing culturally humble services.

How to Apply:
If you are qualified and interested in applying, please submit your resume, cover letter, salary requirements and three professional references, including a supervisorial reference to https://www.missionaction.org/about/careers/. Immediately interviewing on a rolling basis until position is filled. Please visit our web site for additional information on our organization at: www.missionaction.org