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posted_at: 3 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 54,500–77,740 a year
Status: Full-Time, Exempt, Tues - Thurs in the office, two days per week remote
Location: Philadelphia, PA...
Application Deadline: Position open until filled.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions at https://www.afsc.org/job-center.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As part of the Operations team, the Development Response Coordinator’s
Status: Full-Time, Exempt, Tues - Thurs in the office, two days per week remote
Location: Philadelphia, PA...
Application Deadline: Position open until filled.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions at https://www.afsc.org/job-center.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As part of the Operations team, the Development Response Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to implement a comprehensive stewardship program designed to foster and nurture long-term, meaningful relationships between AFSC and its donors and provide colleagues throughout the organization with the support they need to do so in their roles. The Development Response Coordinator manages mail opening, electronic payment monitoring and processing for outright, major, planned gifts, grants and receivables for other departments. The Development Response Coordinator will collaborate effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders including program staff, donors, development officers, external organizations, and others to provide front-line response to donor and staff inquiries.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Donor Services Associate include the following:
• Serve as the first responder on donor services phone lines and email response accounts. Interpret both verbally, and in writing, AFSC’s programs to donors, including complex and controversial matters. Develop and maintain written response templates that reflect current and frequent topics of concern and ensure that operations unit staff are able to deliver uniform responses to donors’ frequently asked questions.
• Manage mail-opening process in compliance with audit standards. Prepare deposits and maintain accurate deposit logs and deposit records, based on up-to- date audit controls. Manage the scanning and storage of digital and physical donation source documents. Scan and email letters and gift source documents for gift officers and other departments as needed. Monitor and update processes to balance ease of access with security.
• Support Finance and other departments by proactively depositing non-contribution funds, completing check transmittals, researching received payments and maintaining records of these payments, enabling those departments to perform their roles more easily from home.
• Monitor funds received electronically and in coordination with other departments to determine the nature of receivables. Log funds accordingly.
• Serve as AFSC’s point of contact for donor advised funds, employee giving, matching gift companies, and new payment platforms. Maintain documentation for access to all accounts and ensure that this secured data is available to Director of Development Operations.
• Support data hygiene through the merging and updating of records in Salesforce and Every Action. Identify, research, and resolve gift or record discrepancies. Resolve matters when gift transactions do not go through or have incomplete data.
• Support gift officers by researching payments and donor information and maintaining online storage protocols for saving information in Sharepoint. Manage user permissions and provide Sharepoint support to operations unit staff.
• Provide support to regional staff related to sending/received donations or other payments sent to the Philadelphia office.
• Collaborate with the unit staff to improve gift processing so that sound donor relations are maintained or improved. Make recommendations for improvements or adjustments to procedures. With the Director of Donor Operations, maintain and update Donor Operations Procedure Manual.
• Reconcile data in Salesforce against the income batchlog on a weekly basis. Research and correct discrepancies as needed. Prepare files for monthly income close and reconciliation with finance.
• Act as backup for others in the Development Operations unit.
• Support the Operations Unit with duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
EXPERIENCE: Four years of experience in development or customer service required.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Demonstrated experience in conveying complex matters clearly both in oral and written communication; excellent grammar. Strong interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience in communicating well by phone with donors who are often elderly.
• Experience in effectively interpreting diverse programs and goals of an organization to a wide range of people and ability to remain professional and calm in difficult situations.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, coordinate and integrate a variety of complex tasks. Ability to work independently and with perseverance. Dependability in meeting regular work hours and able to work overtime as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage multiple projects, research and think strategically, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently – and interdependently – and with perseverance. Able to identify areas of work requiring new initiatives, to consult as appropriate, and to implement agreed-upon solutions independently.
• Attentiveness to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced skills in PC word processing, databases and spreadsheets required.
• Knowledge of Salesforce required.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family ($54,500 - $77,740) - Development Coordinator I – Exempt. Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace Show more details...
Location: Philadelphia, PA...
Application Deadline: Position open until filled.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions at https://www.afsc.org/job-center.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
As part of the Operations team, the Development Response Coordinator’s primary responsibility is to implement a comprehensive stewardship program designed to foster and nurture long-term, meaningful relationships between AFSC and its donors and provide colleagues throughout the organization with the support they need to do so in their roles. The Development Response Coordinator manages mail opening, electronic payment monitoring and processing for outright, major, planned gifts, grants and receivables for other departments. The Development Response Coordinator will collaborate effectively with a diverse group of stakeholders including program staff, donors, development officers, external organizations, and others to provide front-line response to donor and staff inquiries.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Donor Services Associate include the following:
• Serve as the first responder on donor services phone lines and email response accounts. Interpret both verbally, and in writing, AFSC’s programs to donors, including complex and controversial matters. Develop and maintain written response templates that reflect current and frequent topics of concern and ensure that operations unit staff are able to deliver uniform responses to donors’ frequently asked questions.
• Manage mail-opening process in compliance with audit standards. Prepare deposits and maintain accurate deposit logs and deposit records, based on up-to- date audit controls. Manage the scanning and storage of digital and physical donation source documents. Scan and email letters and gift source documents for gift officers and other departments as needed. Monitor and update processes to balance ease of access with security.
• Support Finance and other departments by proactively depositing non-contribution funds, completing check transmittals, researching received payments and maintaining records of these payments, enabling those departments to perform their roles more easily from home.
• Monitor funds received electronically and in coordination with other departments to determine the nature of receivables. Log funds accordingly.
• Serve as AFSC’s point of contact for donor advised funds, employee giving, matching gift companies, and new payment platforms. Maintain documentation for access to all accounts and ensure that this secured data is available to Director of Development Operations.
• Support data hygiene through the merging and updating of records in Salesforce and Every Action. Identify, research, and resolve gift or record discrepancies. Resolve matters when gift transactions do not go through or have incomplete data.
• Support gift officers by researching payments and donor information and maintaining online storage protocols for saving information in Sharepoint. Manage user permissions and provide Sharepoint support to operations unit staff.
• Provide support to regional staff related to sending/received donations or other payments sent to the Philadelphia office.
• Collaborate with the unit staff to improve gift processing so that sound donor relations are maintained or improved. Make recommendations for improvements or adjustments to procedures. With the Director of Donor Operations, maintain and update Donor Operations Procedure Manual.
• Reconcile data in Salesforce against the income batchlog on a weekly basis. Research and correct discrepancies as needed. Prepare files for monthly income close and reconciliation with finance.
• Act as backup for others in the Development Operations unit.
• Support the Operations Unit with duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
EXPERIENCE: Four years of experience in development or customer service required.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Demonstrated experience in conveying complex matters clearly both in oral and written communication; excellent grammar. Strong interpersonal skills, including demonstrated experience in communicating well by phone with donors who are often elderly.
• Experience in effectively interpreting diverse programs and goals of an organization to a wide range of people and ability to remain professional and calm in difficult situations.
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize, coordinate and integrate a variety of complex tasks. Ability to work independently and with perseverance. Dependability in meeting regular work hours and able to work overtime as needed.
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, manage multiple projects, research and think strategically, set priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work independently – and interdependently – and with perseverance. Able to identify areas of work requiring new initiatives, to consult as appropriate, and to implement agreed-upon solutions independently.
• Attentiveness to detail and accuracy.
• Advanced skills in PC word processing, databases and spreadsheets required.
• Knowledge of Salesforce required.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family ($54,500 - $77,740) - Development Coordinator I – Exempt. Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace Show more details...
via LinkedIn
schedule_type: Full-time
Job Details
Description...
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term (One Year)
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates.)
