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TITLE:Community Sponsorship Intern
LOCATION: Elizabeth, NJ
START& End DATE: September - December 2023
DURATION:Approx. 3 months
POSITION REPORTS TO: Community Sponsorship Coordinator
BACKGROUND: International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, the IRC provides resettlement, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.
SCOPE OF WORK:
The Community Sponsorship Intern will support the program development and maintenance of the IRC NJ community sponsorship program. The Community Sponsorship intern will support community groups, faith-based organizations, and businesses in the welcoming and integration of refugees, help build awareness of and support for forcibly displaced populations and seed the larger landscape for community sponsorship in the US. The Community Sponsorship Intern will work directly with the Community Sponsorship Coordinator
Responsibilities:
- Manage collaboration and communication across co-sponsor groups
- Cultivate branded materials for training, public events, and community engagement
- Coordinate and facilitate outreach to educate community groups, faith-based organizations, and businesses about the benefits of community sponsorship through presentations, newsletters, social media, and direct outreach.
- Ensure accurate and compliant entry of case notes into data management system
- Assist with program monitoring and evaluation
- Conduct necessary screening for community groups
- Other administrative, data, event and communication management tasks as needed.
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.
Requirements:
- Ability to work effectively in an environment that is multi-cultural and multi-lingual, experience
using interpreters desired - Highly effective communication skills, demonstrating strong partnership skills, emotional
intelligence, and situational awareness - Highly adaptable and flexible self-starter with ability to work independently as well as
collaborate with others, juggle multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a demanding work
environment - Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)
- Fluency in English; written and spoken
- Working Environment: Standard office working environment with regular local travel within the service delivery area.