Immigration Administrative Intern

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Gain valuable experience working in a not-for-profit organization as an Immigration Administrative Intern. This intern supports the Immigration Department by providing various administrative services, such as copying, faxing, filing, scanning, organizing client folders, and maintaining the immigration database and case notes.

Ideal applicants have completed high-school and at least some college, are proficient in Microsoft Office, and have great organizational and interpersonal skills.

To apply for this internship, please send a resume and cover letter, naming the internship you’re interested in and your available dates, to Jan Douglas, jdouglas@refugeeone.org. Internships at RefugeeOne are unpaid, but students may obtain college credit. Start and end dates are also flexible.

RefugeeOne, located in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood, has a national reputation for its success in assisting refugees fleeing war and persecution as they build new lives. With the help of more than 1000 volunteers, RefugeeOne walks alongside refugees as they take their first steps on the road to self-reliance: we greet new arrivals at O’Hare Airport, furnish their first apartments, help them learn English, and connect them to their first jobs. However, we recognize that job skills aren’t the only component to success in the United States, which is why we provide mental health care, after-school programming, and community-building services as well. Our ultimate goal is to help refugee families become self-reliant in as little as 6-9 months.