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant
Job Details
Description...
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term (One Year)
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates.)
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant activist and research experience
• your resume
• a 1-2 page writing sample
Summary Of Principal Responsibilities
Follow the money… Investigate the U.S. prison, border, and surveillance industries. Identify and research the companies involved in prison labor, electronic monitoring, bail and probation, deportations, immigrant surveillance, and more. Initiate and support campaigns that target these companies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the position include the following:
• Assist in updating and producing content for the Investigate website (www.investigate.info), including writing and updating company and industry profiles and managing a database of relevant sources, contacts, and resources.
• Develop resources for campaigns and investors to support more initiatives targeting these corporations.
• Represent the program in AFSC and partner coalitions and campaigns relating to mass incarceration and immigrant rights.
• Assist AFSC staff in developing and implementing new program work related to priority campaigns.
Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
Experience
• Excellent research and writing skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience working independently and with a team, in-person and remotely.
• Experience organizing within a grassroots movement around economic activism, prison abolition, or immigrant rights.
Other Required Skills And Abilities
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC on issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary $50,000 + benefits – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
The intent of the Fellowship is to offer meaningful learning and growth opportunities to young people under the age of 30, to expand their knowledge and skills around peace and social justice work Show more details...
Description...
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term (One Year)
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates.)
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant activist and research experience
• your resume
• a 1-2 page writing sample
Summary Of Principal Responsibilities
Follow the money… Investigate the U.S. prison, border, and surveillance industries. Identify and research the companies involved in prison labor, electronic monitoring, bail and probation, deportations, immigrant surveillance, and more. Initiate and support campaigns that target these companies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the position include the following:
• Assist in updating and producing content for the Investigate website (www.investigate.info), including writing and updating company and industry profiles and managing a database of relevant sources, contacts, and resources.
• Develop resources for campaigns and investors to support more initiatives targeting these corporations.
• Represent the program in AFSC and partner coalitions and campaigns relating to mass incarceration and immigrant rights.
• Assist AFSC staff in developing and implementing new program work related to priority campaigns.
Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent.
Experience
• Excellent research and writing skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience working independently and with a team, in-person and remotely.
• Experience organizing within a grassroots movement around economic activism, prison abolition, or immigrant rights.
Other Required Skills And Abilities
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC on issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary $50,000 + benefits – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
The intent of the Fellowship is to offer meaningful learning and growth opportunities to young people under the age of 30, to expand their knowledge and skills around peace and social justice work Show more details...
via ZipRecruiter
schedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term (One Year)
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates...
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant activist and research experience
•
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term (One Year)
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates...
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant activist and research experience
• your resume
• a 1-2 page writing sample
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Follow the money... Investigate the U.S. prison, border, and surveillance industries. Identify and research the companies involved in prison labor, electronic monitoring, bail and probation, deportations, immigrant surveillance, and more. Initiate and support campaigns that target these companies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the position include the following:
• Assist in updating and producing content for the Investigate website (www.investigate.info), including writing and updating company and industry profiles and managing a database of relevant sources, contacts, and resources.
• Develop resources for campaigns and investors to support more initiatives targeting these corporations.
• Represent the program in AFSC and partner coalitions and campaigns relating to mass incarceration and immigrant rights.
• Assist AFSC staff in developing and implementing new program work related to priority campaigns.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE:
• Excellent research and writing skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience working independently and with a team, in-person and remotely.
• Experience organizing within a grassroots movement around economic activism, prison abolition, or immigrant rights.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC on issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary $50,000 + benefits - Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
The intent of the Fellowship is to offer meaningful learning and growth opportunities to young people under the age of 30, to expand their knowledge and skills around peace and social justice work Show more details...
Location: Oakland, CA (Preferred but open to remote work for exceptional candidates...
Application Deadline: March 17, 2023
To apply, please send the following items to investigate@afsc.org by March 17. Only applications received via email will be considered. You do not need to register or apply through this website. Thank you.
• a cover letter that speaks to your relevant activist and research experience
• your resume
• a 1-2 page writing sample
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
Follow the money... Investigate the U.S. prison, border, and surveillance industries. Identify and research the companies involved in prison labor, electronic monitoring, bail and probation, deportations, immigrant surveillance, and more. Initiate and support campaigns that target these companies.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the position include the following:
• Assist in updating and producing content for the Investigate website (www.investigate.info), including writing and updating company and industry profiles and managing a database of relevant sources, contacts, and resources.
• Develop resources for campaigns and investors to support more initiatives targeting these corporations.
• Represent the program in AFSC and partner coalitions and campaigns relating to mass incarceration and immigrant rights.
• Assist AFSC staff in developing and implementing new program work related to priority campaigns.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
EXPERIENCE:
• Excellent research and writing skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills.
• Experience working independently and with a team, in-person and remotely.
• Experience organizing within a grassroots movement around economic activism, prison abolition, or immigrant rights.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC on issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary $50,000 + benefits - Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
The intent of the Fellowship is to offer meaningful learning and growth opportunities to young people under the age of 30, to expand their knowledge and skills around peace and social justice work Show more details...
via Indeed
schedule_type: Full-timesalary: 56K–65K a year
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Social Worker will be part of AFSC’s Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants who are detained or are facing removal in New Jersey. The Social Worker will provide intensive case management for clients of the office, including creating comprehensive release plans for detained... clients, and working toward securing referrals for services
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Social Worker will be part of AFSC’s Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants who are detained or are facing removal in New Jersey. The Social Worker will provide intensive case management for clients of the office, including creating comprehensive release plans for detained... clients, and working toward securing referrals for services such as medical and mental health treatment, housing, public benefits, and counseling for particularly vulnerable clients and their families. As AFSC staff defend clients from deportation, the Social Worker will provide additional assistance needed to reach stability. This position may require remote work until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Social Worker include the following:
1. Meet with AFSC legal staff to determine specific client needs and priorities.
2. Provide active case management to AFSC clients and their families including but not limited to asylum seekers and survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. Case management includes initial intake or needs assessment; assistance in accessing necessary services, including mental health services; comprehensive release plans for clients in detention for submission to the Immigration Court; and support for released or non-detained clients, including referrals, assisting in scheduling appointments; and providing accompaniment and advocacy around accessing essential and hard-to-obtain services.
3. Identify, develop and maintain resource database to use and share with staff and partners.
4. Locate suitable resources for survivors of torture, domestic violence and complex trauma, including counseling programs.
5. Provide information and resources for partners serving immigrants and/or their families.
6. Perform supervision and evaluation of social work interns as appropriate.
7. Meet with supervisor regularly and submit written reports on activities and accomplishments related to the responsibilities of the position.
8. Maintain updated information in client database.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• 1. License or appropriate certification from accredited social work program.
• 2. Familiarity with existing resources and public benefit programs in New Jersey.
• 3. Ability to recognize signs of trauma and mental illness.
• 4. Commitment to and experience in working with and providing services in
• diverse and multicultural settings.
• 5. Interest and passion for working with diverse immigrant communities.
• 6. Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• 7. Bilingual English and Spanish.
• 8. Some familiarity with immigration law and policy preferred.
• 9. Ability to work some evenings and weekends.
• 10. Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and
• compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• 11. Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
TO APPLY: Please go to our website and apply there. https://afsc.org/job/social-worker-detention-and-deportation-defense-initiative.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $56,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
• Newark, NJ 07102: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Language:
• Spanish or any other language (Required)
License/Certification:
• License/appropriate cert. from accredited social work prog. (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newark, NJ 07102 Show more details...
