Financial Capabilities Intern - Spring 2024

Job Description

BACKGROUND

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 28 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home. Domestically, our 28 offices across the U.S. ensure new arrivals have food, shelter, and clothing, and work with refugees to help them gain self-sufficiency.

SCOPE OF WORK

The Financial Capabilities Program supports clients to become financially capable through financial education, coaching and providing low-interest loan products. Services include financial education and counseling that help clients understand banking, budgeting, saving, debt management, building credit and auto purchase. The Financial Capability Intern will support the program by providing financial coaching and counseling services to program participants.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Reach out to new referrals via email and phone to explain the Financial Capability Program services and products, assess their needs and interests, and complete their intakes. - Provide 1:1 financial coaching and counseling including creating and using personal budget, establishing a bank account, savings, debt management. - Provide 1:1 classroom and group financial education on banking, budgeting, and introduction to credit. - Assess client needs and develop individual short-term and long-term financial goals. - Facilitate financial literacy/education workshops for clients. - Other duties as identified by Employment Specialists.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

- Intern will learn about personal finance topics and managing personal finance methods. - Intern will learn to communicate effectively with clients across cultures and with interpreters. - Intern will gain insights into IRC casework and financial literacy programs and the process of refugee and asylee integration within the United States. - Intern will learn individual coaching techniques to engage and empower adults.

Qualifications

- Minimum commitment of four months and at least 20 hours per week. 35 hours per week preferred. - Ability to work in-person preferred. - Self-motivated and able to work independently. - Ability to work collaboratively to create and implement trainings. - Excellent communication and writing skills; including cross-cultural communicative skills. - Works well in a fast-paced environment and adapts quickly to change. - Confident in public speaking, or interest to develop these skills. - Strong interest in refugee and asylee issues. - Language skills in Amharic, Arabic, Dari, Farsi, French, Kinyarwanda, Spanish, or Swahili are a plus.

TO APPLY Click Apply Now at the top of this page. Please attach a resume, cover letter and list of references to your application. The deadline to apply is December 31, 2023.

This position is for spring 2024 and requires a minimum commitment of 4 months and at least 20 hours per week. 35 hours per week preferred. Ability to work in-person preferred.

Spring 2024 Interns are expected to begin their internship term by attending an in-person intern orientation on January 22nd, 2024 from 9:15AM-2:00PM.

We currently offer internships during the following semesters:

Spring: January – May Summer: May – August Fall: September – December

Internships are typically posted 2-3 months prior to the anticipated start date.

Note: Internships with the IRC in Silver Spring are unpaid. Spring 2024 interns may be eligible for per diem reimbursement at the rate of $15/day to offset the costs of food and travel. For information on scholarship opportunities, contact your university or the IRC Silver Spring intern coordinator at [email protected].

*Candidates applying who are not currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program, or are outside 12 months of their graduation are welcome to apply. These candidates will be processed as volunteers.

To protect our clients, the IRC requires all selected applicants to complete background checks. We ask that you make a $30 donation to help us cover the associated costs. Currently, 87% of our funding goes directly to programming to support our clients, and your help to cover this cost will ensure that no funding is directed away from serving our clients. Instructions will be provided after you have been selected to intern or volunteer.

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, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

If you need assistance in the application or hiring process to accommodate a disability, you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact Talent Acquisitions at [email protected]. As required by law, the IRC will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with a known disability.