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<div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><p><strong>Description</p></strong><p style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> About the Position </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> The Paralegal Manager is a member of the Legal Management Team (LMT) and charged with the day-to-day management and support of a growing and dynamic paralegal team and is primarily responsible for directing and supervising the work of the Legal Department’s paralegals. In partnership with the Legal Management Team, they also will be responsible for helping to develop and maintain a legal docket that furthers NILC’s priorities and strategies and embracing and advancing the implementation of NILC’s strategic framework. The ideal candidate exhibits deep technical skills and expertise as a litigation paralegal and a strong commitment to NILC’s mission. They will also demonstrate a robust commitment to the applied principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice and an orientation to relationship building and collaboration with progressive movement organizational partners. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><i><b> This role is not a member of the Bargaining Unit. </b></i></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> The Paralegal Manager will be responsible for providing leadership and driving success in the following key areas: </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Specific Position Responsibilities </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Partner with Legal Management Team and Department to develop the Department’s litigation docket and overall workplan to ensure that programmatic priorities and objectives and litigation timelines are met. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Oversee and maintain a current master litigation calendar for the Legal Department. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> · <span> Manage and maintain a sufficiently detailed legal docket summary and provide reports as needed for cross-departmental and management team needs. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Oversee monthly departmental reports: timekeeping, litigation and FOIA charts; case, client, and/or document databases; legal intake and technical assistance requests; attorneys' court admissions and ECF credentials in the federal and appellate courts, and SCOTUS. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Manage the preparation and maintenance of reports necessary to carry out the functions of the department including periodic reports for NILC leadership teams, as necessary or requested, to track strategic goal accomplishment. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Manage and develop paralegal team. Assign cases and/or projects to paralegals and monitor progress to ensure adequate case support and timely completion. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Oversee the preparation, filing, and service of legal documents such as subpoenas, pleadings, discovery, pretrial documents, briefs, and correspondence, including cite checking, formatting, and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local rules and laws. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Develop and implement the systems and processes for producing legal documents, adhering to strict confidentiality of all aspects of the Legal Department’s work. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Design and implement systems, policies, and/or practices related to paralegals including efficient and optimal utilization of paralegals, as well as how to better integrate remote staff. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Provide research guidance and training support to the paralegals utilizing databases and electronic legal libraries. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Oversee state bar compliance and dues payment in collaboration with attorneys. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Partner with the LMT to design and implement systems, policies, and/or practices that promote equity, opportunity, and accountability with shared goals, policies and practices related to case selection, litigation approval, case staffing, and FOIA, amicus, and attorneys’ fees protocols. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Partner with the LMT and/or legal team members on special requests or highly complex projects. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  In collaboration with the Manager, Programs Knowledge, support with identifying, coordinating, and calendaring internal/external trainings including “in house” MCLE programs for legal team and non-legal team staff where appropriate. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Partner with the Programs functional leadership team to coordinate the development of cross-Departmental protocols/process for participation in conferences and training. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Collaborate with the other Programs Directors and Deputy Directors to create and maintain employee work schedules including assignments, job rotation, training, vacations, and paid time off, telecommuting, cover for absenteeism, and overtime scheduling as needed. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Partner with LMT, Programs Directors, and other Programs staff and leaders to understand individual employee’s strengths, weaknesses, and goals to better assign work tasks and projects. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Partner with LMT to create opportunities for Legal Department staff to grow their skills. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Support Legal team budget owner(s) in team budget management in collaboration with Finance team. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Manage Legal Department memberships and subscriptions, including Westlaw and Thomson Reuters accounts. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> May assist with fundraising efforts. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  May be a part of a larger cross functional project using the <a href="https://www.managementcenter.org/resources/assigning-responsibilities/" rel="nofollow"> MOCHA framework/methodology </a></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><b> Supervisory Responsibilities: </b></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Support the recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of staff and oversees staff onboarding  &  training. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Directly manage employees with possibility for additional staff. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Oversee the daily workflow of direct reports. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Act as a coach and mentor including providing constructive and timely feedback to foster a collaborative environment that develops strengths, improves weaknesses, and encourages creative problem-solving. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Actively manage direct and indirect reports using applicable performance management software including documenting regular 1:1 check-ins, goal progress, and any other relevant information in the system for performance and coaching purposes. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Handle discipline and performance issues in accordance with organizational policy. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Manage outside consultants, third party administrators, and vendors. