Job o' the Day: Director of Policy at National Immigrant Justice Center in Chi-Town!
The Director of Policy provides policy leadership and programmatic support to the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC). The director develops and spearheads strategic advocacy efforts on immigration-related issues primarily at the federal level. The director of policy coordinates NIJC’s policy initiatives 
to reform the immigration system. In addition, the Director of Policy is responsible for coordinating the policy reform elements of NIJC’s Detention, Democracy, and Due Process (D3P) Project, a national campaign for detention reform. The Director of Policy will work with representatives of immigrant and refugee rights advocates, legislators, other policy makers and the media. The Director of Policy assists with the drafting of grant reports and project proposals and contributes to cultivating and maintaining donor relations.
Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.
NIJC provides direct legal services to and advocates for these populations through policy reform, impact litigation, and public education. Since its founding three decades ago, NIJC has been unique in blending individual client advocacy with broad-based systemic change.
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