Economic Empowerment Intern - Spring 2024

- Expertise in financial literacy education. - Experience with grant reporting and demonstrating qualitative/quantitate success of programs to funders. - Insight into the economic and cultural hurdles faced by refugees, asylum seekers, and other community members. - Fluency in engaging with clients in both a coaching and counseling role.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide 1:1 financial coaching and counseling, including creating a personal budget, establishing a bank account, taking out loans, and establishing credit, as well as advanced asset building topics, including analyzing credit reports and co-creating effective debt management plans. - Assess client needs and develop individual financial action plans with each client. - Provide credit and car purchase workshops to potential loan applicants. - Assist with client data entry, outreach for economic empowerment programs, resource management, and follow-up calls to collect quantitative data for clients.

Qualifications - Available to meet in person at our Los Angeles office in Glendale on either Wednesday or Thursday. - Demonstrated ability to communicate well with people of varied backgrounds; High level of comfort, functioning and effectiveness in multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams. - Fluency in English required. Proficiency in a refugee language strongly preferred (esp. Spanish, Ukrainian, Arabic, Dari, Farsi). - Educational background in social work or equivalent work experience serving low-to-moderate income immigrant populations (including refugees, asylum seekers, etc.) and/or teaching financial literacy preferred. - Ability to work independently, be a self-starter and manage multiple tasks; - Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to make presentations. - IRC orientation and full background check (Live Scan & HireRight) required. - Engaged in learning about broader IRC mission, philosophy, global work, and local efforts. - Willing to adhere to IRC intern and workplace policies.