Program Assistant-Legal Department

Program: Deportation Defense and Legal Advocacy Program

Compensation: $25 per hour. Non-exempt Full time. Benefits for full-time employees include medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance and 401(K) with employer match, flexible spending account, and commuter benefits. Generous paid vacation, sick leave, Summer and Winter Recess, and holidays.

To apply: Please visit Careers - Mission Action and submit cover letter, resume

Mission Action has been growing rapidly, therefore, we have created a lot of new positions across our different programs and departments. Please consider joining our team to serve the communities.

Mission Action nurtures individual wellness and cultivates collective power among low-income and immigrant communities to create a more just society. As a multi-issue, multi-strategy organization, we work to improve lives on an individual level as well as affect broader social change by engaging in advocacy and community organizing. We work together across programs to address homelessness, lack of affordable housing, and to support immigrant rights in order to meet the complex needs of our communities and collectively address the root causes of suffering and injustice. To learn more about our organization's model and impact, we encourage you to watch the following video.

Position Summary:

Mission Action seeks a full-time Program Assistant to support our legal program staff and clients. The Program Assistant will be responsible for coordinating intake and supporting the team with grant reporting, budget and administrative duties, and limited/brief services and DACA as needed.

Responsibilities include:

• Respond to calls, walk-ins, and correspondence from individuals seeking assistance or donations;
• Scan DDLAP mail and direct to appropriate DDLAP staff;
• Conduct intake and prepare non-complex DACA applications for DACA applicants under attorney or DOJ Accredited Representative supervision;
• Coordinate and manage consultations and legal clinic schedule;
• Meet with clients to conduct interviews, gather documents, complete immigration forms, and draft client statements for attorney review;
• Translate documents and provide interpretation services for clients;
• Occasionally deliver legal documents to various courts and government agencies in San Francisco;
• Write correspondence to assist clients in obtaining records for their cases;
• Manage and coordinate databases, case files, attorneys’ correspondence files;
• Assist in the coordination and management of grant reporting, including data input and file management;
• Assist the Program Director with check requests, invoices, supplies, reimbursements, and other administrative necessities;
• Perform other special projects and other duties as assigned by DSCS attorneys;
• Participate in agency meetings, community activities, and trainings;
• Engage in outreach, education, and advocacy in the area of immigrant rights on the local and state level;
• Maintain and establish relationships with community partners and immigration service providers.

Other Organizational Duties

• Conducts business in accordance with the Mission Action Employee Handbook, exercising sound judgment and serving the best interests of the agency and the community.
• Works within the framework of the agency’s mission, vision, values, theory of change, and organization’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, restorative justice, trauma-informed work, and language justice.
• Commits themselves to treating each community member with respect and dignity.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Fluency in Spanish and excellent written and oral English skills are required;
• Ability to work effectively and compassionately with survivors of trauma and clients with mental illness;
• Commitment to immigrant rights, community empowerment, and providing culturally competent services;
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, with superb attention to detail;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including professional phone manner;
• Ability to collaborate and work within a team and independently to manage priorities, and prioritize workflow;
• Bachelor’s degree preferred.

How to Apply

If you are qualified and interested in applying, please submit your resume, cover letter, salary requirements and three professional references, including a supervisorial reference to Careers - Mission Action . Immediately interviewing on a rolling basis until position is filled. Please visit our web site for additional information on our organization at: www.missionaction.org

Mission Action (www.misstionaction.org) is an equal-opportunity employer which values lived experience and seeks applicants of the greatest diversity possible. We encourage people of color, women, older people, members of the LGBTQ community, and individuals with disabilities, including HIV and community members who grew up in the Mission District. Pursuant to the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.