Employment Specialist (2024014)

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 an Employment Specialist to provide employment-related services to newly arrived refugee clients, including job readiness training, assisting clients in obtaining employment, and exploring career advancement activities.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• Enroll clients into employment services
• Complete and update grant program service plans to guide clients through goal-making and achieving economic self-sufficiency
• Create resumes for clients
• Coordinate transportation, interpretation, other logistics for job readiness activities such skills training, orientations, interviews, etc.
• Assist clients in preparing for obtaining driver permits and licenses
• Assist clients with job placements including completing applications, tax forms, background checks, and scheduling orientations and trainings
• Explore, develop, implement, or connect clients to career advancement activities, including but not limited to: English classes, vocational skills training, GED/HSED, re-credentialing services, etc.
• Coordinate job shadowing and other career exploration activities
• Case note and maintain case file forms
• Complete reports for grant programs
• Update and maintain databases and spreadsheets for reporting and tracking outcomes
• Participate in staff meetings, ongoing trainings, and other staff development opportunities
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to manage and execute several tasks at a time
• Ability to adapt in constantly changing work environment and independently problem solve
• Experience working cross-culturally
• Experience providing employment-related services such as job coaching, interview preparation, job placements, etc.
• Fluent in Arabic, Dari, Dinka, Kinyarwanda, Spanish, Swahili, or Ukrainian, preferred
• Bachelor’s degree, preferred

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
• Ability to pass a motor vehicle record check and maintain a clean driving record

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 Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance policies- Legal Shield Insurance World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)- Long Term & Short-term Disability- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)- Long Distance Travel Insurance- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) World Relief - Retirement:- 401K & Roth- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%- Eligibi