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We are looking for talented, compassionate, and collaborative people to partner with us as we welcome refugees and immigrants with holistic services that will help them root and flourish in our community.
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Group Facilitator and Case Specialist
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you interested in working with vulnerable refugee and immigrant populations? Are you interested in facilitating group activities and providing intensive case management services to vulnerable individuals? Do you want to work alongside a team that is passionate and driven to provide excellent services to our immigrant neighbors? If so, then you may be a great fit for the family case management (FCM) team.
This position will facilitate group classes for vulnerable populations, assist program participants in gaining access to community resources, and work with volunteers to help clients adjust to life in the U.S. This position will also have a small case load of individuals with intensive needs. A successful candidate will demonstrate a proven ability to assist immigrants in achieving stability and overcoming barriers that hinder healthy integration.
Illilnois Department of Human Services Liaison
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you interested in advocating for and assisting refugees, immigrants, and Afghan parolees in accessing public benefits in Illinois? Do you have strong attention to detail, experience working with immigrant populations, and excellent relationship skills? If so, then you may be a great fit for a job at World Relief!
This position has the primary responsibility of working closely with qualified immigrant clients to provide necessary paperwork, mediation and provision of all public aid related benefits and to work closely with IDHS caseworkers on a weekly basis at the local IDHS office. This position may supervise Resettlement Interns.
Financial Specialist Program Support (Part-time)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
The purpose of this position is to provide financial, budget and expense management assistance to the wide variety of financial functions that support the Chicagoland office immigrant resettlement, education and legal services programs. Reporting directly to the Finance Director this position also works closely with the Senior Finance Specialists and in conjunction with the Program Managers.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Do you dream about leveraging your digital influence to build a more welcoming community? Do you love creating impactful and inspiring experiences that move people to action? World Relief Chicagoland (WRC) connects digitally with many different people from a variety of communities across Chicagoland to build a community that welcomes and serves immigrants and refugees in vulnerable situations. As part of the Development Team, this role is key to building a movement of welcome in a digital world.
The Digital Marketing Coordinator will be responsible for growing World Relief Chicagoland’s overall marketing reach through social media, mass digital communications, the website, marketing collateral, donor stewardship, and virtual events. This role will help facilitate branding and messaging consistency throughout the organization. In addition, this role works closely with the Director of Development, Development Team, Executive Director, and Leadership Team to shape and implement the annual fundraising strategy.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Employment Specialist position provides critical services and counsel to refugees, asylees and other immigrants as they search for initial employment or seek career advancement and job upgrade opportunities. This position assists refugees and those granted asylum to become economically self-sufficient by preparing them for employment, utilizing employer contacts to place them in jobs, counseling on job upgrades and career pathway opportunities, and maintaining and expanding an employer network.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Career Pathways Coordinator position provides critical services and counsel to immigrants as they seek to identify and pursue long-term career goals. This position assists immigrants in finding long-term economic stability by connecting them with job readiness and vocational training opportunities, counseling on career paths and training options, and maintaining and expanding an employer and training partner network.
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position has responsibility for providing case management primarily to newly arriving refugee and immigrant families, including providing initial resettlement services, ongoing cultural adjustment support, orientations, referrals, and mediation services. The Refugee Case Worker will work closely with community organizations, churches, landlords, and service providers to promote successful community integration. This position is based in Chicago and requires visits to refugee families primarily in northern Chicago and the surrounding suburbs.
Intensive Case Worker & Groups Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Intensive Case Worker & Groups Coordinator position is comprised of two primary responsibilities: providing medical and mental health intensive case management for refugee and immigrant clients that require intensive case management services and organizing regularly scheduled group classes to supplement the ongoing educational needs of the refugee community. In organizing group opportunities this position’s responsibilities will include incorporating volunteers into programming on topics such as financial management, personal planning, parenting, and family wellness to increase reach and effectiveness. The position will help participants requiring specialized medical or mental healthcare to better integrate into the community by learning to overcome barriers and do things such as learn how to access services to manage their disability and/or medical condition; overcome obstacles to employment; address mental health issues; and reach self-sufficiency in all areas of vulnerability.