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Shared Organization Responsibilities </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Champion NILC  &  IJF’s mission of advancing the rights of immigrants with low income by demonstrating a commitment to human rights, and racial, economic, and social justice. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Attend and actively participate in NILC meetings at the organization, department, project, and individual level. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Develop relationships and support NILC and IJF colleagues across all teams, recognizing that each individual brings a unique background and perspective to the work and assuming good intent from each other. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Follow through on commitments acting with a clear sense of ownership individually and collectively by taking personal responsibility for decisions, actions, and failures, establishing clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results, and designing feedback loops into work. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Learn quickly when facing new situations by experimenting to find fresh solutions, taking on the challenge of unfamiliar tasks, and extracting lessons learned from failures and mistakes. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Act with integrity by following through on commitments, being direct and truthful, keeping confidence, and showing consistency between words and actions. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Commit to centering NILC’s values of racial justice  &  equity, valuing diversity, fostering partnerships  &  collaboration, encouraging respect  &  personal well-being, and striving for transparency, integrity, and honesty in all decisions and actions. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> In recognition of the fluidity of the work and ecosystem that NILC operates in, other duties may be assigned depending on organizational need. </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> What We’re Looking for in This Role </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Commitment to NILC  &  IJF’s mission of advancing the rights of immigrants with low income and a demonstrated commitment to human rights, racial, economic, and social justice, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and justice for all. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Collaborative, proactive, and action-oriented working style with a strong service mentality promoting mutual accountability and inspiriting trust and confidence from colleagues, other NILC team members, and NILC leaders alike. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Sound judgment in decision-making, high integrity, and utmost respect for confidentiality. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Excellent verbal and written communication skills: ability to read, analyze, and interpret as well as draft documents such as reports, correspondence, and presentations for various audiences. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span> Self-starter with a strong ability to move daily tasks forward in alignment with NILC’s broader organizational needs and goals. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Ability to manage in an ambiguous environment and quickly adaptable to change. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Experience leading and executing complex projects. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Ability to clearly organize and communicate schedules, expectations, and any other information necessary for direct reports to do their job effectively. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Qualifications Required </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> Bachelor’s Degree and paralegal certification. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><span> · </span><span> 6-8+ years as a practicing litigation paralegal, including 2+ years managing paralegals and support staff. </span></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Demonstrated ability to adapt to changing priorities, strategies, and circumstances. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Proficiency with in-office and virtual environments and software such as MS Office, research, and virtual collaboration tools. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Familiarity with legal resources/publications. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Preferred Qualifications </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Master’s Degree </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  10+ years of combined experience as a practicing paralegal and management experience </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Experience in litigation setting: nonprofit, litigation or social justice organization preferred. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Proficiency in non-English languages spoken by Latinx, Asian, Pacific Islander, African, Caribbean, and Arab communities a plus. Fluency in more than one language is desirable. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> At NILC, we know that talented people may have different backgrounds or experiences, and if your education and experience doesn’t exactly align with the above that’s okay! NILC believes that diversity in all dimensions of the organization supports and bolsters the innovative thinking essential to its success and is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants. NILC’s goal is for our people to reflect the communities in which we live and serve and to ensure representation of people of color, women, veterans, and individuals with disabilities in our organization. We encourage you to apply and let us know in your cover letter why you are qualified and the right fit for this role and NILC. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Work Environment </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><b> Location  &  Travel: </b></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> NILC's offices are located in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California. For this role, up to 25% of overnight interstate travel may be required; travel is typically quarterly to the NILC Washington, DC office or another location within the US for 3-5 nights. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><b> Compensation  &  Benefits: </b></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> NILC’s compensation and benefits philosophy is to provide a competitive offering in the nonprofit sector and ensure equity across the organization. The salary range for this role is $97,000 – 121,300. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> NILC's benefits package includes medical, dental, vision, life and AD  &  D, STD, and LTD insurance, healthcare and dependent care FSA, stipends and/or reimbursements for wellness, phone, and internet, generous paid time off, a robust holiday schedule, an employee assistance program (EAP), along with additional voluntary insurance packages. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"><u><b> Physical Demands </b></u></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"></div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Remaining in a stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Communicating with others to exchange information. </div><div style="padding: 0; margin: 15px 0 15px 0"> ·  Repeating motions, like typing or answering a phone, that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers. </div></p></div></div>

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