Immigration Program Manager

The Arab American Association of New York (AAANY) is a 501(c)(3) not for profit social service organization located in Brooklyn, New York. Our mission is to support and empower the Arab immigrant community by providing services that will help them to adjust to their new homeland and become active members of American society. Our aim is for families to achieve the ultimate goals of independence, productivity, and stability.

 Immigration Program Manager will manage AAANY's immigration program and staff  members, including attorneys and immigration navigators to ensure clients are provided  with superior service and care. This includes: 

• Managing a staff of immigration navigators, caseworkers, legal interns and paralegals and working closely with supervising attorneys
• Ensuring AAANY's goals are being met at developing and deepening the Associations  relationships with like-minded organizations and program funders. 
• Understanding and responding to the emerging immigration needs of the community  AAANY serves. 
• Coordinating town halls and know-your-rights workshops with the Advocacy department; anything immigration justice related. 
• Processing applications, including screenings from intake to submission for clients  eligible for immigration benefits including: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals,  Temporary Protected Status (TPS), naturalization, permanent resident card renewals, and  other. 
• Participating and coordinating large scale screening events both in person and virtual and making appropriate referrals Creating  and maintaining physical and electronic case files, including managing and documenting  correspondence with clients and other agencies. 
• Managing data entry in internal and external data management systems and assisting  with generating reports  
• Supporting other immigration and caseworker staff as needed 
• Cataloging and communicating program indicators and success stories for grant reporting and  presentations to organizational stakeholders. 
• Supporting for city and state grant reports and grant writing for the department
• Attending any and all site visits and communicating with partners and funders for the department 
• Attending immigration testimonies before City hall
• Other duties as assigned

Full-time employees also receive 15 days of paid vacation, also eight personal days, eight sick days, fifteen paid holidays, as well, AAANY will be closed for 1 week for summer break . In addition, the employee is expected to contribute 4% of their pre-tax income to their monthly premium. AAANY will cover the remainder of the individual premium. Any additional insured will be paid by the employee. Only employees who opt in to AAANY’s group policy are eligible for dental & vision coverage.