The Social Worker will be part of AFSC’s Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants who are detained or are facing removal in New Jersey. The Social Worker will provide intensive case management for clients of the office, including creating comprehensive release plans for detained... clients, and working toward securing referrals for services such as medical and mental health treatment, housing, public benefits, and counseling for particularly vulnerable clients and their families. As AFSC staff defend clients from deportation, the Social Worker will provide additional assistance needed to reach stability. This position may require remote work until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Social Worker include the following:
1. Meet with AFSC legal staff to determine specific client needs and priorities.
2. Provide active case management to AFSC clients and their families including but not limited to asylum seekers and survivors of domestic violence and other crimes. Case management includes initial intake or needs assessment; assistance in accessing necessary services, including mental health services; comprehensive release plans for clients in detention for submission to the Immigration Court; and support for released or non-detained clients, including referrals, assisting in scheduling appointments; and providing accompaniment and advocacy around accessing essential and hard-to-obtain services.
3. Identify, develop and maintain resource database to use and share with staff and partners.
4. Locate suitable resources for survivors of torture, domestic violence and complex trauma, including counseling programs.
5. Provide information and resources for partners serving immigrants and/or their families.
6. Perform supervision and evaluation of social work interns as appropriate.
7. Meet with supervisor regularly and submit written reports on activities and accomplishments related to the responsibilities of the position.
8. Maintain updated information in client database.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• 1. License or appropriate certification from accredited social work program.
• 2. Familiarity with existing resources and public benefit programs in New Jersey.
• 3. Ability to recognize signs of trauma and mental illness.
• 4. Commitment to and experience in working with and providing services in
• diverse and multicultural settings.
• 5. Interest and passion for working with diverse immigrant communities.
• 6. Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• 7. Bilingual English and Spanish.
• 8. Some familiarity with immigration law and policy preferred.
• 9. Ability to work some evenings and weekends.
• 10. Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and
• compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• 11. Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
TO APPLY: Please go to our website and apply there. https://afsc.org/job/social-worker-detention-and-deportation-defense-initiative.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $56,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year
Benefits:
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
Schedule:
• Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
• Newark, NJ 07102: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Language:
• Spanish or any other language (Required)
License/Certification:
• License/appropriate cert. from accredited social work prog. (Required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Newark, NJ 07102 Show more details...
via Salary.com
posted_at: 17 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term through June 2023.
Location: Newark, NJ
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis...
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Supervising Attorney will be part of the Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term through June 2023.
Location: Newark, NJ
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis...
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Supervising Attorney will be part of the Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants in removal proceedings, including people in detention and people who are living in their communities. The Supervising Attorney is responsible for: direct legal representation; mentoring and supervising staff attorneys, senior staff attorneys and legal assistants; and participation in statewide and nationwide advocacy activities. This position may require remote work until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Supervising Attorney include the following:
• Provide in-depth individual consultations and representation to low income, unrepresented immigrant detainees before the Elizabeth, Newark, and other Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and federal District Courts and Courts of Appeals, as appropriate.
• Provide training, supervision and support to AFSC Staff Attorneys, Senior Staff Attorneys, and Legal Assistants on substantive legal issues. Ensure quality legal service provision and staff development.
• Manage caseload and maintain client files in good order, including photocopying applications, letters, supporting documentation, and follow up work. Maintain client and case information in AFSC case management systems.
• Participate in meetings with Department of Homeland Security representatives, jail staff and service providers.
• Compile quarterly narrative and statistical reports regarding case consultation and case representation. Assist in the documentation of DDDI’s experiences and in the preparation of AFSC quarterly reports and reports to funding sources.
• Conduct presentations on immigration issues.
• Respond to the media to publicize government practices and policies and their impact on immigrants and their families.
• If representing detained clients, monitor conditions and access at the detention centers and jails for use in reports and advocacy activities.
• Participate in AFSC staff meetings and case reviews.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Admission to a state bar required.
EXPERIENCE:
• A minimum of five years’ experience with immigration law and procedures preferred, especially removal defense.
• Excellent legal skills and understanding of movement lawyering principles.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/French highly desirable.
• Strong written and oral communication skills including public speaking.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, well-organized, and able to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, the public and donors.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment.
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends; ability to travel out of state.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 16 (starting at $70,000, commensurate with experience) - Exempt – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented under the Northeast Region’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 per year Show more details...
Location: Newark, NJ
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis...
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Supervising Attorney will be part of the Detention and Deportation Defense Initiative, a publicly-funded project that provides representation for immigrants in removal proceedings, including people in detention and people who are living in their communities. The Supervising Attorney is responsible for: direct legal representation; mentoring and supervising staff attorneys, senior staff attorneys and legal assistants; and participation in statewide and nationwide advocacy activities. This position may require remote work until COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Supervising Attorney include the following:
• Provide in-depth individual consultations and representation to low income, unrepresented immigrant detainees before the Elizabeth, Newark, and other Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and federal District Courts and Courts of Appeals, as appropriate.
• Provide training, supervision and support to AFSC Staff Attorneys, Senior Staff Attorneys, and Legal Assistants on substantive legal issues. Ensure quality legal service provision and staff development.
• Manage caseload and maintain client files in good order, including photocopying applications, letters, supporting documentation, and follow up work. Maintain client and case information in AFSC case management systems.
• Participate in meetings with Department of Homeland Security representatives, jail staff and service providers.
• Compile quarterly narrative and statistical reports regarding case consultation and case representation. Assist in the documentation of DDDI’s experiences and in the preparation of AFSC quarterly reports and reports to funding sources.
• Conduct presentations on immigration issues.
• Respond to the media to publicize government practices and policies and their impact on immigrants and their families.
• If representing detained clients, monitor conditions and access at the detention centers and jails for use in reports and advocacy activities.
• Participate in AFSC staff meetings and case reviews.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Admission to a state bar required.
EXPERIENCE:
• A minimum of five years’ experience with immigration law and procedures preferred, especially removal defense.
• Excellent legal skills and understanding of movement lawyering principles.
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/French highly desirable.
• Strong written and oral communication skills including public speaking.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, well-organized, and able to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, the public and donors.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment.
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends; ability to travel out of state.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 16 (starting at $70,000, commensurate with experience) - Exempt – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented under the Northeast Region’s Collective Bargaining Agreement.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $70,000.00 per year Show more details...
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schedule_type: Full-time
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego (Albuquerque NM or Salem OR may be considered for an exceptional candidate). Option to work remotely up to 3 days/week...
Application Deadline: May 12, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Associate Regional Director (ARD)
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego (Albuquerque NM or Salem OR may be considered for an exceptional candidate). Option to work remotely up to 3 days/week...
Application Deadline: May 12, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Associate Regional Director (ARD) is a key member of the West Region management team and assists the Regional Director in providing strategic and creative leadership in the West Region, a 13-state area in which there are 8 programs.
The ARD supervises staff, works in close collaboration with US Thematic Directors (for Peacebuilding, Migration and Economic Justice) and participates in US and global staff groups to help ensure program coherence, collaboration, and achievement of system level change. Additionally, the ARD assists in management of the region’s financial resources including grant management and compliance; and participates in regional and organizational fundraising.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Associate Regional Director include the following:
Program Planning and Direction
• In collaboration with US Thematic Directors and Strategy, Learning and Impact staff, foster increased staff understanding and competency in development of Theories of Change and Action, program-based budgeting and program planning, implementation strategies, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, in accordance with AFSC’s strategic plan and within resource constraints.
• Encourage collaboration among staff members for the sharing of analysis, strategies, methods, and opportunities for synergistic and collaborative programming.
Staff Management, Development and Support
• Supervise program and administrative staff, as assigned.
