Bilingual Legal Assistant Jobs

Bilingual Legal Assistant
Hogar Immigrant Services - Legal

Full-Time (non-exempt)
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Primary Office:6301 Little River Turnpike, Suite 300, Alexandria, VA

• Process incoming case-related correspondence
• Manage maintenance of Hogar’s client files and maintain record-keeping per agency policies
• Assist with processing new client consultations scheduled through Hogar’s online scheduling and payment system – entering client information into Hogar’s online case management software, sending contracts and other forms for client signatures, creating client intake folders when necessary, and following up with clients before appointments as needed
• Assist attorneys and DOJ accredited representatives with preparing family-based and/or humanitarian immigration application forms
• Make daily trips to the post office and process, stamp, scan, and distribute incoming mail
• Contact clients to follow up on case matters and return phone calls to clients on behalf of attorneys and DOJ accredited representatives
• Photocopy files and paperwork for attorneys and DOJ accredited representatives
• Close client files per file closing procedures and draft client closing letters, as needed

• Cover Hogar’s front desk as needed, including answering phone calls, returning voicemails, and attending to walk-in clients
• Assist with coordinating and managing volunteer translators, and complete document translations, as needed
• Assist Hogar’s Business Manager with answering and returning phone calls, filing, and taking client payments, as needed
• Oversee the daily work of administrative volunteers as necessary
• Provide referrals to clients for non-legal services as needed

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively to manage a substantial workload with deadline pressures
• Ability to handle and maintain confidential information
• Regular access to a vehicle required for transportation to and from government agencies and workshop or other community events
• Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment and multi-task
• Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft Office 2007 or later
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail
• Competence in communicating and interacting with others of diverse cultural, geographic, and economic backgrounds in a professional and compassionate manner, including interacting with individuals experiencing substantial levels of emotional, physical, financial, or other hardship

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience
• Fluency in Spanish (speaking and writing) required
• Two or more years’ experience working in a law firm or nonprofit organization preferred

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.