Subject Matter Expert, Afghan Community ON-CALL

This is an On-Call position. Hours will be flexible based on needs. The Subject Matter Expert, Legal Services for Afghans, is an individual contributor who will be responsible for supporting capacity building activities and language needs on a national technical assistance project. The goal of the project is to support and enable legal representation to eligible Afghan arrivals across the U.S. and expand the legal community's skills and capacity to provide immigration legal support to this population.

The position will contribute expertise and/or lived experience from the Afghan community related to support and/or legal services for eligible Afghan arrivals. Expertise will inform outreach to eligible Afghans, development and delivery of resources and tools for legal service providers and Afghans, and assessment tools and strategies to gather feedback from eligible Afghans.

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design, development, and implementation of products, resources, and training materials for eligible Afghans and legal service providers.
• Contribute to the development of outreach messaging and strategies for eligible Afghans.
• Support development and dissemination of assessment tools and strategies to elicit feedback from eligible Afghans.
• Review and inform content and strategy through a cultural lens for relevancy and applicability to the Afghan community.
• Provide accurate, impartial, professional and confidential interpretation in Dari and Pashto when needed.
• Provide input on Dari and Pashto translations to help ensure accuracy and accessibility for the Afghan population.
• Support the audio recordings of content in Dari, Pashto, and English for multimedia products.

Basic Qualifications:

• 1 year of experience providing or supporting the provision of refugee, asylum, and/or legal services to the Afghan community.
• Must be able to pass a Public Trust clearance.
• Must have resided in the U.S. or U.S. territories for 3 of the last 5 years (for non-US citizens)

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Native to Afghanistan, fluent in Dari and/or Pashto
• Fluency in Afghan culture, customs, and norms
• 4+ years of work providing refugee, asylum, and/or legal services to the Afghan community
• Experience working with social service organizations serving immigrant and refugee populations
• Experience developing communications, messaging, products, resources, trainings, and tools for capacity building or technical assistance, as well as conducting research and compiling resource lists
• Experience and interest in doing voiceover work for audio recordings
• Experience performing outreach to and engaging with Afghan populations and communities
• Experience with state and federal policies and procedures, working on complex systems, and building relationships with a wide array of stakeholders

Professional Skills:

• Strong oral and written communication skills in English, Dari, and/or Pashto
• Ability to work well both individually and in a team environment
• Proficiency in MS Office Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Teams) and MS SharePoint
• Ability to be flexible and handle multiple priorities
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information

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$39,435.00 - $67,040.00

Nationwide Remote Office (US99)