Office Coordinator- Immigration Legal Services -2025796
About The Position
The Office Coordinator provides administrative and clerical support to all the functions of the World Relief Durham Immigration Legal Services Center (WRD - ILSC). WRD is a field office of World Relief and provides immigration-related legal services to residents of North Carolina, with special focus on those living in the Triangle area and its surrounding counties. WRD-ILC is a Department of Justice (DOJ) recognized legal service provider, and it offers direct representation and legal advice to primarily low-income immigrants regardless of their ethnicity, nationality, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, or gender expression. Please be advised that this position is contingent upon the availability of funding.
Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
- High school diploma or GED
- Bilingual: Spanish and English fluency in spoken and written Spanish, including the ability to professionally translate documents from Spanish to English and English to Spanish
- Proficient with Microsoft office, including Word, Outlook, and Excel
Nice To Haves
- 1+ year of work experience in an administrative position
- Ability to speak other languages besides English and Spanish
- Experience with immigration law in any setting
- Personal lived experience with immigration processes
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree
- Experience with LawLogix case management database
Responsibilities
- Facilitate in-person, telephone, or video intake of new clients, respond to telephone and email inquiries for services
- Provide reception to immigrants and other visitors to the office
- Facilitate client communication regarding case updates, requests for new services, and referrals to other programs/legal counsel or agencies
- Open, distribute and process incoming mail and prepare outgoing mailings
- Prepare invoices and/or collect payments for WRD-ILS service fees and service agreements for legal consultations and processes
- Schedule in person and Zoom video appointments between clients and legal practitioner
- Help in preparing immigration application forms and related case materials in consultation with accredited staff
- Translate documents from Spanish to English and English to Spanish
- Assist staff members in organizing case files, including scanning files to computer database
- Input case-related information into the computer database
- Assist staff members in proposed or assigned projects
- Assist with improvement of internal administrative systems
- Prepare and distribute promotional materials
- Other duties as assigned by supervisor
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Employee discount program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
