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National Legal Aid & Defender Association · 2 months ago

Managing Director, San Francisco & Fresno

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children. The Managing Director will oversee the KIND field office, managing programs, performance, budgeting, and staff while engaging with various stakeholders to advance KIND's mission.

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Senior Management

Responsibilities

Provides mentoring to KIND pro bono attorneys and as needed, limited direct legal representation to KIND clients

Serves as a member of KIND's Legal Programs management team, responsible for the overall management of field office including program quality and deliverables, staff performance, team cohesion and functioning, and integration with the Legal Programs department and organization at large

Monitors and presents changes in immigration law to multiple audiences, including legal services and pro bono partners, and other high-level internal and external stakeholders

Develops and implements effective management strategies to meet ambitious programmatic and funding deliverables and mission-critical priorities, including staff recruitment and development-support functions, employee engagement, and quality control of KIND’s legal services delivery

Oversees the provision of top-notch mentoring programs and direct representation services to clients in the released and detained context as relevant

Ensures data integrity and utilize case management databases and other technological tools to assist in creating more efficient processes and identifying training, recruitment, client needs/opportunities, and trends, in collaboration with KIND’s Data Strategy Team

Promotes volunteer support by actively developing and maintaining KIND’s relationships with law firms and corporate counsel with a robust presence in the respective city and/or region, in coordination with KIND's Senior Director for Pro Bono Partnerships

Serves as the field office primary liaison with KIND’s headquarters (including Legal Programs leadership, and Policy, Advocacy, Communications, Development, Human Resources, and Operations departments), working under the supervision of KIND’s Regional Director

Maintains internal and external stakeholder relations; serve as KIND leader in local coalitions of various stakeholders supporting unaccompanied immigrant children

Works with Legal Programs leadership, Development, and Finance to ensure compliance with all grant and funding requirements

Manages team or field office budget and, with assistance from other team members, track expenditures and identify budgeting priorities

Assists with special projects of local and national scope at the direction of KIND leadership

Participates in local coalitions of various stakeholders supporting unaccompanied immigrant children

Collaborates on social services programming for clients and pro bono attorneys in conjunction with the Social Services Team, including local field office Social Services Coordinator(s)

Meaningfully contribute thought leadership and expertise to advance KIND’s mission and the strategic goals and objectives of the Legal Programs Team

Offer new insights into challenges and opportunities; evaluate conventional approaches and provide and encourage new ideas and innovations and explore and implement new or innovative programs/processes in collaboration with leadership

Partner with organizational leadership on conflict resolution

Deal effectively with pressure and remain optimistic and persistent, even in an uncertain and challenging environment

Together with other members of the management team, embrace leadership values and a work ethic that exemplifies authenticity, goodwill, transparency, and collaboration

Inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, trust, and employee wellness

Facilitate cooperation and motivate team members to accomplish group goals

Qualification

Legal representationProgram managementBudget managementStakeholder engagementMentoring pro bono attorneysImmigration law knowledgeData managementEmployee engagementTeam leadershipConflict resolution

Required

Seasoned, disciplined, and effective management experience in program and performance management

Experience in budgeting and employee relations

Ability to provide mentoring to pro bono attorneys and limited direct legal representation to KIND clients

Experience in legal research and formulating legal strategies

Ability to conduct client interviews and appear before immigration and/or state court or agencies

Experience in drafting and filing court pleadings and applications for benefits

Experience in overall management of a field office including program quality and deliverables

Ability to monitor and present changes in immigration law to multiple audiences

Experience in developing and implementing effective management strategies

Ability to oversee mentoring programs and direct representation services

Experience in ensuring data integrity and utilizing case management databases

Ability to promote volunteer support and maintain relationships with law firms and corporate counsel

Experience in serving as a liaison with headquarters and maintaining stakeholder relations

Ability to ensure compliance with grant and funding requirements

Experience in managing team or field office budget and tracking expenditures

Ability to assist with special projects of local and national scope

Experience in collaborating on social services programming for clients and pro bono attorneys

Ability to contribute thought leadership and expertise to advance KIND's mission

Ability to evaluate conventional approaches and provide new ideas and innovations

Experience in conflict resolution and dealing effectively with pressure

Ability to inspire and foster team commitment, spirit, trust, and employee wellness

Experience in facilitating cooperation and motivating team members

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance with KIND paying 100% of the employee only portion of the premium for one of the three medical plan options, dental, and vision.

Pre-tax flexible spending account (FSA) for both medical and dependent care.

Pre-tax transit and parking spending account.

Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

Employer-paid short and long-term disability insurance.