• Cultivate a work environment that attracts and maintains a diverse and highly motivated staff.
• Promote teamwork, common purpose, and continuous professional growth.
• Assist in ensuring effective regional staff hiring, orientation and training.
• Ensure that staff members under direct supervision follow all AFSC policies and procedures.
Affirmative Action
• Assist the Regional Director in collaboration with the Human Resources Department, the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Culture, and other staff as appropriate, to apply AFSC’s diversity and inclusion efforts and our Affirmative Action policies.
Financial Management
• Assist with the development and management of program and overall regional budgets. In collaboration with program directors, develop grant budgets and provide oversight for grants management.
• Assist in ensuring regional compliance with AFSC financial policies, procedures, and directives.
• Assist in ensuring good stewardship of AFSC resources.
Fundraising
• Collaborate with the Regional Director and Development staff to develop and meet fundraising goals.
• Support regional efforts to secure grants and collaborate in individual donor identification, cultivation and solicitations.
• Assist in compliance with organizational grant guidelines and standards.
Outreach and Communications
• Assist in maintaining contact with regional governance and volunteer committees and with members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Attend regional and national Quaker gatherings as assigned and encourage Friends’ participation in AFSC activities.
• Assist in ensuring that public communications originating from staff and volunteers in the region, including web and social media, are accurate and in accord with AFSC policies and procedures.
Other
• Act in Regional Leadership capacity as required in AFSC-wide leadership groups, communicating regional realities and perspectives to colleagues, engaging in program consultation and decision-making at an organization-wide level, and conveying those perspectives and decisions to regional staff and committees.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Baccalaureate degree in non-profit management, social science or related field or equivalent work experience.
EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum four years of management experience, including supervising professional staff with diverse lived experiences and across multiple career stages.
• Demonstrated experience managing in the non-profit sector.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in program and budget development and management.
• Demonstrated experience in staff and work team supervision and development, including successful coaching and mentoring.
• Demonstrated experience in grassroots organizing and movement building.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the AFSC including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC regarding issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
• Broad understanding of social justice issues utilizing an anti-racism framework. Expertise in youth organizing, immigrant rights, economic justice, restorative and healing alternatives to policing and prisons, and/or food justice a plus.
• Compatibility with and expertise in AFSC’s approach to grassroots organizing, and strategies for strengthening community-based capacities and efforts toward peace and justice.
• Demonstrated ability to connect with diverse audiences and to influence situations using tact and diplomacy; ability to persuade and motivate others.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with knowledge of and experience in using consultative decision-making processes; experience working under pressure and adapting to changing situations and priorities.
• Experience working collaboratively with individuals, groups and organizations.
• Ability to travel frequently and to work some weekends and evenings.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Initiative, creativity, energy and a sense of humor.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family – Management – Associate Regional Director – Exempt – $81,812-$98,037 – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is a management position and is not represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace Show more details...
Location: Denver, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego (Albuquerque NM or Salem OR may be considered for an exceptional candidate). Option to work remotely up to 3 days/week...
Application Deadline: May 12, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Associate Regional Director (ARD) is a key member of the West Region management team and assists the Regional Director in providing strategic and creative leadership in the West Region, a 13-state area in which there are 8 programs.
The ARD supervises staff, works in close collaboration with US Thematic Directors (for Peacebuilding, Migration and Economic Justice) and participates in US and global staff groups to help ensure program coherence, collaboration, and achievement of system level change. Additionally, the ARD assists in management of the region’s financial resources including grant management and compliance; and participates in regional and organizational fundraising.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Associate Regional Director include the following:
Program Planning and Direction
• In collaboration with US Thematic Directors and Strategy, Learning and Impact staff, foster increased staff understanding and competency in development of Theories of Change and Action, program-based budgeting and program planning, implementation strategies, monitoring, evaluation and reporting, in accordance with AFSC’s strategic plan and within resource constraints.
• Encourage collaboration among staff members for the sharing of analysis, strategies, methods, and opportunities for synergistic and collaborative programming.
Staff Management, Development and Support
• Supervise program and administrative staff, as assigned.
• Cultivate a work environment that attracts and maintains a diverse and highly motivated staff.
• Promote teamwork, common purpose, and continuous professional growth.
• Assist in ensuring effective regional staff hiring, orientation and training.
• Ensure that staff members under direct supervision follow all AFSC policies and procedures.
Affirmative Action
• Assist the Regional Director in collaboration with the Human Resources Department, the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Culture, and other staff as appropriate, to apply AFSC’s diversity and inclusion efforts and our Affirmative Action policies.
Financial Management
• Assist with the development and management of program and overall regional budgets. In collaboration with program directors, develop grant budgets and provide oversight for grants management.
• Assist in ensuring regional compliance with AFSC financial policies, procedures, and directives.
• Assist in ensuring good stewardship of AFSC resources.
Fundraising
• Collaborate with the Regional Director and Development staff to develop and meet fundraising goals.
• Support regional efforts to secure grants and collaborate in individual donor identification, cultivation and solicitations.
• Assist in compliance with organizational grant guidelines and standards.
Outreach and Communications
• Assist in maintaining contact with regional governance and volunteer committees and with members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers). Attend regional and national Quaker gatherings as assigned and encourage Friends’ participation in AFSC activities.
• Assist in ensuring that public communications originating from staff and volunteers in the region, including web and social media, are accurate and in accord with AFSC policies and procedures.
Other
• Act in Regional Leadership capacity as required in AFSC-wide leadership groups, communicating regional realities and perspectives to colleagues, engaging in program consultation and decision-making at an organization-wide level, and conveying those perspectives and decisions to regional staff and committees.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION: Baccalaureate degree in non-profit management, social science or related field or equivalent work experience.
EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum four years of management experience, including supervising professional staff with diverse lived experiences and across multiple career stages.
• Demonstrated experience managing in the non-profit sector.
• Demonstrated leadership experience in program and budget development and management.
• Demonstrated experience in staff and work team supervision and development, including successful coaching and mentoring.
• Demonstrated experience in grassroots organizing and movement building.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to Quaker values. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the AFSC including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations of AFSC regarding issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
• Broad understanding of social justice issues utilizing an anti-racism framework. Expertise in youth organizing, immigrant rights, economic justice, restorative and healing alternatives to policing and prisons, and/or food justice a plus.
• Compatibility with and expertise in AFSC’s approach to grassroots organizing, and strategies for strengthening community-based capacities and efforts toward peace and justice.
• Demonstrated ability to connect with diverse audiences and to influence situations using tact and diplomacy; ability to persuade and motivate others.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with knowledge of and experience in using consultative decision-making processes; experience working under pressure and adapting to changing situations and priorities.
• Experience working collaboratively with individuals, groups and organizations.
• Ability to travel frequently and to work some weekends and evenings.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent computer skills.
• Initiative, creativity, energy and a sense of humor.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family – Management – Associate Regional Director – Exempt – $81,812-$98,037 – Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is a management position and is not represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace Show more details...
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Job Details
Description
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term, 16 month grant position
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
Summary Of Principal Responsibilities
Statewide organizer--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for carrying out efforts to raise community
Job Details
Description
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term, 16 month grant position
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
Summary Of Principal Responsibilities
Statewide organizer--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for carrying out efforts to raise community consciousness and action around the failed policies that lead to life and long sentences in Michigan. The organizer will work closely with the Ending Life and Long sentences program coordinator building solidarity, networks, and relationships with organizations, faith communities, elected officials, prison impacted people, and community members at-large. The work of the organizer will be complimented by two main projects, developed to support organizing and narrative change work, of the AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program: AFSC’s... Michigan Criminal Justice Program’s Good Neighbor Project (GNP) and Let Me Tell You: Every Sentence has a Story (LMTY).
