Senior Program Associate - Technical Compliance

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Acacia Center for Justice

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Acacia seeks to deliver meaningful and effective access to justice and freedom for immigrants

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Description

• The Senior Program Associate for the PRLS TC team will join a new and growing multi-disciplinary team at Acacia. • The TC Senior Program Associate will assist in all aspects of the project not directly related to the provision of legal services to unaccompanied children, especially in routine technical work such as ensuring timely and accurate records collection, tracking, and reporting in assigned areas. • The Senior Program Associate will also play an integral role in the oversight of legal service referrals, and in the recruitment of new LSP subcontractors. • The Senior Program Associate will work collaboratively with other Acacia teams—including, but not limited to, Budgets & Resources Management (BRM), Operations & Quality Assurance (OPQA)--to facilitate LSP subcontractors’ contracting and onboarding.

Requirements

• Demonstrated knowledge of immigration law, child welfare, criminal and juvenile justice, or other justice areas • Ability to utilize available data and online resources (for example: social media, listservs, internet) to support tasks as needed • Comfort with and interest in reviewing budgets and proposals and assessing them for alignment with organizational goals and priorities • Strong writing, facilitation, and organizational skills • Ability to distill complex information from multiple sources and communicate it verbally and in writing to a wide variety of audiences • Comfort with public speaking and giving presentations • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a team, and to manage multiple projects effectively and efficiently • Flexibility and the ability to quickly pivot when facing challenges and changes attendant to developing programming and project management • Interest in effectuating change in partnership with the government • An uncompromising commitment to immigrants’ rights and race equity • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision- Some plans at $0 cost to the employee • Employee Assistance Program • 20 days per year of vacation time • 12 days per year of sick time • 5 personal days • 4 organization-wide Wellness Days • 11 observed holidays, including the last week of December. • $2000 Professional Development Stipend • Home office set-up stipend • Internet Stipend • 401k with 5% employer contribution, no employee participation required. • Student loan repayment assistance. • Gym Reimbursement