Staff Attorney ; Tacoma, WA - Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) seeks a bilingual full-time Staff Attorney to work in the Detained Immigrant Advocates (DIA) unit based out of our Tacoma office. English and Spanish fluency is preferred, and additional languages are welcomed. The applicant must be able to start the position as soon as possible.

As a staff attorney, you will offer direct representation, individual consultations, and group presentations to our community members detained at the Northwest ICE Processing Center (NWIPC), located in Tacoma, Washington.

This is an exempt, salaried position, and the minimum annual salary for licensed candidates with no experience is $84,002.81. Salaries increase for staff attorneys with specific experience. T he current maximum salary, based on 40 years of experience, is $ annually.

NWIRP is proud to be a unionized employer, and this full-time position is covered by NWIRP’s Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). The generous benefits under this agreement currently include:

Fully paid health, vision and dental plans for employee-level coverage with employer-funded HRA and HSA options;

FSA and Dependent Care accounts;

Automatic, employer contribution of 3% to 403(b) retirement plan (without requiring employee contributions);

Generous paid health-related leave (12 days per year);

14 paid Holidays with the ability to float 5 holidays;

Employer-paid disability, life, AD&D and long-term care insurance;

Eligibility to earn compensatory time;

Opportunities for paid professional development;

Subsidized transit pass is available for the Tacoma office; and