Pro Bono Program Supervisor

JOB TITLE:	PRO BONO PROGRAM SUPERVISOR
SUPERVISOR:	DIRECTOR OF LEGAL SERVICES
PROGRAM:	LEGAL SERVICES; LEGAL ADVOCACY & OUTREACH DIVISION
STATUS:	FULL-TIME, NON-EXEMPT
LOCATION:	PHILADELPHIA, PA (HYBRID)
PAY TYPE:	SALARY
SALARY RANGE:	COMMENSURATE WITH EXPERIENCE

HIAS Pennsylvania’s Mission: Driven by the Jewish value of welcoming the stranger, HIAS Pennsylvania provides legal services to immigrants and refugees from all backgrounds to assure their fair treatment and full integration into American Society.

HIAS Pennsylvania's Legal Advocacy and Outreach Division: This division of our legal team seeks to ensure broad access to the most up-to-date information about immigration law and practice. We accomplish this through direct outreach to various immigrant communities and immigrant serving organizations. This division also recruits and trains pro bono attorneys with the goal of increasing immigration legal representation.

Pro Bono Supervisor: The Pro Bono Supervisor will lead the development and monitoring of pro bono work across the agency’s Legal Services Division. This position will be responsible for managing all aspects of our pro bono work in collaboration with our legal services program. The ideal candidate will have several years of immigration law experience and be ready to provide mentoring support to pro bono attorneys handling various types of immigration cases. The candidate must have strong presentation and organizational skills in order to facilitate training and ensure clear communication between the agency and outside stakeholders.

Core Responsibilities:

Recruitment

• Recruit and maintain an ongoing panel of pro bono volunteers for case referrals;
• Support the development of strong pro bono relationships between law firms, companies, members of the private bar, and HIAS PA;
• Liaise with law firms, AILA pro bono attorneys, AILA pro bono committee members, and others to understand interests of potential pro bono volunteers.

Training

• Prepare and facilitate substantive legal training to current and potential pro bono volunteers.
• Create and update training materials (manuals, videos, resource guides) for pro bono volunteers.
• Ensure training offered are properly accredited for Pennsylvania CLE credits and issue Pennsylvania CLE credits tri-annually.
• Maintain the agency’s accreditation status for the purposes of issuing Pennsylvania CLE credits to pro bono attorneys;

Mentoring

• Triage questions and issues with individual cases raised by pro bono volunteers.
• Seek technical assistance from HIAS PA attorneys where needed.
• Monitor immigration legal landscape and provide updates to current pro bono volunteers and coordinators to alert them to legal developments that may impact their clients.
• Disseminate practical legal advice from the immigration bar (AILA Philadelphia, national listservs) to all or select pro bono volunteers as applicable.

Case Management

• Develop and maintain a system for recording and tracking active pro bono attorneys and cases.
• Maintain detailed records of referrals made to pro bono attorneys and volunteers.
• Track progress on cases referred to pro bono volunteers to ensure provision of quality legal services.
• Ensure proper usage and maintenance of HIAS PA’s case management system and volunteer databases as it relates to the agency’s pro bono work.
• Award CLE credit through PACLE and ASAP/Nexus databases.

Agency Initiatives

• Assist in developing and staffing legal clinics.
• Actively participate in HIAS PA’s Development and Communications activities as relevant to pro bono relationships.
• Maintain accurate data and statistics regarding pro bono attorneys, hours worked, number of clients served, etc. to respond to internal and external inquiries, grant proposals etc.
• Contribute to Community Engagement events as needed (i.e. Tikkun event, Thanksgiving event, etc.).