Dear Volunteer,
Are you interested in more experience in the field of immigration? Citizenship Now! has offices throughout the five boroughs, and we are currently looking to hire an administrative assistant and a paralegal at our Hostos Community College Immigration Center in the Bronx, starting immediately. In addition, we are looking for a volunteer paralegal to help at our Flushing Immigration Center in Queens, starting immediately.
Please see the information below:
CUNY Citizenship Now! at
Hostos Community College Immigration Center
PART-TIME ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (PAID)
Location: Hostos Community College (427 Walton Ave, T-501, Bronx, NY 10451)
Job Description: The administrative assistant will help both the staff attorney and paralegal with overall administration of services provided at the center. This includes duties such as case management, records retention, and office supplies management. The assistant will perform administrative activities and clerical duties to ensure the efficiency of the center and is responsible for tracking and monitoring case files. The assistant will ensure that all participants visiting the center are properly served and that services rendered are accurately recorded.
Qualifications:
- Associates degree or 2 years of experience working in administrative or similar field.
- Fluency in second language, preferably Spanish or French.
- Excellent customer service, communications, and interpersonal skills.
- Willing to work on weekends and evenings if necessary.
- Must be able to operate multi-line telephone, fax, copier and other office equipment.
- Proficiency with MS Office, specifically Word, Excel and Access.
- Must have pleasant phone manner and present professional attitude to clients and staff.
Salary: $15.00/hour
If you are interested in this position, please send a cover letter and resume to Advancement Services Coordinator Estelle Yessoh at bouazi.yessoh@cuny.edu by October 10, 2016.
PART-TIME PARALEGAL POSITION (PAID)
Location: Hostos Community College (427 Walton Ave, T-501, Bronx, NY 10451)
Job Description: Provides paralegal support to Staff Attorney. Under direction of supervising attorney, provides direct services to participants seeking assistance with naturalization applications. The paralegal will demonstrate good research, investigative, counseling and interviewing skills, and have knowledge of immigration laws, concepts, practices, forms and procedures.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Legal/Paralegal Studies or related field and/or 2 years relevant experience in immigration law.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team.
- Ability to work efficiently and under time constraints to meet deadlines.
- Commitment to protecting the rights of low-income immigrants.
- Knowledge of immigration law is strongly desired.
- Experience preparing immigration forms strongly desired.
- Proficiency with MS Word, Excel and ability to navigate the internet.
- Ability to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision.
- Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems in a courteous and professional manner.
- Proficiency in English and second language, Spanish and/or French strongly preferred.
- Ability to document and identify appropriate immigration laws to the supervising attorney and understand legal terminology.
- Willing to work on Saturdays if necessary.
- Excellent verbal, writing, research and computer skills.
- The ideal candidate must be detail-oriented, highly flexible and self-motivated.
Salary: $18.00/hour
If you are interested in this position, please send a cover letter and resume to Advancement Services Coordinator Estelle Yessoh atbouazi.yessoh@cuny.edu by October 10, 2016.
CUNY Citizenship Now! at Flushing Immigration Center
VOLUNTEER OFFICE ASSISTANT
Location: Flushing Immigration Center (39-07 Prince St., Suite 2B, Flushing, NY 11354)
Commitment per week: Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with some flexibility
Duration of Commitment: At least 3 months
Volunteer Duties Description: Under the supervision of the Citizenship Now! legal staff, the volunteer will assist in the overall operation of our services provided at the Flushing office by engaging with participants, making appointments, confirming appointments, making copies of legal documents, and all necessary duties as requested by the staff. The volunteer will gain valuable working experience in the field of immigration law.
Qualifications:
- Must be able to operate telephone, fax, copier and other office equipment.
- Must be computer proficient.
- Must have a pleasant phone manner and present a professional attitude towards participants and staff.
- The ideal candidate will have the ability to establish priorities and show initiative.
- Must be fluent in Spanish.
If you are interested in the position at the Flushing Immigration Center, please send a cover letter and resume to Volunteer Engagement Coordinator Zachary Shultz at zachary.shultz@cuny.edu by October 10, 2016.
Kind regards,
Zachary Shultz
Volunteer Engagement Coordinator
CUNY Citizenship Now!
101 West 31st Street
9th Floor, Suite 900
New York, NY 10001
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