Employment Intern

Job Description

SCOPE OF WORK: The IRC in Phoenix’s Employment Team provides early employment services to ensure clients achieve self-sufficiency and economic independence. The IRC in Phoenix aims to help refugees achieve self-sufficiency through paid employment within their first 240 days of arrival in the U.S. The intern will provide assistance directly to newly arrived refugees in search of their first job in the U.S.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Assist employable clients in securing their first job in the U.S. This includes, resume creation, job application and interview assistance, accompanying clients to interviews, employer/employee follow up, and documentation of self-sufficiency. - Help assess supportive needs for each individual client. This includes need of childcare assistance, special transportation consideration, and donation needs and troubleshoot barrier removal. - Provide public transportation training, as needed. - Provide gender equitable services to promote gender parity in services and economic potential amongst all clients. - Other duties as assigned.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

- Intern will learn file maintenance and compliance procedures with federally funded grant program. - Intern will learn to create effective professional and job level specific resumes and cover letters to benefit the intern’s own professional development - Intern will learn to communicate effectively with clients across cultures and with interpreters - Intern will learn individual coaching techniques to engage and empower a vulnerable population - Intern will learn effective outreach strategies for building strategic relationships - Intern will learn about how to successfully and appropriately advocate for clients’ rights and needs across partnerships and the labor market - Intern will learn how to implement program safeguards to protect the vulnerable population, and to empower women

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS:

- This internship is open to currently enrolled students, or recent graduates. School credit may be received. - Human resources or workforce development experience is preferred, though not required. - Excellent communication skills, comfortable with outreach activities. - Strong interest in refugee and asylee issues as well as in workforce development. - At least a three month commitment, 15-20 hours per week. - Covid19 Vaccination - Ability to pass IRC Background check - Ability to obtain Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card

This position reports to the Employment Supervisor IRC leading the way from harm to home. IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status or disability.