ILS File Room Volunteer

**Please note that this volunteer opportunity is currently filled. However, please feel free to indicate your interest in this opportunity so we can reach out when it becomes available**

ILS File Room Volunteer Role Description

About Us

The Esperanza Center is a comprehensive resource center whose mission is to welcome immigrants by offering hope, compassionate services, and the power to improve their lives. Since 1963, immigrants from all over the world have trusted the center to help them navigate life in a new country. Our dedicated staff and volunteers provide services related to education, health care, immigration legal matters, family reunification, and general community support to thousands of immigrants each year.

Immigration Legal Services (ILS) was founded in 1994 to provide low-cost legal counseling and representation in humanitarian and family-based immigration matters. As one of the largest non-profit immigration legal services providers in the state, we serve individuals from over 150 different countries who reside in Maryland or have immigration cases in Maryland. We assist clients and their family members seeking to obtain, extend, or retain lawful immigration status or citizenship in the United States. 

Description

The ILS File Room Project Volunteer will assist in maintaining an organized office by tracking and organizing ILS’s file room. They may also assist in legal research under the supervision of an attorney. 

Tasks

  • Help keep files organized in alphabetical order to make them easily accessible 
  • Audit case files to ensure all case files contain necessary documents 
  • List all client files currently located in ILS file room in spreadsheet provided to you 
  • Help move client files for cases that have been closed to a filing cabinet for closed cases 
  • Maintain strict confidentiality at all times
  • Assist in legal research under supervision of an attorney
  • Other tasks as assigned

Requirements

  • 18 years of age or older
  • Able to volunteer for 3-4 hours/week
  • Able to volunteer for at least 3 months
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Meticulous and organized
  • Demonstrates patience and compassion
  • Committed to diverse work environment
  • Background check required

Physical Demands

  • Able to remain in stationary position for majority of volunteer time
  • Able to observe details at close range (within a few feet of observer) 
  • Constantly positions self to maintain files in file cabinets 
  • Frequently operates office productivity machinery such as a computer, desk phone, scanner, copy machine, and computer printer.  
  • Sometimes moves about the inside of the office to access office machinery, office supplies, file cabinets, etc.   
  • Able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information with staff and clients 

 

Schedule

This is an in-person volunteer position with Esperanza Center Immigration Legal Services at 430 S Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231. Volunteers will be asked to commit to volunteering for at least 3 months for at least 3-4 hours/week during Immigration Legal Services business hours (8:30am-4pm Monday-Friday). Exact schedule can be negotiated.

 **Please note that the first step in the process of becoming an ILS File Room Volunteer is to attend a Volunteer Information Session, which can be scheduled through the volunteer application**

Any Questions?

Please contact the Volunteer Coordinator at VEsperanzaCenter@cc-md.org.