Detainee Rights Project Lead (Hybrid, Travel)

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota; Saint Paul (MN); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Earned sick time

Holiday leave

Paid family & medical leave

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota is seeking a Detainee Rights Project Lead to coordinate responses to ICE detention, building relationships with the Community Defense Team, partners, and detention facilities; oversee visits, trainings, and referrals.

The role involves regular travel across Minnesota detention centers, strong collaboration, and leadership of project staff; offering hybrid work with in-office collaboration and travel.

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating large projects with multiple partners.
• Experience with government entities, preferred.
• Ability to travel to detention facilities to meet with partner agencies.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and SharePoint.
• Ability to learn case management systems such as LegalServer.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead point of contact for detention centers and partners on this project.
• Coordinate detention center visits and plan in-person detention center visit schedule for presentations and consultations.
• Advocate for expanded legal services within the detention centers through relationship building with leadership and staff on site.
• Travel to detention centers to present Know Your Rights and other topics.
• Lead and coordinate MN Detention Project meetings and be ILCM point of contact for collaboration.

Skills

Project coordination

Government liaison

Travel ability

Microsoft Office

Case management

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

SharePoint

Teams

LegalServer

Job description

Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota is seeking a Detainee Rights Project Lead to coordinate responses to ICE detention, building relationships with the Community Defense Team, partners, and detention facilities; oversee visits, trainings, and referrals.

The role involves regular travel across Minnesota detention centers, strong collaboration, and leadership of project staff; offering hybrid work with in-office collaboration and travel.