CHIRLA

Advocates for immigrant rights and inclusion

Managing Attorney - Programs and Subcontract Administration, Psa

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

ContractSanta Ana, CA, USA$95k - $102.8k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

A Juris Doctor and active membership in the California State Bar or another state bar, with at least five years post-bar admission.
At least five years of experience in immigration law.
At least three years of direct-services experience in a nonprofit setting.
Experience training and mentoring staff, attorneys, and/or other professionals.
Experience working in, or demonstrated enthusiasm for leadership in, an interdisciplinary setting and developing programs and workplans.
Experience working with underserved and diverse populations.
Ability to travel to and visit CHIRLA offices and partner locations for events, audits, meetings, and services.
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, and ability to communicate with people at all organizational levels.
Experience providing in-person legal-services clinics with partner organizations, external vendors, and pro bono attorneys.
Ability to work early mornings, evenings, and Saturdays as needed during clinical or consultation times.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and integrity.
Ability to support CHIRLA fundraising goals, including the annual fundraising drive and GALA activities.

Responsibilities

Design and implement training for legal-service providers in the immigration field.
Cultivate relationships with partners to ensure current legal issues are understood and followed.
Update and oversee compliance-tracking systems to ensure internal and external partners fulfill contractual obligations.
Provide the Programs and Subcontract Administration team with status reports on internal and external partners’ performance.
Create, review, negotiate, and draft contracts and agreements, including subcontractor, service, consulting, and fee-for-service agreements, memoranda of understanding, and other legal documents on behalf of the organization as an administrator.
Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, and contractual obligations.
Draft, review, and revise program and administrative agreements and templates.
Manage the contract inventory.
Draft responses and potential internal strategies for contract disputes.
Draft policies, procedures, and timelines to support efficient workflows and task completion.
Assist with contract audits and recommend ways to mitigate risks based on audit results.
Prepare and lead internal and external program staff meetings, responses, and updates.
Design and deliver staff training to ensure internal policies and procedures are followed and daily partner compliance is tracked and recorded.
Collaborate with finance, data, policy, and other departments to ensure compliance with contractual obligations and provide status updates to the PSA Director.
Ensure subcontractors comply with contract terms and track due diligence.
Examine and evaluate new contracts and proposals for potential contract changes.
Assist the Director in maintaining a system to identify and report program compliance issues, complaints, concerns, questions, resolutions, and follow-up.
Draft and coordinate responses to compliance questions, concerns, and federal or state inquiries or investigations, including audits.
Manage workshops, community standards or practice training, legal technical assistance, and partner audits and site visits.
Represent the Director at meetings and committees.
Supervise, oversee, lead, and manage staff, including Managing Attorneys, Program Managers, Subcontractor Administrators, and Program Assistants, to ensure deliverables for government contracts and other funding sources are met.
Supervise departmental staff, review their work product, and ensure deadlines are met.
Conduct on-site supervision and visit branch offices as needed.
Conduct regular supervision meetings with staff.
Review staff files before submission to funders.
Conduct quarterly reviews of open and closed contract files.
Manage reporting for Performance and Quality Improvement.
Support implementation of new-hire onboarding and training plans so new staff understand their responsibilities and integrate into team workflows.
Mentor staff and serve as a resource for immigration-law questions.
Monitor funding sources and expenses.
Maintain relationships with current funders.
Update budgets, track program costs, and prepare quarterly and year-end reports for funding sources.
Manage billing, reporting, and documentation.

Desired Qualifications

Admission to practice and good standing in at least one U.S. state bar; California admission is preferred.
Project, team, or organizational management experience.
Experience training others on new immigration laws and regulations.
Serve as the internal contract-management expert.
Strong public-speaking skills.
Strong analytical skills.
Strong oral and written communication skills.
Sound judgment, high emotional intelligence, confidentiality, and collaborative conduct.
Ability to build positive working relationships with staff, members, and allies.
Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet last-minute deadlines.
Strong comprehension, analysis, and technical-writing skills, including the ability to explain complex funding and financial issues clearly to nontechnical audiences.
Experience collaborating with community organizations in the local geographic area.
Self-motivation, creativity, initiative, adaptability, and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team of advocates.
Proactive use of technology and systems to improve efficiency.
Commitment to CHIRLA’s mission of empowering low-income community groups.
Ability to relate successfully to community residents.

