Managing Attorney, Legal Training and Technical Assistance

About KIND 

Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of origin. Launched in 2008, KIND 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, KIND 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 capacity strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.

KKIND seeks a Managing Attorney, Legal Training and Technical Assistance to join its Training and Technical Assistance team within the organization’s Global Partnerships, Capacity Strengthening and Training team. The Training and Technical Assistance team is a multi-disciplinary team comprised of attorneys and psychosocial service professionals that work together to provide holistic, trauma informed, culturally responsive training and technical assistance to professionals representing and assisting unaccompanied children in and released from U.S. federal custody. The Training and Technical Assistance team provides high quality training and technical assistance to KIND staff and KIND’s external partners, including private sector pro bono attorneys, NGOs, and government agencies. The Managing Attorney provides management and administration of the training and technical assistance deliverables related to providing legal representation and assistance to unaccompanied children in immigration proceedings and supervises training and technical assistance attorneys. Additionally, the Managing Attorney, in collaboration with other team leaders, will coordinate and oversee implementation of the team’s training and technical assistance projects.   The Managing Attorney, Legal Training and Technical Assistance will report to the Director, Legal Training and Technical Assistance. 

This is a remote position based from any location in the U.S.

This position is contingent upon continued funding.

• Leads project management of legal training and technical assistance work, including managing implementation of training and TA workplans, developing workflows, assigning tasks to staff members, overseeing timely and quality completion of tasks, and regular coordination with the overall project leads. 
• Systems oversight – Ensures systems set up for meeting team goals are working as needed; liaises with other department points of contact to resolve challenges to providing training and TA.
• Oversees data management for legal training and TA, and guiding the Legal Training team staff to ensure data upkeep, data integrity, and accuracy.  
• Works with Psychosocial Training and TA staff to create holistic, trauma informed, culturally responsive content for training and technical assistance to legal professionals, including slides, hypos, interactive exercises for trainings, scripts for training videos, legal practice guides, practice manuals, Q&A documents, tip sheets, checklists, sample filings, and other relevant documents on a broad range of immigration topics related to unaccompanied children, as well as the intersection of immigration and the child welfare system.
• Reviews and edits content created by other members of the team.
• Provides high quality legal technical assistance in response to individual requests.
• Leads training and technical assistance sessions.  
• Drives creation of an external portal for KIND partners by supervising the work of team members to organize, create, and update materials in the portal and maintain existing materials, and liaising with tech, communications, and Director of Training and Technical Assistance
• Oversees and drafts training and TA sections of funder reports as needed.
• Represents KIND at conferences, panels, and other meetings and public speaking events, in coordination with other KIND departments and in collaboration with partners.  
• Participating in hiring and performance evaluation processes for Training and TA staff members.
• Supervise Senior Attorney(s), Paralegal(s) as needed.

• J.D. and admitted to a local state bar. 
• Minimum of 7 years of experience practicing immigration law, which should include representation of clients in humanitarian immigration claims such as asylum, Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, U visas, and T visas. 
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with children, preferably immigrant and refugee children, and/or working with survivors of abuse, human trafficking, or other trauma. 
• Minimum of 2 years of experience supervising attorneys and non-attorney staff. 
• Program management experience, including implementing work plans, tracking deliverables, planning and development. 
• Experience formulating and presenting trainings and legal guidance and providing technical assistance on immigration law, policy, and procedure to lawyers, paralegals and others
• Experience working with a range of legal practitioners; experience with law firm or in-house corporate practitioners preferred. 
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (such as Teams, Excel, etc.).
• Ability to work collaboratively and multi-task in our KIND 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 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.
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Our Benefits

- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with KIND 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

KIND recognizes that our ability to help our clients starts with helping our team members. KIND has prioritized wellness for employees through Mindfulness and Wellness Trainings, Wellness Platforms, Employee Assistance and Resilience 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: KIND 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. KIND also conducts all interviews via telephone or video conference, and at no time will KIND 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/kind-employment-practices/.