The GNP connects life and long serving people in Michigan’s prisons with people in the community in guided and supported co-mentorship relationships. www.letmetellyoumi.org A story telling project intended to humanize people serving long time in Michigan’s prisons. This storytelling and narrative change and heart change work also supports policy change efforts in Michigan to free more people.
The coordinator will work with other program staff to advocate both individually and collectively for and with long serving people in Michigan’s prisons; assist with recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers and interns for the Good Neighbor Project and The Let Me Tell You project; organize with formerly and currently incarcerated people, interested community members & faith groups, and loved ones of people impacted by the punishment system; and educate the public on criminal legal and punishment systems issues in Michigan; work in coalition with other organizations dedicated to challenging the punishment system and working towards prison depopulation for long serving people.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Statewide Organizer include the following:
Organizing & Outreach
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and #SecondLookMI coalition members to continue to develop a comprehensive organizing strategy around ending life and long sentences targeting faith communities and outlier jurisdictions in Michigan—in cooperation with program staff and partners.
• Continue to engage outreach strategies to build the Good Neighbor Project while organizing the public to care and act politically for the liberation of more people.
• Lead in collaboration with AFSC program staff and coalition members the organizing work of #SecondLookMI Coalition
• Utilize collaborative strategies, with free world and imprisoned people, to organize people in prison and people who love them around ending life and long sentences
• Continue to organize with other program staff to close prisons in MI, particularly the one women’s prison.
• Develop relationships with people in prison by always providing responses and never being extractive.
Volunteers and Interns
• Support the community engagement work dedicated to building freedom for more people
• Occasionally work on volunteer committees as well as with other AFSC regional and national criminal justice colleagues.
• Adhere to all AFSC policies and procedures.
Communications
• Respond directly to people’s requests for assistance via telephone, email, jpay in writing or other creative ways upon recommendation of the team..
• Represent AFSC in coalitions and collaborations.
• Help raise the profile of AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program by engaging in social media strategies and collaborative messaging work with other program staff and volunteers.
Collaboration with Supervisor
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and community partners on curriculum revision and creation for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and community partners on facilitating base-building meetings for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
Experience
• At least 3 years experience in advocacy, organizing, and/or working for social and/or transformative justice and change work.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in grassroots organizing strategies and campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective and compassionate advocate on behalf of people in prison and their loved ones.
• Direct program experience with those caught up in the criminal legal and punishment system highly desirable and/or direct personal experience with the criminal punishment system.
• At least three years experience which demonstrates the capacity to identify, analyze and describe the current use of the punishment system and its root ties to institutional and systemic racism, marginalization of LGBTQ people, and marginalization of under-resourced people.
• Experience working with community-based, social justice program work.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to work in a laid back working environment, while dealing with intense and difficult case work.
Other Required Skills And Abilities
• Commitment to the faith-based principles and guidelines that define the work of AFSC, including a commitment to nonviolence, equality and anti-oppression work and a belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to gather information through observation, distill information, and vividly share program experience
• Sensitivity to and respect for cultural diversity. Commitment to ending discrimination and exclusion based on race, class, legal status, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Dependable, flexible, creative, and possess initiative with a sense of humor while working in a very small office. Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to changing situations and priorities.
• Demonstrated experience with computer applications including: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, social media platforms.
• Ability to work cooperatively with staff, volunteers, and volunteer committees.
• Ability to work using consensus as the preferred decision making process.
• Ability to work independently, often in unstructured situations, and complete projects which may include from the initial planning stage, to following-up with volunteers/coalitions to completion of project.
• Willingness and ability to work some evenings, weekends, travel locally throughout the state of Michigan, as well as nationally which may require staying overnight. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to meet deadlines while working under pressure.
• Proven ability to reach out collaboratively to individuals, groups and organizations.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 15 ($54,944 - $74,174) - Exempt- Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
The American Friends Service Committee is a smoke-free workplace Show more details...
Description
Status: Full-Time, Specific Term, 16 month grant position
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
Summary Of Principal Responsibilities
Statewide organizer--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for carrying out efforts to raise community consciousness and action around the failed policies that lead to life and long sentences in Michigan. The organizer will work closely with the Ending Life and Long sentences program coordinator building solidarity, networks, and relationships with organizations, faith communities, elected officials, prison impacted people, and community members at-large. The work of the organizer will be complimented by two main projects, developed to support organizing and narrative change work, of the AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program: AFSC’s... Michigan Criminal Justice Program’s Good Neighbor Project (GNP) and Let Me Tell You: Every Sentence has a Story (LMTY).
The GNP connects life and long serving people in Michigan’s prisons with people in the community in guided and supported co-mentorship relationships. www.letmetellyoumi.org A story telling project intended to humanize people serving long time in Michigan’s prisons. This storytelling and narrative change and heart change work also supports policy change efforts in Michigan to free more people.
The coordinator will work with other program staff to advocate both individually and collectively for and with long serving people in Michigan’s prisons; assist with recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers and interns for the Good Neighbor Project and The Let Me Tell You project; organize with formerly and currently incarcerated people, interested community members & faith groups, and loved ones of people impacted by the punishment system; and educate the public on criminal legal and punishment systems issues in Michigan; work in coalition with other organizations dedicated to challenging the punishment system and working towards prison depopulation for long serving people.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Statewide Organizer include the following:
Organizing & Outreach
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and #SecondLookMI coalition members to continue to develop a comprehensive organizing strategy around ending life and long sentences targeting faith communities and outlier jurisdictions in Michigan—in cooperation with program staff and partners.
• Continue to engage outreach strategies to build the Good Neighbor Project while organizing the public to care and act politically for the liberation of more people.
• Lead in collaboration with AFSC program staff and coalition members the organizing work of #SecondLookMI Coalition
• Utilize collaborative strategies, with free world and imprisoned people, to organize people in prison and people who love them around ending life and long sentences
• Continue to organize with other program staff to close prisons in MI, particularly the one women’s prison.
• Develop relationships with people in prison by always providing responses and never being extractive.
Volunteers and Interns
• Support the community engagement work dedicated to building freedom for more people
• Occasionally work on volunteer committees as well as with other AFSC regional and national criminal justice colleagues.
• Adhere to all AFSC policies and procedures.
Communications
• Respond directly to people’s requests for assistance via telephone, email, jpay in writing or other creative ways upon recommendation of the team..
• Represent AFSC in coalitions and collaborations.
• Help raise the profile of AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program by engaging in social media strategies and collaborative messaging work with other program staff and volunteers.
Collaboration with Supervisor
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and community partners on curriculum revision and creation for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Collaborate with AFSC staff and community partners on facilitating base-building meetings for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
Experience
• At least 3 years experience in advocacy, organizing, and/or working for social and/or transformative justice and change work.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in grassroots organizing strategies and campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective and compassionate advocate on behalf of people in prison and their loved ones.
• Direct program experience with those caught up in the criminal legal and punishment system highly desirable and/or direct personal experience with the criminal punishment system.
• At least three years experience which demonstrates the capacity to identify, analyze and describe the current use of the punishment system and its root ties to institutional and systemic racism, marginalization of LGBTQ people, and marginalization of under-resourced people.
• Experience working with community-based, social justice program work.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to work in a laid back working environment, while dealing with intense and difficult case work.