JOB POSTING -- Managing Attorney, Programs and Subcontract Administration (PSA)

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986. CHIRLA is a California leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA organizes and serves individuals, institutions and coalitions to build power, transform public opinions, and change policies to achieve full human, civil and labor rights. Guided by power, love and vision of our community, CHIRLA embraces and drives progressive social change.

POSITION DESCRIPTION:

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is seeking a Managing Attorney (PSA), this position will report to the Director of Programs and Subcontract Administration and will provide legal technical support and training, including oversight of the progress and reporting for a variety of programs, subcontracts and administration. This position will oversee the various aspects related to legal services programs. They will also collaboratively work with other attorneys on managing contracts, including government contracts, vendor and professional services agreements, events, and fee-for service contracts. This position will also work internally with other CHIRLA departments such as finance, data, and others to support and track projects and tasks relevant to the required contractual program obligations for CHIRLA.

The Managing Attorney (PSA) position will work with CHIRLA’s program Director, to provide legal support across a wide range of legal, regulatory, compliance, and ethical issues. Additionally, this position will track, supervise, and oversee subcontractors’ work progression and contract compliance to report to the various government agencies and partners with monthly and quarterly reporting.

The Managing Attorney (PSA) must be licensed, and possess a Juris Doctor from a reputable, accredited law school alongside experience with document review projects, and the review of complex, voluminous documents. A professional attitude and strong work ethic are required, alongside strong written and verbal communication skills, exceptional attention to detail, and organizational abilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:

Design and implement training for Legal Service providers in the immigration field.
Cultivate relationships with partners to ensure up-to-date legal issues are understood and followed.
Update and oversee compliance tracking systems to ensure all internal and external partners follow and complete contractual obligations.
Provide the Programs and Subcontract Administration team with status reports on internal and external partners’ performance.
Create, review, negotiate, and draft a broad range of contracts and agreements, including but not limited to subcontractor agreements, service agreements, consulting agreements, MOUs and other legal documents, on behalf of the organization as an administrator.
Ensure compliance with relevant regulations, statutes, and contractual obligations.
Draft, review, and revise program and administrative related agreements and templates.
Manage contract inventory
Draft responses and potential internal strategies to contract disputes.
Draft policies, procedures, and timelines to ensure efficient workflow and completion of tasks.
Assist with contract auditing and provide suggestions to mitigate risks based on auditing results.
Prepare and lead internal and external programs’ staff, meetings, responses, and updates.
Design and deliver training for staff members to ensure internal policies and procedures are followed and daily partner compliance is tracked and recorded.
Collaborate with other internal CHIRLA departments such as finance, data, policy, and others, to ensure compliance with relevant contractual obligations and report to our PSA director status updates.
Ensure subcontractors are abiding by contract terms and tracking due diligence.
Examine and evaluate the terms of new contracts and proposals for changes to contracts.
Assists Director in updating and maintaining a system for identifying and reporting program compliance issues, complaints, concerns, questions, resolution, and follow-up.
Draft and coordinate responses to identified compliance questions, concerns or federal/state inquiries or investigations, including audits
Manage all workshops, community standards or practice training, legal technical assistance and partner audit and site visits.
Represent the Director at meetings and committees

Staff Management:

Supervise, oversee, lead, and manage staff, including Managing Attorneys, Program Managers, Subcontractor Administrators, Program Assistants, etc. to ensure all are working at capacity to meet deliverables of all government contracts and other funding sources.
Supervise staff members within the Programs and Subcontract Administration Department, review their work product and ensure deadlines are timely met.
On-site supervision and visits the branch offices as needed.
Conduct regular supervision meetings with staff
Conduct review of staff files before submitted to funders
Conduct open and closed contract file review on a quarterly basis
Manage the reporting process for Performance and Quality Improvement
Support with implementation of new hire onboarding and training plans to ensure new staff understand their responsibilities and enter the teamwork flow seamlessly.
Mentor staff to create a safe space to learn and grow by being a resource for immigration law related questions.

