Legal Program Associate, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS)

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 Litigation and Training & Technical Assistance Programs.

Responsibilities:

• Manage CGRS's country conditions research program, helping to produce 25+ research reports yearly to support attorneys and advocates working on individual asylum cases and the CGRS Technical Assistance Program.
• Coordinate CGRS's intern and volunteer programs, including hiring, project management, and weekly supervision.
• Provide paralegal-type support to CGRS attorneys litigating individual asylum cases as well as systemic challenges brought in federal court.
• Support relationships with CGRS direct representation clients and individual named plaintiffs in impact litigation.
• Share in frontline technical assistance duties with fellow support staff including asylum case data maintenance and analysis.
• Provide translation and interpretation support to team on an as-needed basis.
• Assist in the development of technical assistance and training and other public advocacy materials, including research, proofreading, and design of presentations, advisories, and other materials under the supervision of CGRS attorneys and in collaboration with other legal program associates.
• Coordinate and otherwise support the production of webinars and in-person training opportunities.
• Participate in public outreach, training promotions, webinars, and other events, and provide support with all technology and other logistics involved in these presentations.
• 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.
• Advanced proficiency in written and spoken Spanish required (fluency a plus).
• Authorized to work in the United States.
• Ability to write in a clear, structured, articulate, and persuasive manner.
• Experience conducting research on a wide range of topics and synthesizing findings.
• Strong proofreading skills.
• Proficiency with relevant software programs, e.g., MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
• Openness to learning how to support CGRS's website and online databases.
• Enthusiasm to learn and grow in a collaborative staff environment.
• Solid organizational and time-management skills.
• 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 engage in limited travel.
• Familiarity with asylum and refugee law a plus, enthusiasm to learn is required.

How to Apply:

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume at this link. CGRS will begin reviewing applications on April 10, 2023.