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 an Employment Specialist to place newly arrived refugees into employment positions by providing direct client services related to job training, placement, and retention in a multi-cultural setting.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Duties primarily include securing job placements for newly arrived refugees which involves client screening and assessment, and case management related to employment
- Providing one-on-one and/or group employment training
- Assisting clients with job search activities including completing and submitting applications, and attending interviews
- Providing transportation to program participants for job related activities
- Maintain confidential documentation, case notes, and client data utilizing appropriate World Relief and grant program database
- Complete grant program reports documenting participant progress and challenges
- Interaction with staff, clients and employers
- Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Multicultural competency, the ability to work with people from other cultures who have varying degrees of proficiency with the English language
- Computer competency, including use of MS Office applications, the internet, and electronic databases
- Great people skills, including the ability to coach clients and interact with staff and employers in a business setting sometimes under pressure
- The ability to multi-task, and function well in a fast pace environment
- The ability to work well with a team to serve clients and accomplish goals
- Multilingual skills preferred Experience working cross-culturally
- Experience working in refugee resettlement or a related casework-type field, preferred
- Fluent in Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Spanish, Swahili preferred
Requirements
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.
