Arab-American Family Support Center · 1 month ago
Director of Legal Services
Brooklyn, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$90K/yr - $100K/yr
3+ years expThe Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) is a non-profit organization that has proudly served immigrants and refugees for over 30 years. The Director of Legal Services will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day oversight of AAFSC's immigration legal services program, supervising staff and ensuring high-quality, client-centered services.
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Responsibilities
Provide leadership, management, and strategic direction for AAFSC's Legal Services Program
Supervise and support legal services staff
Oversee legal intake, case management, and client service workflows as well as data collection and reporting systems to ensure high-quality, efficient, and client-centered services
Ensure effective stewardship of programmatic grants, including compliance with funder requirements, achievement of program deliverables, and collaboration with development staff on fundraising, grant proposals, reporting, and funder engagement
Serve as a thought partner to organizational leadership on the future direction of AAFSC's legal services work, leveraging insights on community needs, emerging immigration trends, and policy developments
Contribute to organizational planning efforts and cross-department initiatives that advance AAFSC's mission
Conduct immigration legal consultations, assess eligibility for benefits and relief, identify appropriate legal pathways, and provide client-centered legal advice, guidance, pro se assistance, referrals, or representation as appropriate
Manage an independent caseload of immigration matters, including affirmative benefits and deportation defense cases. Depending on need and capacity, legal activities may include: Filing immigration applications and petitions, including naturalization, family-based petitions, adjustment of status, humanitarian relief, work authorization, TPS, DACA, SIJS, asylum, and consular processing matters; Filing applications for asylum, withholding of removal, protection under the Convention Against Torture (CAT), U and T visas, Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) petitions, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), cancellation of removal, adjustment of status, waivers of inadmissibility, motions to reopen, and appeals; Representing clients in bond hearings, parole proceedings, and removal defense cases
Provide immigration-related training to AAFSC staff across programs
Conduct community outreach, legal clinics, Know Your Rights training, community forums, workshops, town halls, and other public education initiatives
Cultivate relationships with legal service providers, advocacy organizations, bar associations, law firms, pro bono partners, and community-based organizations
Represent AAFSC in coalitions, working groups, and external forums dedicated to immigrant rights
Strengthen referral pathways to ensure clients can access specialized legal representation and complementary services
Partner with communications staff to develop educational materials, public information campaigns, and resources that help community members understand their rights and navigate the immigration system
Participate in AAFSC meetings and internal and external training
Perform other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
Minimum of three (3) years of relevant immigration law experience, including working directly with clients
Broad knowledge of the U.S. immigration legal system and experience advising clients across a range of immigration matters
Experience supervising staff, managing projects, or leading legal initiatives
Excellent written, verbal, and public presentation skills
Ability to balance direct client service responsibilities with program management and strategic planning
Commitment to serving immigrant, refugee, and historically marginalized communities
Job contingent on pre-employment background check
U.S. Work Authorization required
Preferred
Experience managing or building a legal services program
Experience handling or supervising more complex immigration matters, including humanitarian relief applications, waivers, appeals, removal-related matters, or other advanced immigration cases
Familiarity with New York City's immigration legal services landscape
Strong understanding of nonprofit program operations, including data tracking, compliance, reporting, and grant-funded services
Experience developing community education initiatives and Know Your Rights programming
Fluency in Arabic preferred; proficiency in additional community languages is a plus
Company
Arab-American Family Support Center
Arab-American Family Support Center provides youth education, legal aid, healthcare, and social services to immigrant communities.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Mark Foggin
Interim Chief Executive Officer
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