Women’s Resilience Center Intern

Job Description

TITLE: Women’s Resilience Center Intern LOCATION: El Cajon office; remote interns may be considered START DATE: May 2022 DURATION: 4 months (May – September 2023); 20-30 hours per week.

Important Note: This is an unpaid internship.

BACKGROUND: The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.

The Women's Resilience Center (WRC) is a safe, collaborative space where the diverse needs of all women+ are respected and where they can seek, share, and obtain information about their rights and their inherent potential for safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power. It is a responsive, creative space that engages women+ as co-creators and encourages expression, enhanced wellbeing, and community connectedness. (When we use the term women+, this includes women of all ages, all abilities, diverse ethnic and religious affiliation and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities.) SCOPE OF WOMEN’S RESILIENCE CENTER INTERN WORK: In this internship, students will have the opportunity to contribute to the WRC through community engagement and outreach as well as by supporting the facilitation of programming. RESPONSIBILITIES: Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative/data support, and direct service: · Support with outreach to women+ in the IRC community about WRC programs · Co-facilitate orientations to new WRC members · Co-facilitate wellness workshops and presentations · Support our 'Safe Spaces' work to make the WRC a more inclusive place for women+ · Collaborate with interns, staff, other departments at IRC, and community partners · Facilitate internal referrals to other IRC programs · Provide WRC members information about community resources · Contribute to data monitoring and evaluation of WRC programs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: · Intern will have the opportunity to enhance their facilitation skills · Intern will expand their experience providing healing centered and culturally humble services · Intern will participate in weekly Safety & Wellness intern group supervision to enhance collaborative learning

Qualifications

REQUIREMENTS: · Must be currently enrolled in an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s program focused on Women’s/Gender Studies, Public Health, Social Work, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy or a related field. · Must have driver’s license and reliable transportation · Strong communication and interpersonal skills · Excellent organization and time-management skills · Proactive, motivated, and flexible; able to remain calm and adapt within a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable work environment · Demonstrated success working and communicating with people of varied English-speaking abilities strongly preferred · Experience with direct service strongly preferred · Proficiency in Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Swahili, Pashto or Russian strongly preferred

This position reports to the Women’s Resilience Center Coordinator.

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