World Relief
non-profit
YouthFellow
“Youth Fellow at World Relief. Skills: Youth Services, Refugee & immigrant youth support, Mentorship, Tutoring, Interpretation, Translation, Family engagement, Youth Advisory Council leadership. Further develop needed, gap-filling, research-driven Youth Services for refugee & other immigrant youth in the Triangle. Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents to identify needs and challenges faced by refugee & other immigrant learners whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from ”
Industry & Context.
Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
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 Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
Nice to Have
Demonstrated understanding of the refugee or immigrant experience, through lived experience or professional engagement preferred, Fluent in a language spoken by World Relief clients (example: Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Pashto, Rohingya, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, and more), Experience as a student in RIYS programming and/or Durham Public Schools, License to drive in NC
What You'll Do.
Further develop needed
research-driven Youth Services for refugee & other immigrant youth in the Triangle
Coordinate with DPS staff
students and parents to identify needs and challenges faced by refugee & other immigrant learners whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from existing academic support services
Support families through school registration and enrollment processes through application-filling
and school entry meetings
Participate in RIYS activities including but not limited to: large group mentorship meetings
youth tutoring (in-school and/or virtual)
Facilitate interpretation for parent/teacher conferences for target students
Facilitate increased communication between parents and teachers through translation of school forms
either directly themselves or through coordinating with WRD Bilingual Assistants
Provide transportation for target students from partner schools for all program activities as needed
Facilitate deeper parent and family engagement with and integration into school community life by providing target student families with interpreters and transportation to school events and create school community events for target student families in their own languages
Support implementation of summer enrichment program hosted at DPS partner school in conjunction with volunteers and interpreters
Serve as Chair (or Co-Chair) of Youth Advisory Council
meeting periodically throughout the year to use their voices and experiences to inform WRD programs
serving as vital decision-makers
Meet weekly with your RIYS team supervisor for troubleshooting
accountability and feedback
Utilize case management databases at World Relief to track program case note as needed
Other responsibilities as assigned
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work closely with the RIYS Team; Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents; Work with DPS and volunteer base; Meet weekly with your RIYS team supervisor
Communication Scope
Facilitate interpretation; Facilitate translation; Facilitate increased communication between parents and teachers
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