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 Western Washington is seeking a Career Pathways Assistant to support the Career Pathways Coordinator in assisting refugees and immigrants in developing and pursuing career development plans. This role is key in helping program participants achieve self-sufficiency and advance toward their professional career goals.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Assist in the development of individualized career development plans and goals (short & long-term) with program participants
- Aid in establishing and maintaining positive ongoing relationships with community colleges and community-based organizations for referrals
- Support the Career Pathways Coordinator in building strong partnerships with relevant employers, including those offering paid training and skilled certification programs
- Collaborate closely with the Volunteer Coordinator to recruit community mentors in key career fields
- Assist participants in preparing for professional careers by conducting regular check-ins to monitor progress towards goals, providing navigation services, and connecting them to relevant training and education programs
- Help program participants access financial support and resources to overcome barriers in their career pathways
- Support the facilitation of training workshops on topics such as LinkedIn, interviewing skills, networking, and advanced resume and cover letter writing
- Assist in ensuring enrollment/participation goals are met through community outreach and promotion efforts Other related tasks assigned
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- A desire to serve refugees in alignment with the ministry and mission of World Relief
- Ability to engage employers and partners cheerfully, persuasively, and professionally
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively with people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple duties
- Adaptability to changing employment climates and shifting refugee populations.
- Initiative, flexibility, and a desire to learn
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to accomplish goals
- Experience in career counselling, social services, human resources, or related fields is highly desired
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
- Bilingual in Dari, Pashto, Farsi, Arabic, Russian, Ukrainian
- Self-motivated with the ability to demonstrate initiative
- Intermediate computer knowledge, including MS Office
Requirements
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
- Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
- A desire to serve refugees in alignment with the ministry and mission of World Relief
- Ability to engage employers and partners cheerfully, persuasively, and professionally
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and sensitively with people from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple duties
- Adaptability to changing employment climates and shifting refugee populations.
- Initiative, flexibility, and a desire to learn
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team to accomplish goals
- Experience in career counselling, social services, human resources, or related fields is highly desired
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English;
- Self-motivated with the ability to demonstrate initiative Intermediate computer knowledge, including MS Office
- Current Washington State driver’s license and access to a vehicle required
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!
- Paid Sick and Vacation Time
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies
- Legal Shield Insurance
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
- Long Term & Short-term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Distance Travel Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief - Retirement:
- 401K & Roth
- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%
- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3 months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year.
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.
