Director, Training & Technical Assistance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Provide strategic, programmatic, and team leadership for CLINIC's training, affiliate technical assistance, and support initiatives.

• Lead and oversee a team of immigration legal professionals.

• Convert organizational priorities, affiliate and network requirements, grant obligations, and emerging challenges into actionable plans, ownership, timelines, deliverables, and measurable outcomes.

• Direct annual technical assistance planning in alignment with organizational priorities, affiliate requirements, grant obligations, and the strategic plan.

• Supervise, mentor, develop, and hold staff accountable for their performance.

• Manage the operational plan and budget for technical assistance, including performance metrics, spending, staffing capacity, sustainability, and continuity.

• Oversee the identification of training and technical assistance requirements.

• Set strategic direction and annual priorities for training sessions.

• Oversee the creation, review, updating, and quality assurance of immigration law and program management training materials and resources.

• Direct legal and program management technical assistance to CLINIC affiliates.

• Establish and monitor coverage, assignment, escalation, referral, and quality assurance systems.

• Conduct trainings, facilitate sessions, and provide technical assistance as needed.

• Lead the programmatic implementation of technical assistance grants and monitor work plans, deliverables, metrics, budgets, timelines, and outcomes.

• Participate in grant development and renewal processes.

• Monitor grant and project performance, taking corrective actions or escalating issues as necessary.

• Ensure timely programmatic grant reporting and documentation.

• Identify cross-sectional dependencies and coordinate shared projects and initiatives.

• Collaborate with the Communications team to promote training sessions, resources, and technical assistance.

• Prepare reports, publications, presentations, board or management materials, and organizational communications.

• Represent CLINIC as a speaker and facilitator at training sessions, conferences, meetings, media opportunities, and external engagements.

• Report significant grant achievements, risks, deliverables, capacity concerns, and decisions to the Chief Program Officer.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree or current/former Department of Justice (DOJ) accreditation.

• Minimum of ten years of experience in nonprofit immigration legal services.

• At least five years of management, supervisory, and/or program leadership experience in the nonprofit immigration legal services field.

• Proven ability to translate broad organizational goals and complex concepts into priorities, actionable plans, clear ownership, timelines, and measurable outcomes.

• Strong understanding of immigration legal services and the operational and program management requirements of nonprofit immigration programs.

• Demonstrated experience in supervising and developing highly skilled professional staff.

• Proven ability to manage complex projects and grant-funded programs, including work plans, deliverables, metrics, reporting, budgets, timelines, and cross-functional dependencies.

• Exceptional public speaking, training, facilitation, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Proven ability to lead effectively through complexity and change.

• Ability to lead collaboratively across teams and departments.

• Capability to maintain confidentiality in personnel, organizational, legal, and policy matters.

• Willingness to travel occasionally.

• Knowledge of and support for CLINIC's mission, vision, values, policies, procedures, confidentiality standards, and code of ethical behavior.

• Submission of a resume and cover letter is required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity and diversity.

• Occasional travel for trainings, meetings, conferences, and other organizational needs.