Student Veterans of America Jobs

Welcome to SVA’s jobs portal, your one-stop shop for finding the most up to date source of employment opportunities. We have partnered with the National Labor Exchange to provide you this information. You may be looking for part-time employment to supplement your income while you are in school. You might be looking for an internship to add experience to your resume. And you may be completing your training ready to start a new career. This site has all of those types of jobs.

Here are a few things you should know:
  • This site is mobile friendly. You do not need a log-in or password to access information.
  • Jobs on this site are original and unduplicated and come from three sources: the Federal government, state workforce agency job banks, and corporate career websites. All jobs are vetted to ensure there are no scams, training schemes, or phishing.
  • The site is refreshed daily to remove out-of-date content.
  • The newest jobs are listed first, so use the search features to match your interests. You can look for jobs in a specific geographical location, by title or keyword, or you can use the military crosswalk. You may want to do something different from your military career, but you undoubtedly have skills from that occupation that match to a civilian job.

Job Information

Journey's End Refugee Services Office for New Americans (ONA) Staff Attorney in Ithaca, New York

Job Description: Reporting to the Supervising Attorney, the ONA Staff Attorney will assist in carrying out ONA grant objectives and will work to advance the mission of Journey’s End Refugee Services. ONA Staff Attorney will provide outreach, direct immigration legal services, naturalization application review, legal clinics, legal consultation days, community information sessions, Know Your Rights presentations, referrals, and technical legal assistance to ONA Opportunity Centers and other organizations across the counties of the Southern Tier. The Southern Tier region includes Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Delaware, Schuyler, Steuben, Tioga, and Tompkins Counties. This position will primarily operate out of the Southern Tier, such as Ithaca or Binghamton.The ONA Staff Attorney must exemplify Journey’s End’s core values in their work. These values include intercultural responsiveness, integrity, person-centered, empowerment, and exemplary service.Job Responsibilities • Provide direct affirmative and defensive immigration legal representation to the immigrant populations of the Southern Tier. • Conduct review of naturalization application completion process of Department of Justice (DOJ) Accredited ONA Opportunity Centers in the Southern Tier. • Develop, sustain, and grow meaningful partnerships with local community groups to organize and host events. • Organize and attend legal consultation days, legal clinics, community information sessions, and Know Your Rights presentations at ONA Opportunity Centers and partner agencies across the Southern Tier. • Respond to immigration law questions from ONA Opportunity Centers, other immigrant service providers, and individuals in need of immigration assistance in the region. • Develop and distribute a list of resources for referrals on programs and services available to new Americans. • Conduct widespread community outreach and coordinate with other ONA projects, including participation in monthly New York State Department of State/ONA webinars. • Other duties as assigned.Qualifications Applicants must: • Be admitted and remain in good standing of the bar of the highest court of any state in the country or U.S. territory • Be able and willing to travel extensively to all counties throughout the Southern Tier • Be able and willing to travel to Buffalo, NY when necessary as part of client representation or as required by supervisor • Be able and willing to travel to Journey’s End’s office in Buffalo, NY for mandatory staff training and events • Possess ability to be part of a dedicated team of talented individuals • Possess strong communication (written and oral) and advocacy skills• Candidates that have three or more years of experience as an attorney, two or more years of immigration law experience, and the ability to communicate in a language other than English are preferred.Full-time Benefits include:  * 10% employer retirement contribution * Health, vision, dental, & life insurance * Hybrid work schedule * Generous paid time off (up to 4 weeks within first year) * 12 paid holidays * $1,000 employer HSA contribution

Minimum Salary: 67,500 Maximum Salary: 67,500 Salary Unit: Yearly

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