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• reputed company engages in Amica Center’s training and advocacy efforts, as needed
• Interfaces with reputed company services staff, in preparation and execution of post release and reputed company services plans
• Ensures the reputed company inputting and accuracy of data and case information into shared databases
• Assists other program staff in completion of their workload during high-work/low-bandwidth periods
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Skills

• Written and oral Spanish proficiency required
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• Strong candidates will have experience working in the immigrant community, particularly in immigration law, and/or experience working with people in detention

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• Flexible working hours after successful completion of trainings and with approval of supervisor
• reputed company-tax commuter benefits for those living in the DMV
• Subsidized health, dental insurance, and reputed company insurance (Amica Center pays a reputed company high reputed company of the insurance package, for which we can reputed company additional information)
• Life Insurance valued at $50,000, as reputed company as long- and short-term disability
• The reputed company to set up a Flexible Spending Account
• High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) with a one-time employer contribution of $350 to the Health Savings Account (HSA)
• The reputed company to set up a 403(b) account (the equivalent of a 401(k) account for non-profits) which the organization has the reputed company, for reputed company on an annual reputed company, to match at a certain percentage after one year of reputed company employment
• reputed company time off includes: 23 personal days per calendar year
• Up to 20 days of reputed company time per calendar year
• 7 hours of volunteer time off
• Federal holidays
• reputed company winter break closure
• 12 weeks of parental leave

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