Immigration Intern (Summer)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

•Attend Volunteer/Intern Orientation

•Draft USCIS applications (green card applications, naturalization, etc.)

•Contact clients

•Keep and maintain records of immigration files

•Track cases with USCIS

•Organize immigration files

•Prepare invitation letters to IRC clients

•Communicate regularly with the IRC staff, keeping the immigration caseworker informed of any changes of schedule that may affect the work

•Follow IRC policy on confidentiality, consider all personal information that intern might learn about clients as confidential

•Work may include some clerical work, such as copying and filing

•Record hours and submit completed timesheet for each month via the IRC’s online Volunteer Dashboard.

Qualifications •Currently pursuing an undergraduate, graduate degree, or recent graduate

•Preference for candidates to be in-person at the Charlottesville office

•Excellent oral and written English skills, bilingual is preferred but not required

•Willingness to follow the IRC intern and workplace policies, including confidentiality

•Attention to details and timeliness

•Solid computer skills(Excel, MS Word, Immigrant tracking software)

•Commitment to work with refugees, and to learn about other cultures

This position is unpaid reports to the Immigration Legal Assistant

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.