Other Required Skills And Abilities
• Commitment to the faith-based principles and guidelines that define the work of AFSC, including a commitment to nonviolence, equality and anti-oppression work and a belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to gather information through observation, distill information, and vividly share program experience
• Sensitivity to and respect for cultural diversity. Commitment to ending discrimination and exclusion based on race, class, legal status, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Dependable, flexible, creative, and possess initiative with a sense of humor while working in a very small office. Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to changing situations and priorities.
• Demonstrated experience with computer applications including: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, social media platforms.
• Ability to work cooperatively with staff, volunteers, and volunteer committees.
• Ability to work using consensus as the preferred decision making process.
• Ability to work independently, often in unstructured situations, and complete projects which may include from the initial planning stage, to following-up with volunteers/coalitions to completion of project.
• Willingness and ability to work some evenings, weekends, travel locally throughout the state of Michigan, as well as nationally which may require staying overnight. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to meet deadlines while working under pressure.
• Proven ability to reach out collaboratively to individuals, groups and organizations.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 15 ($54,944 - $74,174) - Exempt- Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
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schedule_type: Full-time
Status: Full-time, exempt
Location:Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Community Justice Attorney will provide legal representation to low-income immigrants in immigration proceedings before the Newark and Elizabeth
Status: Full-time, exempt
Location:Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Community Justice Attorney will provide legal representation to low-income immigrants in immigration proceedings before the Newark and Elizabeth Immigration Courts. The Attorney will meet with clients, counsel them on eligibility for relief under the immigration laws, prepare applications for submission to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Immigration Courts, and represent clients before both agencies, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Community Justice Attorney include the following:
• Provide in-depth individual consultations to low-income immigrants to determine eligibility for immigration status, including immigrant youth, families, asylum seekers, TPS applicants/holders, and workers.
• Provide representation before USCIS, local Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and where appropriate, before Federal Courts.
• Manage caseload and maintain client files in good order, including photocopying applications, letters, supporting documentation, and follow up work. Maintain client and case information in Docketwise.
• Translate documents or secure translations, as necessary, secure interpretation assistance, as necessary.
• Work with AFSC's Social Workers, where possible, to meet clients' social service needs.
• Provide educational presentations to immigrant communities.
• Support efforts for legal services clients to participate in organizing, advocacy and leadership development efforts.
• Provide education and training to service organizations, government agencies, schools and other groups on immigration law and policy.
• Support programmatic efforts to engage in narrative change through media work.
• Participate in AFSC staff meetings and case reviews.
• Assist in the documentation of the program's experiences and compile and submit narrative and statistical information for inclusion in AFSC quarterly reports and reports to funding sources.
• 1Attend immigration law training sessions and conferences.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Admission to a state bar required; with slight preference to individuals admitted to practice in New Jersey.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Two years' experience with immigration law and procedures preferred, particularly in representing immigrants in complex removal proceedings.
• Understanding of and willingness to apply principles behind movement lawyering.
• Demonstrated cultural competency.
• Fluency in written and oral English and Spanish.
• Experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Self-motivated; ability to be detail oriented, well-organized, and to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, and the public.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment, including Microsoft Office and Docketwise.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Base salary of $65,000, with an increase dependent on experience - Exempt - Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and have at least one booster shot for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
"AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented under the Northeast Region's Collective Bargaining Agreement."
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Location:Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Community Justice Attorney will provide legal representation to low-income immigrants in immigration proceedings before the Newark and Elizabeth Immigration Courts. The Attorney will meet with clients, counsel them on eligibility for relief under the immigration laws, prepare applications for submission to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Immigration Courts, and represent clients before both agencies, as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Community Justice Attorney include the following:
• Provide in-depth individual consultations to low-income immigrants to determine eligibility for immigration status, including immigrant youth, families, asylum seekers, TPS applicants/holders, and workers.
• Provide representation before USCIS, local Immigration Courts, the Board of Immigration Appeals, and where appropriate, before Federal Courts.
• Manage caseload and maintain client files in good order, including photocopying applications, letters, supporting documentation, and follow up work. Maintain client and case information in Docketwise.
• Translate documents or secure translations, as necessary, secure interpretation assistance, as necessary.
• Work with AFSC's Social Workers, where possible, to meet clients' social service needs.
• Provide educational presentations to immigrant communities.
• Support efforts for legal services clients to participate in organizing, advocacy and leadership development efforts.
• Provide education and training to service organizations, government agencies, schools and other groups on immigration law and policy.
• Support programmatic efforts to engage in narrative change through media work.
• Participate in AFSC staff meetings and case reviews.
• Assist in the documentation of the program's experiences and compile and submit narrative and statistical information for inclusion in AFSC quarterly reports and reports to funding sources.
• 1Attend immigration law training sessions and conferences.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Admission to a state bar required; with slight preference to individuals admitted to practice in New Jersey.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Two years' experience with immigration law and procedures preferred, particularly in representing immigrants in complex removal proceedings.
• Understanding of and willingness to apply principles behind movement lawyering.
• Demonstrated cultural competency.
• Fluency in written and oral English and Spanish.
• Experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Self-motivated; ability to be detail oriented, well-organized, and to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, and the public.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment, including Microsoft Office and Docketwise.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Base salary of $65,000, with an increase dependent on experience - Exempt - Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and have at least one booster shot for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
"AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented under the Northeast Region's Collective Bargaining Agreement."
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posted_at: 29 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Program Coordinator--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for administering and growing internal and external projects related to addressing and ending
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Program Coordinator--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for administering and growing internal and external projects related to addressing and ending life and long sentences in Michigan. Two main projects that support this work are AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program’s Good Neighbor Project (GNP) and Let Me Tell You: Every Sentence has a Story (LMTY). The GNP connects life and long serving people in Michigan’s prisons with people in the community in guided and supported co-mentorship relationships. The person will also help coordinate www.letmetellyoumi.org A storytelling project intended to humanize people serving long time in Michigan’s prisons and support the efforts to change... sentencing laws in Michigan in order to get more people free.
The coordinator will work with other program staff to advocate both individually and collectively for and with long serving people in Michigan’s prisons; assist with recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers and interns for the GNP, LMTY, and other visionary work; organize with formerly and currently incarcerated people, interested community members, and loved ones of people impacted by the punishment system; help develop messaging to dismantle current public safety narratives (tough on crime, police make us safe); and educate the public on criminal legal and punishment systems issues in Michigan; work in coalition with other organizations dedicated to challenging the punishment system and working towards prison depopulation for long serving people.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities include the following:
• Continue to engage outreach strategies to build the Good Neighbor Project while enhancing the political involvement of both community members and people in prison in the work to end life and long sentences.
• Continue to develop and enact a comprehensive organizing strategy around ending life and long sentences targeting faith communities and outlier jurisdictions in Michigan—in cooperation with program staff and partners.
• Utilize and further develop the Good Neighbor Project, Let Me Tell You, and other tools to support ongoing and new organizing efforts.
• Support program staff in advocacy help & resources, including the formation of freedom strategies and plans, for and with people serving long sentences in Michigan
• Continue to organize with other program staff to close prisons in MI, particularly the one women’s prison.
• Help lead coalitions and mobilize people to challenge the use of punishment-based systems in MI, including ending life and long sentences.
• Develop relationships with people in prison by always providing responses and never being extractive.
• Build relationships with policy stakeholders in various power positions throughout the state in order to influence policy and shift narratives on punishment in MI.
• Develop and provide workshops and political education opportunities inside Michigan prisons and/or in the community, to support all work.
Volunteers and Interns
• In coordination with program director and other staff, supervise, coordinate, train, and provide ongoing support and mentorship to all volunteers and interns.
• Occasionally work on volunteer committees as well as with other AFSC regional and national criminal justice colleagues.
