U.S. Litigation Deputy Director

October 28

🗽 New York – Remote

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💵 $130.4k - $140.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👔 Director

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International Refugee Assistance Project

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Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing legal support and advocacy for refugees and displaced persons. Through innovative legal services, IRAP ensures safe passage and fair treatment for those in need of refuge. With a focus on systemic advocacy and litigation, IRAP aims to create pathways to safety and resettlement, while addressing issues of forced migration on a global scale.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2008

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

📋 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.

🎯 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