ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.
In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief seeks a part-time Instructional Design intern to join the Church and Community Engagement Training Team. This internship offers the opportunity to gain hands-on experience creating resources to inform, educate and inspire others to engage in welcoming immigrant neighbors to the U.S. The ideal candidate will have a passion for education and training, knowledge of how adults learn, experience creating e-learning courses, and the ability to work co-creatively with our team to curate knowledge and craft it into engaging, effective courses.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Reporting to the Instructional Design Specialist, this person will create e-learning courses to help train local office staff in Church & Community Engagement program areas
- Work with the Training Team to develop and execute training content that aligns with project goals and objectives
- Assess existing e-learning courses for adherence to best practices and needed content updates and support the team in improving courses to ensure they are accurate and effective for the intended audience
- Work with subject matter experts, existing processes and best practices to develop new content and implement it within an e-learning course
- Shape our best practices handbook by identifying new best practices and refining existing best practices
- Actively participate in project reviews, take feedback constructively, and make revisions as needed
- Manage project schedules and competing deadlines
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in e-learning and adult education
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Experience with learning management systems is essential - Thinkific preferred
- Experience using a variety of instructional design tools is a plus
- Experience with Microsoft Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook,PowerPoint and Teams
- Ability to receive direction and work within an existing process
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate and co-create effectively with team members
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while meeting deadlines
- Works with attention to detail and quality
- Creativity and problem-solving skills
Requirements
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Currently enrolled in or has completed an A.A. or B.A. degree or has equivalent work experience in Instructional Design or an Education related major/field
- Willing to learn, ask for help, communicate directly and engage with a growth mindset
- Portfolio showing samples of training materials and e-learning courses you’ve created
Temporary Employees and Paid Interns have access to the following World Relief benefits:
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
- Verizon
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- Active & Fit Gym Membership
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
·While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
·The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
·Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
·The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
·General office setting. World Relief also offers hybrid and remote schedules for limited positions.
·Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in virtual meetings may be required.
·Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
·Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
·Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
·All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Legal Background in the United States
World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. World Relief strictly prohibits and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on the basis of person’s race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a faith-based employer.
In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in the application of World Relief’s employment policies or employee practices, except for those situations in which occupational requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.
