The Senior Immigration Paralegal (Global Legal Specialist) will be responsible for providing support to the Immigration attorneys. This person functions as the team resource for clients.
Responsibilities:
- Preparation of H-1B, L-1, O-1, TN, E-1/E-2 and all other types of visa petitions.
- Preparation of PERM labor certification cases.
- Manage a broad global visa program.
- Coordinate with global mobility vendors to coordinate and/or prepare visa and work permit applications in foreign jurisdictions.
- Keep team informed of global immigration and government updates.
- Prepare and file business and employment-related immigration documentation.
- Extensive communication with government agencies and clients.
- Own the client relationship and provide a high level of client service, ensuring customer satisfaction at all times.
- Troubleshoot and have direct contact with clients on procedures and strategy.
- Effectively manage client team, including workload, productivity, onboarding, training, development, etc.
- Regularly review client-facing and internal reports to monitor case activity and new case initiations.
- Assign cases to junior paralegals.
- Assist on special projects as assigned.
- Assume additional responsibilities as requested.
- This role requires 60% in office presence; remote work is permissible 40% of the time.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree required.
- 6+ years of business immigration experience in a law firm setting.
- Experience in Global Mobility including vendor coordination and expatriate assignments.
- Must have outstanding case management skills.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to motivate, train, and develop staff.
- Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and administrative skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to execute through to completion.
- Demonstrated ability to use timekeeping applications by consistently entering billable time accurately, with detailed narratives, and in a timely manner in compliance with firm-wide time entry policies to ensure ethical and efficient billing practices.
- Creative problem-solving skills, reasoning ability and logical thought process.
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritize competing demands and meet various deadlines.
- Demonstrated ability to professionally interact and collaborate with colleagues at all levels.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Outstanding sense of customer service.
- Enthusiastic, proactive and positive attitude.
- Ability to handle confidential matters with discretion.
- Must be self-motivated to produce quality work.
- High level of integrity and honesty.
- Excellent computer skills, including proficiency in using Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Zoom. Ability to quickly get up to speed and master new applications and software is critical.
- Flexibility to work overtime when necessary.
This job description is a general description of the types of responsibilities that are required of an individual in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of the responsibilities, duties and skills that may be required for this job.
The salary range for this position in Boston is $89,000-103,000. This position is bonus eligible. Mintz offers a comprehensive benefits package.
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