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Legal Program Associate

The Legal Program Associate will work under the direct supervision of a member of the CGRS Leadership Team but will provide support in various capacities to all CGRS programs. This role will primarily support CGRS's Policy & Advocacy and Training & Technical Assistance Programs, while performing occasional paralegal-type duties for the litigation team. Projects will include coordinating logistics for CGRS's leadership role in groundbreaking medical-legal partnerships to promote better legal and health outcomes for asylum seekers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate monthly convenings of medical-legal coalition known as ImmHELP, assist with scheduling, note-taking, and tracking grant-funded deliverables. Create outreach materials, including the design, launch, and maintenance of the ImmHELP website. Engage in efforts to evaluate and measure impact of ImmHELP and other related CGRS program work.
• Assist the Policy & Advocacy Program; Advocacy Program in all aspects of their work, including organizing and participating in meetings with key stakeholders, providing research support, proofreading, and formatting reports or other written materials.
• Support CGRS's Communications and Advocacy Manager to generate content for the website, social media, and other communications regarding policy and legal developments, such as newsletters, press releases, and fundraising appeals.
• Liaise with web developers to make improvements to CGRS website.
• Provide research assistance and other support to CGRS's Manager of Regional Initiatives, including coordinating convenings, outreach to international partners, and other logistics.
• Assist in the development of technical assistance and training materials, including research, proofreading, and design of presentations, advisories, and other materials under the supervision of CGRS attorneys and in collaboration other legal program associates and coordinating and otherwise supporting production of webinars and in-person training opportunities.
• Participate in public outreach, promoting trainings, webinars, and other events, and provide support with all technology and other logistics involved in these presentations.
• Share in frontline technical assistance duties with fellow support staff including asylum case data maintenance and analysis.
• Provide support to CGRS attorneys litigating individual asylum cases as well as systemic challenges brought in federal court.
• Liaise between legal program staff and development staff, including providing information to comply with grant reporting.
• Provide other general program support on an as-needed basis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Ability to write in a clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive manner.
• Strong proofreading skills.
• Enthusiasm to learn and grow in collaborative staff environment.
• Solid organizational and time-management skills.
• Proficiency with relevant software programs, e.g., MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Openness to learning how to support CGRS's website and online databases.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.
• Attention to detail.
• High level of productivity.
• Demonstrated commitment to refugee, human rights, and social justice issues.
• Willingness to travel.
• Proficiency in Spanish required (fluency a plus).