Cash & Medical Assistance Specialist - 2024320

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world��s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief seeks a Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) Specialist, a role that is responsible for managing the provision of services to assist newly arrived refugee clients to attain self-sufficiency, short-term cash assistance, and referrals to employment services. Specifically, the Refugee Cash Assistance Specialist ensures services related to the administration of Refugee Cash Assistance services and with screening, enrollment, monthly cash assistance, and follow-up services

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Conduct intake, assessment, and enrollment of clients into Refugee Cash Assistance
• Ensure monthly compliance of program participants, and distribute checks
• Verify continued eligibility of enrolled clients through monthly income verifications
• Coordinate with staff of other WR programs for RCA enrollment of eligible clients
• Reconcile monthly RCA payment with finance staff and database
• Administering monthly cash assistance payments and tracking expenses
• Refer RCA clients to Social Adjustment Services, and other World Relief programs as appropriate
• Ensure case files and reports are maintained in accordance with grant requirements and maintain communication with the Texas Office for Refugees (TXOR)
• Other duties as requested

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Undergraduate degree preferred
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English.
• Bilingual ability in Spanish highly desired
• Proven success achieving goals and working effectively with all levels of staff in a multicultural environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle with current insurance, and the ability to travel regularly throughout the service delivery are

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Excellent communication skills, with fluency in written and spoken English.
• Bilingual ability in Spanish highly desired
• Proven success achieving goals and working effectively with all levels of staff in a multicultural environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
• Valid driver’s license, reliable vehicle with current insurance, and the ability to travel regularly throughout the service delivery are required.
• Up to 25% domestic travel only required

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week): - Medical, Dental, Vision- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per year!- Paid Sick and Vacation Time- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)- Critical Ill