Job Title: Paralegal
PVN ID: VU-2311-005993
Category: Instruction and Social Service
Location: OFFICE OF SR VC FOR UNIVERSITY RELATIONS

Job Description

General Description

Under the supervision of the Staff Attorney, the Paralegal provides support to immigrants within citizenship and immigration law matters. They will provide direct support to participants seeking varying types of immigration relief. They will demonstrate good research, investigative, counseling and interviewing skills. They have knowledge of immigration laws, concepts, practices, forms and procedures within the field. Additionally, they will coordinate office services, such as case management, records retention, and office supplies management and ensure that clients who visit the base office are properly served and that the rendered services are accurately recorded.

 

Other Duties

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Prepare immigration applications/petitions and draft affidavits on behalf of participants
  • Work with clients to gather information and documentation
  • Provide information and assistance to clients and callers, referring cases to Staff Attorney when appropriate
  • Prepare written case notes for clients seen
  • Follow office procedures on case management
  • Submit all cases to attorneys for case review
  • Plan and schedule client appointments and follow-up visits
  • Ensures timely delivery of monthly and quarterly reports on clients served at the center
  • Organize and maintain client paper and electronic files
  • Ensure that the client receives the Participant Registration Form and Declaration of Understanding and both forms are completed prior to consultation
  • Maintain shared appointment calendar with staff attorney
  • Assist with other administrative tasks, as needed

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree and 2 years relevant experience in immigration law
  • Commitment to protecting the rights of low-income immigrants is strongly desired
  • Flexibility to commute in the NYC area
  • Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems in a courteous and professional manner
  • Skilled to document and identify appropriate immigration laws to the supervising attorney and to understand legal terminology
  • Excellent writing, verbal, and computer skills
  • Able to establish priorities, work independently, and proceed with objectives without supervision
  • The ideal candidate must be detail-oriented, highly flexible, and self-motivated
  • Willing to participate in one Saturday citizenship application event each month
  • Fluency in a second language (Spanish preferred)

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Cuny Citizenship Now
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$35,000.00 - $38,220.00
Closing Date
Jan 30, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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