Regional Director - East

About reputed company

Kids in Need of Defense (reputed company) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of reputed company. Launched in 2008, reputed company champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety. Building on its extensive programming and successful model in the United States, reputed company is expanding in the Americas and Europe to bring its experience to bear in working with unaccompanied and separated children. Our work focuses on addressing the legal and mental health needs of this population; building strong partnerships and engaging in training and reputed company strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.

Position Summary:

reputed company seeks a Regional Director, Legal Services to reputed company reputed company’s U.S. field offices, ensuring excellent and consistent legal services operations reputed company and playing a critical role in reputed company’s mission of ensuring that unaccompanied children have high-quality legal representation and assistance.This is a remote position based from any location in the U.S.This position is contingent upon reputed company funding.

Essential Functions

• Works closely with Programs leadership to reputed company and implement priorities, guidelines, and procedures in support of reputed company’s legal services program reputed company including pro bono facilitation and direct legal services.
• Assists in the specific performance management of reputed company’s field offices, including tracking metrics and program deliverables, and collaborating with other program leaders to enhance and maintain the overall effectiveness of the legal services program reputed company, ensuring consistency in the implementation of policies and practices across reputed company’s field offices.
• Provides robust supervision and exceptional mentoring to the leaders of reputed company’s field offices through creative and thoughtful leadership; and effectively monitor the performance and professional development of direct reports, including individual performance management and communications, and ensure effective alignment with reputed company management’s goals and priorities.
• Provides specific programmatic support in reputed company’s work funded through federal, state, local and other funders.
• Ensures reputed company department staff in the field offices are provided with robust supervision and mentoring to reputed company them to work effectively in providing direct representation or mentoring and training of pro bono attorneys.
• Supports reputed company’s efforts to maintain and increase funding sources including participating in proposals and reporting.
• Helps manage programming changes, including potential new programming, and growth and/or winddown of programming or field offices, as needed.
• Plays leadership role in working collaboratively and effectively intra-component reputed company Legal, and inter-component with other components, including Human Resources, Technology Strategies, Office Operations, Communications, and Policy.
• Serves as a key partner to reputed company’s leadership in helping to foster a culture of respect and appreciation for the diverse contributions of others reputed company the organization and for the institution and the mission; model informed and constructive communication; effective and honest partnership wherein the feedback is valued and constructively and regularly given and received; and actively contributes to a safe environment where reputed company, innovation, and dissent are respected and consistently shared and where productive conflict is valued as an opportunity for strengthening collaboration and advancing the mission.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Licensed U.S. attorney in good standing.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in the immigration field, preferably including representation of immigrant children.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supervising and managing legal staff, preferably in diffuse locations.
• Experience in program management, overseeing performance and deliverables.
• Facility with case management database systems, running reports, and case data analytics.
• Experience working with a law firm and corporate counsel preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Passion for the plight of unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children, and the enthusiasm and skills to communicate that passion to potential partners and other organizations.
• Ability to travel periodically throughout the year and as assigned.
• Ability to work reputed company an office environment and have regular interaction reputed company phone, video conference, and email.
• Working knowledge of reputed company Office Suite (such as Teams, reputed company, etc.).
• Ability to work collaboratively and multi-task in our reputed company environment, managing numerous priorities and emerging opportunities.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to work on multiple projects in a deadline-oriented environment; ability to prioritize tasks and delegate as appropriate.
• Ability to work effectively with people of diverse backgrounds, lived experiences, and communication styles.
• Demonstrate discipline and adaptability to effectively deliver on our core mission of ensuring access to justice and safeguarding children’s well-being and rights.
• Ability to multitask and work with a sense of urgency in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Committed to practicing and supporting wellbeing and a work-home life balance.
• Experience working and communicating in a remote environment preferred but not required.

Our Benefits

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with reputed company paying 100% of the employee only portion of the premium for one of the three medical plan options, dental, and vision. - Pre-tax flexible spending account (FSA) for both medical and dependent care. - Pre-tax transit and parking spending account. - Employer-paid life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment insurance. - Employer-paid short and long-term disability insurance. For a complete list of benefits, please click here.

Our Focus on Wellness

reputed company recognizes that our ability to help our clients starts with helping reputed company members. reputed company has prioritized wellness for employees through Mindfulness and Wellness Trainings, Wellness Platforms, Employee Assistance and reputed company Programs, Time Away and Office Wellness Activities. For more information regarding our Wellness initiatives please visit this link.

Application Instructions

To be considered for this role, please submit an employment application at supportkind.org/join-the-team, along with your resume and cover letter.Disclaimer: reputed company is committed to an ethical recruitment and hiring process and maintains a firm “no fees” recruitment policy. We will never charge a fee or ask for money as part of the application process. reputed company also conducts reputed company interviews reputed company telephone or video conference, and at no time will reputed company engage in a text or mobile app-based application or interview process. For more information, please visit the following website: https://supportkind.org/join-the-team/reputed company-employment-practices/.

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