Help resettle refugees! Become a Resettlement and Placement intern!

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*Please note: Summer internships are filled. Please apply for Fall 2015.*

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Reviewing and communicating each new refugees’ material and practical needs
• Establishing and maintaining relationships with internal and external sponsors
• Coordinating in-kind donations with donors, resettlement staff, and refugees (i.e. arranging donation pick-up and scheduling visits to refugee homes)
• Accompanying new refugee arrivals to public aid, clinic, and other appointments Coordinating monthly new arrival orientation workshops
• Assisting case managers with new arrival intake interviews
• Providing logistical support to R&P case managers as needed
• Minimum of 16 hours per week availability, minimum three-month commitment

Qualifications:

• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Interest in working with refugees in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, and multi-ethnic environment.
• Patience and flexibility.
• Computer proficiency.
• Language proficiency in Amharic, Arabic, Burmese, French, Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, Polish, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Turkish, and Uzbek is preferred, but not required. Internship may be shortened or lengthened depending on student’s schedule.