Bilingual Immigration Legal Services Administrative Assistant - 2025242
New Yesterday
POSITION SUMMARY:
Is social justice important to you? Consider joining our immigrant serving agency by using your administrative gifts that will give you assurance that your work contributes to changing people's lives. This position is the first face and voice with whom immigrants in our community will interact and you can help make sure they are received with welcome and dignity. This position will offer administrative clerical support for the World Relief Chicagoland’s Immigration Legal Services (ILS) department. The position is based in the DuPage (Carol Stream) office mainly. This position must be filled by someone who is completely bilingual in English and Spanish both spoken and written.
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Facilitate in-person and telephone intake of new and existing clients
Schedule client appointments and administer reminder texts and phone calls
Answer and screen all incoming phone calls for the DuPage office and direct appropriately
Collect payment from ILS clients and issue receipts and invoices
Prepare weekly income reports and send those to the ILS finance person
Manage/direct outgoing and incoming mail for ILS staff
Assist with prompt filing and data entry of all correspondence from the government and communicate pertinent information to the appropriate client and/or ILS Legal Representative
Provide additional administrative support to ILS Legal Representatives as needed
Maintain adequate office supplies for the department and coordinate orders when necessary
Manage the closed ILS case files by coordinating the scanning and uploading to ILS case database
Spanish/English document translation as needed
Participate in bi-monthly ILS department meetings, with one in person meeting, usually held Wednesday afternoons in the DuPage (Carol Stream) office
Train and oversee administrative interns and volunteers to assist with administrative tasks
Participate in off-site citizenship clinics 4-5 times per year on Saturday mornings
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
Mature and personal Christian faith
Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs , , and
Cross-cultural experience including cross-cultural communication skills
Ability to handle a large call volume
Excellent problem-solving skills and flexibility to work in a frequently changing environment
Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
Strong self-starter skills and a desire to learn and grow
Fluency in Spanish and English is required, including proficiency in both spoken and written forms. The candidate must be able to translate documents between Spanish and English.
Priority is given to applicants willing to make a multi-year commitment
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word & Excel
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Strong inter-personal and cross-cultural communication skills exercised through previous cross-cultural experience
Adaptability in the midst of constant change
Committed to welcome the immigrant community, the general public, and other staff
Highly organized and a willingness to multitask
Associates degree preferred
$21 - $23 an hourWorld Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health. *** Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Location:
- Carol Stream
- Job Type:
- PartTime