The Immigration Advocates Network (www.immigrationadvocates.org), an innovative collaboration between 11 leading immigration advocacy and legal support providers and Pro Bono Net, seeks a highly motivated candidate to join our team. This position will provide day-to-day support for web-based projects that serve a range of audiences, including nonprofit immigration advocates, pro bono attorneys, and low-income immigrants. The Program Associate will be an employee of Pro Bono Net and based in New York City.

Responsibilities

National Directory Project

• Assist with the development and support of a new online directory of nonprofit immigration legal services providers
• Work with IAN partners and nonprofit immigration legal services programs to ensure thatthe directory data is up-to-date

Content Coordination

• Work with IAN staff and partners to research and post immigration-related content, including news, trainings/events, practice alerts, and substantive materials on immigration law and policy
• Assist IAN staff with the development of web-based multimedia, including podcasts, videos, and webinars

Outreach and Member Support

• Work with IAN staff to support marketing and outreach to new members
• Help to coordinate e-communication vehicles, including monthly calendars, weekly email updates, and a quarterly e-newsletter
• Support social networking initiatives
• Review and approve new members
• Provide regular customer support to members
• Compile and analyze Web usage statistics and other evaluation data

Project Administration/Support

• Support project administration, including taking minutes during partner and committee calls and coordinating logistics for a yearly convening of our partners
• Support IAN staff with fundraising activities, including research and data collection for grant proposals and reports to funders
• Coordinate and support other activities and projects as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience required;
• Strong self-motivation and initiative required;
• Flexibility to adapt to changing needs required;
• Demonstrated interest in social justice issues required; strong interest and/or experience in immigrants’ rights preferred;
• Breadth of knowledge of and interest in web-based tools and standards such as HTML, Content Management Systems, online multimedia (podcasts, video, etc.), RSS and social media, as well as an interest in emerging web technology preferred;
• Demonstrated ability to work well with people and coordinate team projects required;
• Demonstrated multi-tasking and prioritization skills required;
• Proficiency in Spanish preferred;
• Sense of humor required.

Pro Bono Net is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Email resume and cover letter to jobs@immigrationadvocates.org with “Program Associate” in the subject heading. No calls please. Only short-list candidates will be contacted.

Pro Bono Net is a national nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City. We work in close partnership with nonprofit legal organizations across the United States and Canada, to increase access to justice for the millions of poor people who face legal problems every year without help from a lawyer. We do this by (i) supporting the innovative and effective use of technology by the nonprofit legal sector, (ii) increasing participation by volunteers, and (iii) facilitating collaborations among nonprofit legal organizations and advocates working on similar issues or in the same region. For more information about Pro Bono Net, visit www.probono.net.

The Immigration Advocates Network (IAN) is a collaborative project of the ABA Commission on Immigration, ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, ASISTA, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc., Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, National Immigration Law Center, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, Pro Bono Net, and The Advocates for Human Rights. For more information about IAN, visit www.immigrationadvocates.org.