Job Training Assistant for Refugee Services Students!
ORGANIZATION: JVS, Jewish Vocational Service
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Schedule: Mondays from 10am-1pm onsite. An option to assist one hour before and/or after class is available.
Class Cycle & Commitment: May 12th - June 26th, 2025
Program/Department Overview:
JVS’s Refugee Services has provided direct employment services to local refugee populations for over 40 years. These services are offered to refugees, political asylees, Cuban and Haitian entrants, certified victims of human trafficking, and other work-authorized immigrants. Services include job search assistance, resume and interview preparation, cultural orientation, pre-employment vocational English language classes, job placement and follow-up, and post-employment support. Over 80% of our participants are hired per year and our 90% job retention rate is higher than similar job placement agencies in Boston. To achieve these outcomes, JVS partners with employers in hospitality, retail, agriculture, education, health care, sales, manufacturing, and business; and supports participants in finding and maintaining gainful employment that can lead to successful careers.
Fast Track Training Class Overview:
The Vocational Training Program (VTP) offers refugees and immigrants industry-specific vocabulary and tech skills, along with career coaching, to help them secure employment to and to achieve their career goals. We also work with employer partners to provide our clients with great employment opportunities.
The VTP Fast Track Training is a 7-week training cycle that focuses on clients securing employment in Hospitality, Healthcare Cleaning, Food Services, and Retail fields. The clients are beginner-level English-speakers, who will need assistance understanding class content and using basic tech resources such as Gmail, translation tools, job applications, etc.
Responsibilities:
As a Class Assistant Volunteer, you will support the instructor by co-facilitating class activities and mentoring students to help them achieve their goals. This may include:
- Resume writing
- Interview practice & conversational English
- Job application support
- Job leads gathering
- Data management, including recording attendance and job applications
The Classroom Assistant will prepare for class by reviewing the curriculum material in advance (but does not have to design any aspects of the curriculum). The class will consist of significant group work, and the Classroom Assistant will lead sub-groups as assigned by the instructors and staff. Additionally, volunteers are invited to attend a training orientation and the graduation program.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Teaching or tutoring experience is not required, but confidence leading and working in small groups is a plus.
- Ability to learn new information quickly
- Ability to work as a part of a team; including other volunteers and interns
- Job search and application experience in the US
- Additional languages are not required for this role but are helpful. These languages include French, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Amharic, and Arabic.
7 Shifts
- Mon May 12, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - FULL
- Mon May 19, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
- Mon May 26, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
- Mon Jun 02, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
- Mon Jun 09, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
- Mon Jun 16, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 - 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM EST - Spots available: 1
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About JVS, Jewish Vocational Service
Location:
75 Federal St, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02110, US
Mission Statement
JVS empowers individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, and partners with employers to hire, develop, and retain productive workforces.
Description
Our Impact
For 75 years JVS has been helping people secure financial independence through educational and employment services. Each year, JVS empowers more than 21,000 individuals through more than 36 services that guide clients on a pathway to meaningful employment; some of which include educational testing, skills training, English for Speakers of Other Languages, job search training, career counseling, Adult Basic Literacy and Adult Diploma Program instruction, citizenship education and financial literacy.
For several years, JVS has been recognized as a leading agency in the workforce development field, serving individuals such as professional-level job seekers, entry-level employees, welfare recipients, individuals with disabilities, refugees, immigrants, and career changers, and partnering with employers to help fill vacancies and provide the education their employees need to ascend their career ladders.
CAUSE AREAS
Computers & Technology,
Employment,
Immigrants & Refugees
WHEN
Mon May 12, 2025 - Thu Jun 26, 2025
10:00 AM - 01:00 PM
This opportunity has 7 shifts
WHERE
75 Federal St.3rd FloorBoston, MA 02110
(42.355 ,-71.05682 )
DATE POSTED
April 15, 2025
SKILLS
- Tutoring
- Teaching / Instruction
- Customer Service
- Adult Education
- Food Service
- People Skills
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Mondays from 10am-1pm onsite. An option to assist one hour before and/or after class is available.