Fall Internship - Adult Education Support - Unpaid

The Adult Education Program intern will support overall adult education team services and programs, with a primary focus in direct service support to refugee clients coming through the Reception and Placement program.  The intern will provide support to newly arrived families and individuals with cultural orientation implementation, public transportation training, job readiness training, citizenship readiness classes and curriculum creation for digital literacy and citizenship classes. The intern will support the adult education team with creating client-facing materials such as videos, or written content. The intent of the internship is to provide a capacity building opportunity for the team to guarantee that all adult clients have access to the information and resources they need to navigate their new communities.

Some of the responsibilities may include:
Direct service support with adult refugee individuals and families
Education assessment intake, connection to English learning resources
Cultural Orientation and Job Readiness Training support
Content creation of client facing materials.
Public transportation training to clients
Curriculum creation support

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Skills:

Undergraduate or graduate student, or professional with learning objectives

Ability to work in person and drive clients with personal vehicle and insurance.

Strong communication skills and comfort working with Microsoft platforms.

Previous experience working with individuals and families in direct service.

Organized for record keeping of case notes, client calls, and service documentation

Education Background

Compassion, patience, and cultural humility working with newcomer families.

Knowledge of a refugee language highly recommended: Spanish, Dari, Arabic, Swahili, and more.

Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.