MILA Program Manager

Mixteco Indigena Community Organizing Project • Oxnard, CA

7d • $26 - $30 • Onsite

About The Position

MICOP’s Immigration Legal Assistance Program (MILA) was developed in 2018 to provide immigration legal assistance to Indigenous (i.e., Mixteco, Zapotec, and Purépecha) and Spanish-speaking community members across Ventura and Santa Barbara counties. Services include assisting clients with immigration legal applications including DACA, citizenship and other immigration legal services. Additionally, MILA can provide removal defense, such as bond, prosecutorial discretion and other defensive representation in Immigration Court, as well as assist with Special Immigrant Juveniles Status and asylum applications. The MILA team assists unaccompanied minors and their guardians with Office of Refugee and Resettlement concerns, and works closely with local law enforcement agencies. In addition to providing legal assistance to residents in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, MILA provides immigration outreach and education services, including Know Your Rights workshops, to the Indigenous immigrant community in the region reaching thousands each year in-person and through our social media and online platforms. The MILA Program Manager provides essential supervision and management of the MILA program.

Requirements

• Excellent organization and time management skills
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a multicultural and multilingual work environment
• Self-starter and ability to work along but also lead group discussions and activities to determine needed functionality.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills, including the experience and ability to interact with staff, government and community-based organization partners
• Excellent writing and editing skills with the ability to prepare a wide array of written materials as needed.
• General understanding of US immigration law, and a willingness to learn.
• Strong computer skills with proficiency in Google Suite, MS Office tools and demonstrated experience working with databases
• Ability to work with sub-contracting agencies as a team lead and provide support (technical and programmatic) as necessary.
• Ability to manage and supervise the MILA team working at MICOP offices in different regions.
• Attention to detail.
• Bilingual Spanish and English required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience reporting to government agencies, foundations, or nonprofits is a plus.
• Experience with program budgets, invoicing and generating expense reports is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and supervise MILA program in Oxnard and Santa Maria, ensuring program goals, reporting and invoicing is complete within the grant/contract period.
• Assist in recruitment of volunteers, interns and provide supervision of support staff.
• Manage expense reports, support grant application and contract invoicing.
• Provide support to the MILA team to prioritize workload, maintain up-to-date confidential records, and complete any other administrative functions.
• Responsive to contract, reporting or other requests by State as required.
• Provide regular reports on MILA’s program to MICOP’s executive team, including successes and challenges requiring attention.
• Other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level