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Status: Full-Time, Exempt, Specific Term (Two Years)
Location: Newark, NJ
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
Background:
The American Friends Service Committee promotes a longstanding Quaker concern for the causes and impact of human migration. Since 1988, the Immigrant Rights Program based in New Jersey has worked to increase the protection of the rights of immigrants and refugees through legal representation, community education, community organizing, monitoring of rights, advocacy, and training.
Since 1996, the AFSC has provided legal counseling and representation to thousands of immigrants, including children and youth, people in detention, survivors of domestic violence and other crimes, asylum seekers, and individuals who have faced long struggles to obtain legal status. AFSC has also conducted training sessions and education to immigrant communities, social service providers and attorneys in New Jersey.
Summary of Principal Responsibilities
The Fellow will be part of AFSC’s Community Justice team and will provide representation to unaccompanied immigrant children and/or similarly situated youth in removal proceedings and before U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The Fellow will meet with clients, counsel them on eligibility for immigration relief, prepare applications for submission to the USCIS and the Immigration Court, and represent clients before both agencies. Also, where necessary, the Fellow will represent the client before New Jersey Family Courts.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Fellow include the following:
Minimum Qualifications
Admission to the New Jersey state bar or willingness to become admitted to practice in New Jersey highly preferred.
Required Skills and Abilities:
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 15 (starting at $65,000, commensurate with experience, - $76,356) - Exempt – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, national origin, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and have at least one booster shot for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented under the Northeast Region’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
Full Time
$134k-179k (estimate)
02/17/2024
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