Attorney 1 /REDMOND, WA (Remote)- 7 Months Contract

Job Title: Attorney 1 Location: REDMOND, WA (Remote) Required Skills Job Description• Candidate Location Requirements: Remote, REDW-D • If hybrid, # of days contractor will be required to work onsite: 5 days a week onsite • Daily Schedule & OT estimate: M-F, Standard core hours, 5 OT • Chance for Extension (Y/N): Yes • Equipment or Software Required: Suppliers to provide the laptop, mouse, headset, and 2 computer monitors. • Attestation Required/Type (if applicable): No. • Motivators for this need: This role has been opened due to net new position and finding someone with the right skillset is the most important. Typical Day in the Role • Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is to work on employment-based immigration. • Key projects: This role will contribute to supporting high volume U.S. business immigration operations including petition review, I-9, e-mail response support, and ensuring legal compliance with daily filings. • Typical task breakdown and operating rhythm: The role will consist of - • Use U.S. immigration legal knowledge to ensure daily workflow targets are completed and maintain integrity of the onsite case preparation program. • Train admins on USCIS filings, USCIS document processing, and PERM job postings, assist with daily admin questions, and review work product to ensure legal accuracy and quality. • Assist with root cause analysis and resolution for legal and operational issues. • Identify and propose legal process improvement ideas to increase legal quality, improve employee experience, streamline workflow, and build operational resiliency. • Complete remote and onsite legal review of filings. • Address legal questions that arise related to I-9 completion and E-Verify. • Support complex E-Verify issue resolution. • Train and monitor admins who support I-9 reverification. • Assist managers with understanding PERM requirements and obligations during applicant review • Respond to emails from visa dependent employees on topics including visa and green card eligibility, travel, and maintenance of status. Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition • What makes this role interesting? - This role provides the opportunity to have broader business immigration experience. • Unique Selling Points: The team is cutting edge on their operations piece of immigration. Will gain experience in how to manage to that high-volume and how to structure. Candidate Requirements • Years of Experience Required - 1+ overall years of experience in the field. • Degrees or certifications required - Juris Doctor (JD), a Law Degree from a credible university and admission to the bar degree is required to be eligible for this role. • Disqualifiers - Candidates that do not have main requirements will not be eligible for the role. • Best vs. Average - The ideal resume would contain a high-volume experience. • Performance Indicators - Performance will be assessed based on Errors and speed. Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience 1. 1+ Year of Immigration experience (some sort) - Business would be great, but they need to have something even if its family based. 2. JD degree 3. NA - Must have the first two. Hard Skills Assessments • Expected Dates that Hard Skills Assessments will be scheduled: ASAP. • Hard Skills Assessment Process: The assessment process will include 1 round. • Required Candidate Preparation: N/A Summary: The main function of an Attorney is to research legal precedent, investigating facts, or preparing legal documents. A typical Attorney is responsible for conducting research to support a legal proceeding, formulate a defense or to initiate legal action. Review of non-immigrant and immigrant visa filings. Require a Law Degree from a credible university and admission to the bar. 1 plus year of immigration experience, preferably in employment-based immigration, but will also accept family-based immigration experience. Normal rhythm of business with petition review. Coming into a busy time of the year based on volume increase. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job