ILS Part-Time Attorney - 2025847

About the role

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

Organization Summary

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

Position Summary

World Relief seeks a part-time Immigration Attorney who will provide limited-scope legal services focused exclusively on FOIA matters, refugee interview representation, refugee adjustment interviews, and Know Your Rights education for current clients and community members.

This is a limited-term, part-time position, 24 hours per week, funded through a grant agreement until May 31, 2027, and contingent upon funding extension.

Role & Responsibilities

Legal Services

• Prepare and submit FOIA applications on behalf of current clients to obtain records relevant to their immigration cases.
• Review and analyze FOIA responses and records for current clients, identifying information relevant to their immigration history and ongoing legal matters.
• Provide legal representation to refugee clients during refugee re-interviews and/or refugee adjustment interviews, as needed.
• Prepare clients for refugee re-interviews and/or refugee adjustment interviews, including reviewing case history, discussing potential questions or issues, and ensuring clients understand the interview process.
• Provide legal guidance and support to clients regarding issues identified through FOIA records and refugee interviews, as appropriate.

Know Your Rights

• Develop and conduct Know Your Rights trainings for clients and/or community members regarding their rights when interacting with immigration authorities.

Job Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief's Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity, and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of the Nation document
• Valid drivers license, access to reliable vehicle and ability to pass MVR standards
• Licensed attorney in good standing with an active state bar membership.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, especially Outlook, Excel, Word & PowerPoint.
• Demonstrated ability to work with people from a wide range of cultural, racial, religious and language backgrounds.
• Demonstrated ability to build and manage a varied and demanding caseload, including excellent time-management, priority-setting, and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills, empathy, and cross-cultural sensitivity
• Detail-oriented, proactive, self-motivate, organized
• Highly self-motivated with strong follow-through and problem-solving skills
• Occasional travel to Charlotte, NC and Raleigh, NC to USCIS offices.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual skills preferred
• Previous knowledge and understanding of immigration law and systems preferred.

Pay and benefits

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program part-time employees (working 25+ hours per week).

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.