Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law PLLC

Legal Team Manager, Asylum (Bilingual English/Spanish) *BOGOTA*

Location CO-Bogotá
ID 2024-1409
Category
Operations
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No

Overview

Are you interested in a job where you can show up and make a difference in the world every day? Are you ready to join a dynamic, mission-driven company? At Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law (AA), we are dedicated to changing the lives of the Latino Immigrant community through zealous advocacy, finding creative solutions, and aggressive legal strategies.

 

Apply today to join our team and become a part of our mission! 

The Asylum legal line manager manages and leads a team of asylum paralegals, coinciding with attorneys, as well as ensuring the effective processing of asylum cases, and maintaining compliance with immigration laws and regulations. These metrics can also be used to evaluate their impact on the overall success of the asylum program. They will have at least two supervisors reporting directly to them at any given time. Their responsibilities are essential for ensuring that asylum cases are handled effectively and in compliance with the law.

 

 

Responsibilities

Team leadership, case management, quality control, client interaction, legal expertise (specialising in Asylum law), training and development, coordinating with the firm’s legal strategist, compliance and ethics, client advocacy (including interactions with immigration authorities and courts), emergency response, collaboration,  supervision and mentorship of direct reports, communication and reporting, conflict resolution.

 

Internal:

  • Daily interactions with Asylum team members, direct-report supervisors, and direct managers
  • Occasional interactions with outside teams in terms of training and development, or help in case analysis - this includes other supervisors/ managers

 

External:

  • Occasional interaction with immigration government officials (including, but not limited to USCIS, ICE, and Asylum Officers)
  • Occasional interaction with outside/prior attorneys
  • Constant communication with clients.

Qualifications

Required functional competencies/experience/qualifications

  • Bilingual: English/Spanish.
  • Bachelor's degree.
  • 2+ years of professional experience.
  • Prior leadership experience (team lead, supervisor, or higher), required. The higher the years of experience will make for a better application!
  • Affirmative Asylum experience, (preferred)
  • High level of critical thinking
  • Excels when working under tight deadlines and demanding situations

 

WHO WE ARE:

 

Alexandra Lozano Immigration Law is headquartered in Seattle, WA with offices in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Texas. Our team of passionate and highly trained individuals are doing life changing work for immigrants to the United States. We are a client-focused, results-oriented firm specializing in humanitarian immigration - 360 VAWA, U Visa, and T Visa as well as post-deportation options. 

We are one of the fastest growing companies in America (#247 on Inc.5000), and our unique approach to cases has a proven success rate of over 90%. Our compensation and benefits are highly competitive, and we are always looking for people with a combination of grit and kindness, intelligence and empathy, and a desire to help improve people’s lives - if this sounds like you, we would love to meet you.

 

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