International Refugee Assistance Project
Everyone should have a safe place to live and a safe way to get there.
U.S. Litigation Deputy Director
Location
New York
Posted
139 days ago
Salary
$130.4K - $140.2K / year
Professional Certificate7 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Help lead IRAP’s systemic change efforts through impact litigation, to create and expand pathways to safety for refugees and displaced people in the United States.
• Supervise Litigation attorneys and fellows and maintain a caseload of litigation matters.
• Support the US Litigation Senior Director in the oversight of the US Litigation department’s programmatic work.
• Maintain a caseload of litigation matters, including a leadership role in case development, strategy, and briefing.
• Organizing retreats, team meetings, and similar events to promote team-building, coordination, and alignment with IRAP’s mission and programmatic priorities.
• Directly supervise Litigation attorneys, fellows, supervising attorneys, and/or non-attorney staff as appropriate.
• Help to ensure that mentoring and professional development opportunities are available to all team members.
• Lead and participate in hiring, ensuring annual reviews are completed for all team members and responding to other staff needs.
• Support a positive daily work experience for the US Litigation department staff and create and maintain an equitable and inclusive work culture.
• Participate as needed in meetings and events related to fundraising and donor cultivation.
• Collaborate with Communications, Policy, and direct services departments to develop systemic change strategies.
• Coordinate with the Operations department to ensure that Litigation staff have the resources and support needed to perform their duties.
Job Requirements
- Law degree and license to practice law in the U.S. state from which the duties of this position will be performed.
- Minimum of 7 years of Litigation experience in a civil rights or human rights field, including extensive experience with strategic litigation.
- Experience in the field of refugee and/or immigration law is especially welcome.
- Experience supervising attorneys, fellows, and/or students in litigation matters.
- Experience working with community-based and NGO partners and sensitivity to client empowerment and to working with clients of all backgrounds, including LGBTI clients, and survivors of trauma.
- Knowledge of and experience with various models of advocacy, including federal court litigation and the U.S. policy and media landscape; creativity in approaching litigation and its relationship to other advocacy strategies; and sound judgment regarding ethical issues that arise in the work.
- Substantive knowledge of the U.S. pathways that IRAP works in and U.S. advocacy opportunities.
- Strong project management skills, including a record of success in managing complex projects and working with teams.
- Commitment to and experience in successfully employing an anti-racist/anti-oppression lens to foster a diverse, equitable working environment and creating diverse teams that reflect communities served.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with a leadership team to set organizational and departmental priorities and pursue opportunities that further impact across departments.
- Must be highly organized and motivated, able to multitask, manage a high-volume workload, and have excellent time management skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a preference for experience working in diverse work environments.
- Excellent writing, analytical, and oral communication skills.
- Comfort with technology and data management.
- Excellent oral and written English skills.
- Proficiency in a second language relevant to the communities IRAP serves is a plus, but not required.
Benefits
- Fully paid family health insurance.
- Retirement options.
- Extensive PTO (20 or more vacation days, 22 and more public/ org-wide holidays).
- Comprehensive leave time for sickness.
- Disability and parenting (more than six months of parental leave).
- Reimbursement for work-from-home equipment.
- Generous opportunities for professional development
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