Budget Management/Fund Sourcing:

Responsible for monitoring funding sources and expenses
Responsible for maintaining relationships with current funders
Responsible for updating budgets and tracking program costs and writing quarterly and year end reports for all funding sources.
Responsible for billing, reporting, and documentation

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Qualified applicants for this position should have a record of outstanding academic achievement, superior writing and analytical skills, relevant work experience and have demonstrated an interest in government contracts law. All applicants should have excellent writing and public speaking skills.

Required

JD and an active membership in the California State Bar or another State Bar with at least 5 years post bar admission.
A high level of integrity and the ability to maintain confidentiality
At least five years’ experience in immigration law
At least 3 or more years of direct services experience, in a nonprofit setting
Experienced training, mentoring staff, attorneys and/or other professionals required
Experience working within or demonstrated enthusiasm for leadership in an interdisciplinary setting and developing programs and workplans.
Must have experience working with underserved and diverse populations
Must be able to travel to and visit various CHIRLA offices belonging to partners for events, audits, meetings and services.
Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, along with ability to communicate with others at all levels of the organization.
Support CHIRLA’s fundraising goals including annual fundraising drive and GALA activities
Experience doing in-person legal services clinics with partner organizations, external vendors and pro-bono attorneys.
Must be flexible to work early morning, evenings and Saturdays during clinical/consultations times as needed.

Preferred

Admitted to practice and in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar (CA. preferred)
Project, team, or organizational management experience a plus
Training others in new legal immigration rules and regulations

Desired Traits or Characteristic

Serve as internal contract management expert
Excellent Public Speaking skills
Excellent analytical skills
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Excellent judgment, high emotional intelligence and ability to maintain confidentiality and act collaboratively
Ability to have positive working relationships with staff, members and allies
Ability to work effectively under pressure with last-minute deadlines
Exceptional skills in comprehension, analysis, and technical writing, including the ability to articulate and explain complex funding and financial issues in a clear, non-technical manner
Experience collaborating with community organizations in local geographic area
Highly self-motivated, creative, takes initiative, ability to learn quickly, flexible and able to work as part of an interdisciplinary team of advocates.
Proactive nature in using technology and systems to maximize efficiencies with tasks
Strong commitment to CHIRLA’s mission of empowering low-income community groups
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to successfully relate to community residents

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JOB TITLE: Managing Attorney, Programs and Subcontract Administration (PSA)

Salary & Benefits: $95,000 -- $102,752 CHIRLA offers a competitive salary based on qualifications and an excellent benefit package, which includes generous time off benefits, 401K Plan, health, dental and vision plans.

FLSA Classification: Exempt/Hourly, full-time regular

Classification: CHIRLA recognizes a staff bargaining unit affiliated with AFSCME District Council 36. This position is not included in CHIRLA’s bargaining unit and covered under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement.

REPORTS TO: Director of Programs and Subcontract Administration

CLOSING DATE OF THIS POSITION: Position will remain open until filled.

LOCATION: Santa Ana CA

CHIRLA is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit and administers all terms and conditions of employment, including recruitment, appointment, promotion, compensation, benefits, transfers, training and educational opportunities without regard to pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, genetic information as defined by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, race, religion or religious creed, color, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age (40 or older), sexual orientation, HIV/AIDS status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related disability, military or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. All such discrimination is unlawful. It also prohibits unlawful discrimination based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics. All such discrimination is unlawful.

Open Positions are available at: www.CHIRLA.org/Career Center use link -
Career Center - The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

All Applicants will be required to complete an Application for Employment prior to any scheduled interview.

About the Company

CHIRLA

Advocates for immigrant rights and inclusion

CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights) organizes and advocates for immigrant communities in California with a national influence. It works by mobilizing diverse immigrant families and individuals to act as agents of social change, focusing on policy advocacy, education, and community organizing to advance freedom of mobility, full human rights, and participatory democracy. CHIRLA differentiates itself through its grassroots coalitions and broad national impact, emphasizing inclusion, advocacy, and rights for immigrants rather than generic services. Its goal is to build a just society that fully includes immigrants and protects their rights.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $130K
Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA
Founded: 1986

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