Salary Range: 21 to 22 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-hour-wage)
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 Chicagoland empowers the local church to partner with refugees and immigrants across Chicagoland. The Part-Time Transportation & Volunteer Mobilization Assistant provides transportation support for newly arrived refugees, as well as assisting with transportation and other administrative tasks related to volunteer coordination. Part time role 15 hours/week.
Role & Responsibilities
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Transportation Assistance
- Provide safe transportation for new refugee arrivals from the airport to their new homes.
- Drive World Relief vehicles or personal vehicle to and from O’Hare airport to pick up clients.
- Transport new arrivals to their apartments; provide hot meals and keys to the apartment as necessary.
- Communicates with volunteer coordination team, caseworkers and other relevant individuals in coordination of pick-ups as needed.
- Utilize problem-solving skills and flexibility to adjust as needed to flight delays, pick-up changes, schedule shifts, cancellations or other unexpected activities.
- Works some hours on-call for pick-ups in case of cancellation. Volunteer Mobilization Assistance
- Provide safe transportation of youth to and from summer club, transporting 10-12 youth per vehicle.
- Safely and successfully drive 10-12 passenger vans.
- Assist with volunteer recruitment as needed, including canvassing, visiting farmer’s markets and conducting outreach to prospective partner churches and organizations. safe transportation of youth to and from summer club, transporting 10-12 youth per vehicle.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Strong cross-cultural skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills, flexibility and adaptability
- Self-starter with strong initiative and follow-through
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize, multi-task and stay attentive to details
- Flexible and collaborative team player
Requirements
- Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
- Previous experience working with displaced populations preferred
- Previous experience working cross-culturally preferred
- Valid driver’s license required
- Regular afternoon and evening hours required (for example, 1 – 10 pm)
- Occasional late nights required
- On-call a few days/week required
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.