• Adhere to all AFSC policies and procedures.
Communications
• Build and maintain relationships with people in prison in order to inform our work and build our movement.
• Represent our program in public, governmental, community, and coalition meetings.
Collaboration with Supervisor and Other Staff
• Collaborate on curriculum revision and creation for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Collaborate on facilitating base-building meetings for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Assist with research and writing projects related to trends and patterns in the criminal legal and punishment system in MI, which have been identified through direct communications with people in prison, loved ones of people in prisons, and review of data and research.
• Assist in creating, implementing and evaluating office culture policies and practices that promote effective teamwork and self-care.
• Assist in representing AFSC at appropriate coalition, collaborative and other network meetings and events.
• Assist in supervision of paid and/or volunteer positions related to targeted campaigns.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE:
• At least 3 years experience in advocacy, organizing, and/or working for social and/or transformative justice and change work.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in grassroots organizing strategies and campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective and compassionate advocate on behalf of people in prison and their loved ones.
• Direct program experience with those caught up in the criminal legal and punishment system is highly desirable and/or direct personal experience with the criminal punishment system.
• At least three years experience which demonstrates the capacity to identify, analyze and describe the current use of the punishment system and its root ties to institutional and systemic racism, marginalization of LGBTQ people, and marginalization of under-resourced people.
• Experience working with community-based, social justice program work.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to work in a laid-back working environment.
• People with prior convictions are encouraged to apply.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to the faith-based principles and guidelines that define the work of AFSC, including a commitment to nonviolence, equality and anti-oppression work and a belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to gather information through observation, distill information, and vividly share program experience
• Sensitivity to and respect for cultural diversity. Commitment to ending discrimination and exclusion based on race, class, legal status, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Dependable, flexible, creative, and possess initiative with a sense of humor while working in a very small office. Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to changing situations and priorities.
• Demonstrated experience with computer applications including: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and social media platforms Ability to work cooperatively with staff, volunteers, and volunteer committees.
• Ability to work using consensus as the preferred decision-making process.
• Ability to work independently, often in unstructured situations, and complete projects which may include from the initial planning stage, to following-up with volunteers/coalitions to completion of project.
• Willingness and ability to work some evenings, weekends, travel locally throughout the state of Michigan, as well as nationally which may require staying overnight. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to meet deadlines while working under pressure.
• Proven ability to reach out collaboratively to individuals, groups and organizations.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 15 ($54,944 - $74,174) - Exempt- Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
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Location: Ypsilanti, Michigan
Application Deadline: June 25, 2023
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Program Coordinator--for ending life and long sentences—will be responsible for administering and growing internal and external projects related to addressing and ending life and long sentences in Michigan. Two main projects that support this work are AFSC’s Michigan Criminal Justice Program’s Good Neighbor Project (GNP) and Let Me Tell You: Every Sentence has a Story (LMTY). The GNP connects life and long serving people in Michigan’s prisons with people in the community in guided and supported co-mentorship relationships. The person will also help coordinate www.letmetellyoumi.org A storytelling project intended to humanize people serving long time in Michigan’s prisons and support the efforts to change... sentencing laws in Michigan in order to get more people free.
The coordinator will work with other program staff to advocate both individually and collectively for and with long serving people in Michigan’s prisons; assist with recruitment, training, and supervision of volunteers and interns for the GNP, LMTY, and other visionary work; organize with formerly and currently incarcerated people, interested community members, and loved ones of people impacted by the punishment system; help develop messaging to dismantle current public safety narratives (tough on crime, police make us safe); and educate the public on criminal legal and punishment systems issues in Michigan; work in coalition with other organizations dedicated to challenging the punishment system and working towards prison depopulation for long serving people.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities include the following:
• Continue to engage outreach strategies to build the Good Neighbor Project while enhancing the political involvement of both community members and people in prison in the work to end life and long sentences.
• Continue to develop and enact a comprehensive organizing strategy around ending life and long sentences targeting faith communities and outlier jurisdictions in Michigan—in cooperation with program staff and partners.
• Utilize and further develop the Good Neighbor Project, Let Me Tell You, and other tools to support ongoing and new organizing efforts.
• Support program staff in advocacy help & resources, including the formation of freedom strategies and plans, for and with people serving long sentences in Michigan
• Continue to organize with other program staff to close prisons in MI, particularly the one women’s prison.
• Help lead coalitions and mobilize people to challenge the use of punishment-based systems in MI, including ending life and long sentences.
• Develop relationships with people in prison by always providing responses and never being extractive.
• Build relationships with policy stakeholders in various power positions throughout the state in order to influence policy and shift narratives on punishment in MI.
• Develop and provide workshops and political education opportunities inside Michigan prisons and/or in the community, to support all work.
Volunteers and Interns
• In coordination with program director and other staff, supervise, coordinate, train, and provide ongoing support and mentorship to all volunteers and interns.
• Occasionally work on volunteer committees as well as with other AFSC regional and national criminal justice colleagues.
• Adhere to all AFSC policies and procedures.
Communications
• Build and maintain relationships with people in prison in order to inform our work and build our movement.
• Represent our program in public, governmental, community, and coalition meetings.
Collaboration with Supervisor and Other Staff
• Collaborate on curriculum revision and creation for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Collaborate on facilitating base-building meetings for campaigns related to ending life and long sentences.
• Assist with research and writing projects related to trends and patterns in the criminal legal and punishment system in MI, which have been identified through direct communications with people in prison, loved ones of people in prisons, and review of data and research.
• Assist in creating, implementing and evaluating office culture policies and practices that promote effective teamwork and self-care.
• Assist in representing AFSC at appropriate coalition, collaborative and other network meetings and events.
• Assist in supervision of paid and/or volunteer positions related to targeted campaigns.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE:
• At least 3 years experience in advocacy, organizing, and/or working for social and/or transformative justice and change work.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in grassroots organizing strategies and campaigns.
• Demonstrated ability to be an effective and compassionate advocate on behalf of people in prison and their loved ones.
• Direct program experience with those caught up in the criminal legal and punishment system is highly desirable and/or direct personal experience with the criminal punishment system.
• At least three years experience which demonstrates the capacity to identify, analyze and describe the current use of the punishment system and its root ties to institutional and systemic racism, marginalization of LGBTQ people, and marginalization of under-resourced people.
• Experience working with community-based, social justice program work.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to work in a laid-back working environment.
• People with prior convictions are encouraged to apply.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Commitment to the faith-based principles and guidelines that define the work of AFSC, including a commitment to nonviolence, equality and anti-oppression work and a belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Demonstrated strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to gather information through observation, distill information, and vividly share program experience
• Sensitivity to and respect for cultural diversity. Commitment to ending discrimination and exclusion based on race, class, legal status, gender, sexual orientation or disability.
• Dependable, flexible, creative, and possess initiative with a sense of humor while working in a very small office. Ability to work well under pressure and adapt easily to changing situations and priorities.
• Demonstrated experience with computer applications including: Microsoft Office, Google Suite, and social media platforms Ability to work cooperatively with staff, volunteers, and volunteer committees.
• Ability to work using consensus as the preferred decision-making process.
• Ability to work independently, often in unstructured situations, and complete projects which may include from the initial planning stage, to following-up with volunteers/coalitions to completion of project.
• Willingness and ability to work some evenings, weekends, travel locally throughout the state of Michigan, as well as nationally which may require staying overnight. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to meet deadlines while working under pressure.
• Proven ability to reach out collaboratively to individuals, groups and organizations.
