Jobs & Internships

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) seeks a temporary bilingual attorney to provide direct representation to children and adults facing removal (deportation) proceedings or submitting applications before the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. This role is currently mostly remote due to COVID, but will resume to work out of our Tacoma office once operations return to in office.

The attorney will provide legal assistance to community members through: (1) direct representation (2) individual consultations; and (3) community education. The attorney will focus on providing representation on cases in removal proceedings before the immigration court and also on cases involving SIJS, U visa petitions, VAWA self-petitions, asylum and other forms of immigration relief. The attorney may also be assigned work relating to other immigration matters.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project is seeking undergraduate student applications for three part-time fall internship positions in its Tacoma office. Undergraduate interns will be asked to commit at least 10 hours per week for these virtual internships. The internships are unpaid, but NWIRP will work with applicants to secure outside funding or academic credit when possible.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) is seeking to hire a Staff Accountant to join our Finance Unit in Seattle. The staff accountant will work alongside our Finance Director and another staff accountant in supporting a staff of 120+, as well as vendors and others. Initially, work for this position will mostly be completed remotely due to COVID-19, however, there will be occasional work and training that will be in person in our Seattle office. After return to normal operations, the position will be based out of NWIRP’s Seattle office.

The staff accountant will share the responsibilities for accounts payable and accounts receivable functions on an accrual basis, including payments to suppliers, contractors, and employee reimbursements as well as payroll functions. Familiarity with ACH payments needed, payroll processing software and MIP accounting software desirable. We hope you can join us in our fight of keeping families together, protecting people from violence, and standing up to injustice.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) seeks a Social Services Manager to join an interdisciplinary legal team. As the Social Services Manager, you will work closely with NWIRP’s legal staff across the organization, primarily in the coordination of social services available to NWIRP clients.

Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) seeks a Spanish-speaking attorney to provide direct representation, community outreach and education to individuals seeking legal assistance in a variety of immigration matters.

This position is based in NWIRP’s Granger Office, which is located in Granger, WA, a city of over 3,000 people located in a rural area 25 miles southeast of Yakima. From this location, the office serves clients from across Central and Eastern Washington. This office has a strong focus in working with a client base consisting largely of farmworkers and their families.