Description:

Position Description: The Managing Attorney is a part of Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center's (PIRC) Senior Team, participating in strategic decision making and leadership of the organization. The Managing Attorney provides mentorship, legal, and administrative supervision to attorneys and accredited representatives, as assigned by the Executive Director. This role may represent a small case load of clients before EOIR and USCIS, as well as perform outreach, lead clinics and coordinate with pro bono attorneys [and other volunteers] within the community.

Job Purpose and Activities:

Leads PIRC's Community Response Programs, including the Rapid Response Team, immigration legal clinics, and non-detained legal services within the community.
Engages partner legal service providers, community-based organizations, community leaders and members to continually assess and support the legal needs of immigrant communities in Pennsylvania.
Organizes and executes clinics in support of immigrant legal needs in the community. (E.g. Family Preparedness, TPS renewals, Pro se asylum workshops, etc.)
Serves as PIRC's primary legal liaison to the Southcentral PA Rapid Response Team (RRT), collecting/reporting data and managing incoming legal referrals from RRT and other partners.
Represents non-citizens facing the threat of detention or deportation and residing in Pennsylvania. Cases include a wide scope of matters before immigration courts, the BIA, and USCIS, although not primarily detained matters and survivors' work which are handled by other programs at PIRC. Case selection is dependent upon funding parameters, capacity, and organizational case selection criteria.
Conducts legal consultations as a stand-alone service for non-citizen community members; conducts screenings/intakes for further referral or representation under any of PIRC's programs.
Works with the Executive Director and Development Director to ensure compliance with contractual and grant requirements for PIRC's Community Response Programs; captures and reports related data for funding purposes.
Supervises direct reports including at this time, one DOJ Accredited Representative and one non-legal staff person, but possibly expanding to include additional staff including attorneys and/or legal interns; provides mentorship, legal supervision of work product and legal strategy, and related administrative duties.

Qualifications and Experience:

Law degree and licensed to practice law before the bar of any state in the U.S.
Excellent research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to communicate with people of different racial, ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Ethic of serving clients with compassion.
Sense of personal initiative and ability to work independently with appropriate guidance and supervision.
Ability to balance competing priorities and communicate as priorities shift. Ability to meet deadlines.
Must be flexible and adaptable.
Commitment to PIRC's mission, immigration advocacy, and legal services.
Fluency (reading/writing/speaking) in Spanish and/or other language preferred.
3-5 years of relevant experience / legal practice and supervision experience preferred.

Other:

Must successfully pass NCIC, FBI, and State Criminal and Child Abuse Clearance background checks.
Regional travel required to perform outreach, community engagement, and clinics.
Performs in accordance with PIRC's Core Values of integrity, adaptability, innovation, empowerment, collaboration and diversity.
Abides by all policies and procedures established by PIRC.
Other tasks as assigned.

Physical Requirements: The physical requirements described are representative of those that must be met by an employee, with or without accommodation, to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently in a sedentary, seated position; however, this position would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend as necessary. Employee uses hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform activities such as preparing/analyzing data, viewing a computer terminal and extensive reading.
Employee is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the job purpose and activities outlined above.