COMPENSATION: Salary Range 15 ($54,944 - $74,174) - Exempt- Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker’s compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols. AFSC also requires vaccination and a booster shot for COVID-19.
AFSC’s Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented.
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schedule_type: Full-time
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Salary Family: $75,000-$95,459
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Legal Services Director provides leadership to the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program with a particular focus on the administration, management, and
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Location: Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Salary Family: $75,000-$95,459
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Legal Services Director provides leadership to the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program with a particular focus on the administration, management, and development of the Legal Services Project. They provide direct supervision to a team of Managing Attorneys who oversee the legal work of Staff Attorneys, Accredited Representatives, Legal Assistants, and Interns. They represent the Immigrant Rights Program in AFSC national networks, coalition meetings and at meetings with government agencies and other stakeholders. They are also responsible for developing and implementing projects with the Organizing and Advocacy Director. The Legal Services Director is responsible for coordinating and conducting immigration law and policy presentations, and for responding to inquiries from media and immigrant service providers, and developing and maintaining case management systems.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Legal Service Director include the following:
• Provide overall leadership to and management of the Immigrant Rights Program in collaboration and consultation with the Organizing and Advocacy Director.
• Oversee the administration, management, and development of the Legal Services Project.
• Represent the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program in AFSC national networks and in local coalition work.
• Provide leadership within AFSC on policy positions related to immigration issues, particularly immigration law related issues.
• Provide direct supervision to the Managing Attorneys who oversee the legal work of Staff Attorneys, Legal Assistants, and Law Student Interns. Support Managing Attorneys in their supervisory roles.
• Oversee and review, as necessary, legal service systems such as fees schedule, appointment system, case management, case selection criteria and income eligibility guidelines.
• Coordinate and conduct immigration law and policy presentations.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director, support AFSC's development department and leadership in fundraising efforts for the program. In collaboration with AFSC's Development and Finance Departments, submit grant proposals, narrative and statistical reports, and monitor and manage grant spending.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director, develop and support efforts to engage legal services clients and staff in organizing and advocacy efforts.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director and with AFSC's Communications Department, generate media content on immigration issues, including op-eds, blog posts and press releases. Respond to media inquiries on immigration law and policy issues.
• Recruit and/ or maintain a local program committee of volunteers who will help to (a) season ideas related to program work, (b) network with a cross section of the community, especially with persons where programs are offered, and (c) assist in carrying out program work as volunteers.
• Oversee use of case management systems, including Docketwise.
• In collaboration with the Associate Regional Director and the Organizing and Advocacy Director, the US Migration Director, and AFSC's Strategy, Learning and Impact unit, develop Theories of Action to support AFSC's strategic plan.
• Support administrative staff and needs in New Jersey offices.
• Monitor Immigrant Rights Program income and expenses; support the Associate Regional Director in developing the program budget.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE:
• JD and Bar Admission
• Supervisory, program, and grant management experience.
• Extensive experience with immigration law, procedures and policy.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Understanding of and willingness to apply principles behind movement lawyering.
• Demonstrated cultural competency.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, and the public.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, well-organized, able to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment, including Microsoft Office and Docketwise.
• Willingness to travel, and ability to work occasional weekends and evenings.
• Ability to work effectively and comfortably with Quaker principles.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family ($75,000-$95,459); Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons, including those who are formerly incarcerated, are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
"AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented."
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Location: Newark, NJ...
Application Deadline: May 26, 2023
Salary Family: $75,000-$95,459
For consideration, please attach your Cover Letter and Resume to the online application in addition to answering the Application Questions.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
The Legal Services Director provides leadership to the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program with a particular focus on the administration, management, and development of the Legal Services Project. They provide direct supervision to a team of Managing Attorneys who oversee the legal work of Staff Attorneys, Accredited Representatives, Legal Assistants, and Interns. They represent the Immigrant Rights Program in AFSC national networks, coalition meetings and at meetings with government agencies and other stakeholders. They are also responsible for developing and implementing projects with the Organizing and Advocacy Director. The Legal Services Director is responsible for coordinating and conducting immigration law and policy presentations, and for responding to inquiries from media and immigrant service providers, and developing and maintaining case management systems.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES: The key responsibilities of the Legal Service Director include the following:
• Provide overall leadership to and management of the Immigrant Rights Program in collaboration and consultation with the Organizing and Advocacy Director.
• Oversee the administration, management, and development of the Legal Services Project.
• Represent the New Jersey Immigrant Rights Program in AFSC national networks and in local coalition work.
• Provide leadership within AFSC on policy positions related to immigration issues, particularly immigration law related issues.
• Provide direct supervision to the Managing Attorneys who oversee the legal work of Staff Attorneys, Legal Assistants, and Law Student Interns. Support Managing Attorneys in their supervisory roles.
• Oversee and review, as necessary, legal service systems such as fees schedule, appointment system, case management, case selection criteria and income eligibility guidelines.
• Coordinate and conduct immigration law and policy presentations.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director, support AFSC's development department and leadership in fundraising efforts for the program. In collaboration with AFSC's Development and Finance Departments, submit grant proposals, narrative and statistical reports, and monitor and manage grant spending.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director, develop and support efforts to engage legal services clients and staff in organizing and advocacy efforts.
• In collaboration with the Organizing and Advocacy Director and with AFSC's Communications Department, generate media content on immigration issues, including op-eds, blog posts and press releases. Respond to media inquiries on immigration law and policy issues.
• Recruit and/ or maintain a local program committee of volunteers who will help to (a) season ideas related to program work, (b) network with a cross section of the community, especially with persons where programs are offered, and (c) assist in carrying out program work as volunteers.
• Oversee use of case management systems, including Docketwise.
• In collaboration with the Associate Regional Director and the Organizing and Advocacy Director, the US Migration Director, and AFSC's Strategy, Learning and Impact unit, develop Theories of Action to support AFSC's strategic plan.
• Support administrative staff and needs in New Jersey offices.
• Monitor Immigrant Rights Program income and expenses; support the Associate Regional Director in developing the program budget.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
EXPERIENCE:
• JD and Bar Admission
• Supervisory, program, and grant management experience.
• Extensive experience with immigration law, procedures and policy.
OTHER REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Experience and comfort with public speaking.
• Understanding of and willingness to apply principles behind movement lawyering.
• Demonstrated cultural competency.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build mutually respectful relationships with co-workers, clients, and the public.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented, well-organized, able to prioritize assignments and workload.
• Familiarity with software applications in a Windows and cloud-based environment, including Microsoft Office and Docketwise.
• Willingness to travel, and ability to work occasional weekends and evenings.
• Ability to work effectively and comfortably with Quaker principles.
• Commitment to Quaker values and testimonies. Understanding of and compatibility with the principles and philosophy of the American Friends Service Committee including non-violence and the belief in the intrinsic worth of every individual.
• Understanding of and commitment to the principles, concerns, and considerations, of AFSC in regard to issues of race, class, nationality, religion, age, gender and sexual orientation, and disabilities. Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with diverse staff.
COMPENSATION: Salary Family ($75,000-$95,459); Comprehensive medical and hospitalization plan; term life, accident and salary continuation insurances, defined benefit pension plan, plus fringe benefits; participation in unemployment and worker's compensation and social security.
The American Friends Service Committee is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified persons, including those who are formerly incarcerated, are encouraged to apply regardless of their religious affiliation, race, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation or disability.
AFSC maintains a deep commitment to a mandate of care for our staff and communities, and thus requires vaccination and at least one booster for COVID-19; as well as adherence to social distancing, masking, and office occupancy protocols.
"AFSC's Central Office and some of its offices in the U.S. are unionized workplaces. This position is represented."
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