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Status:Full - Time, Exempt Specific Term through 6/30/2024 ( likely renewal, upon receipt of funding)
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.
Summary of Principal Responsibilities
The Senior Staff Attorney will be part of the Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants in removal proceedings, including people in detention and people who are living in their communities. The Senior Staff Attorney is responsible for: direct legal representation; supporting and mentoring staff attorneys and legal assistants in a specialized area; and participation in statewide and nationwide advocacy activities.
Essential Functions/Responsibilities: The key responsibilities of the Senior Staff Attorneyinclude the following:
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Admission to a state bar required.
Experience:
Other Required Skills and Abilities:
Compensation: Salary Range 15 ($68,000 $76,356) commensurate with experience. - 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.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus recommends vaccination; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the U.S.
The Northeast Regional Office of the AFSC is a unionized workplace. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
Full Time
$146k-187k (estimate)
01/25/2024
05/17/2024