Education Volunteer Coordinator (Part-Time)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief Chicagoland serves refugees and immigrants in partnership with local churches. The Education Volunteer Coordinator works in collaboration with the World Relief Education and Church & Volunteer Mobilization Departments to coordinate volunteer services for adult immigrants and refugees in World Relief’s English tutoring and classroom programs. Key responsibilities include providing guidance, training, placement and support to volunteers and students throughout the length of their involvement in the program, engaging volunteers who serve in one-time ESL opportunities, gathering and maintaining all program data and resources, providing support to the Education Department, and collaborating with staff, church, and community partners in the delivery of program services.
Chicago Front Office Administrative Associate
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you interested in social justice? This position functions to ensure the efficient and effective operations of the World Relief front office in Chicago. This position will be responsible for welcoming and assisting everyone who comes to the office. This position is tasked with clerical duties in a highly organized manner and must be filled by someone who is completely bilingual in English and Spanish, both spoken and written. This position will also have responsibilities specific to the Immigration Legal Services (ILS) department.
Immigration Legal Services Administrative Assistant
POSITION SUMMARY:
Is social justice important to you? Consider joining our immigrant-serving agency by using the administrative gifts that will give you assurance that your work contributes to changing people's lives. This position is the first face and voice with whom immigrants in our community will interact and you can help make sure they are received with welcome and dignity. This position will offer administrative clerical support for the World Relief Chicagoland’s Immigration Legal Services (ILS) department. The position is based in the DuPage (Carol Stream) office mainly but might require travel to the two other locations sparingly. This position must be filled by someone who is completely bilingual in English and Spanish both spoken and written.
Volunteer Mobilization Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief Chicagoland seeks an experienced, people-oriented Volunteer Mobilization Coordinator to join the Church and Volunteer Engagement team, empowering volunteers to come alongside refugees and immigrants across Chicagoland. In working closely with volunteer coordinators, the goal of this position is to process, screen, and connect volunteers with service opportunities within WR’s ministry, including Immigration Legal Services, Immigrant Family Services, Education (ESL) services, as well as general office needs. The position will be responsible for assisting volunteers through the application process, training, and referring volunteers to the appropriate department, as well as taking a lead role in recruitment, data accuracy, and metrics tracking. This role works closely with the Church Mobilization Coordinator and Church Engagement Directors in communicating volunteer needs to church partners and updating church partners about their members’ participation in service.
Technology and Class Support Coordinator (Part-Time)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
This position coordinates, maintains, and develops the digital lending library and digital literacy materials, assists in enrolling new students, and supports ESL classes at the World Relief DuPage/Aurora Education Department.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Are you a bi-lingual therapist? Are you passionate about helping victims of trauma and war pursue healing & rebuild their lives? World Relief is looking for a mental health therapist to provide linguistically and culturally appropriate mental health counseling to refugees and immigrants in both a one-on-one and family setting.
This role provides clinical treatment and maintenance support and works alongside a multi-disciplinary team that together provides holistic support to clients through wellness & prevention activities. Therapy & wellness groups through the Counseling Center are key supports offered to clients to help them reach stability and move toward long-term community integration.
Family Support Intake Coordinator - Spanish/English
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Do you speak Spanish and have a passion for helping people reach their goals? We’d love you to join our team! The Family Support Intake Coordinator is the first contact for immigrants and refugees seeking support services through World Relief at our Aurora location in the western suburbs of Chicago.
This position is responsible for facilitating the intake process, beginning at the point of the client’s intake interview, including registration/intake, document verification, and the coordination, monitoring, and follow-up of client’s short-term and long-term care. Referral and follow up will be necessary for all internal services (case management, employment, children & youth, and counseling center services) and external services at other community agencies. Additionally, this position will be responsible for helping immigrants apply for public benefits and supporting case managers with various tasks.
ESL Associate Instructor (Part-Time)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
This position has primary responsibility for providing English language instruction, job readiness skills and career pathways understanding for immigrants, newly arrived refugees, and asylees. This position helps move students toward stability and healthy integration by helping them quickly gain the practical English langue proficiency needed for survival, basic communication in the community, and employment/career success in the United States.
Afghan Support Case Worker (Temporary)
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Each of our three Chicagoland locations are hiring to provide case management to newly arriving families evacuating Afghanistan. This position will work to secure housing arrangements, provide ongoing cultural adjustment support, connections with legal services, employment assistance, and referrals. This position will include making home visits to families living in Chicago and/or the surrounding suburbs.
POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief is a unique and invigorating place to work. We are looking for talented, ambitious and collaborative people to come alongside our mission, vision and values as we partner with churches to empower the most vulnerable in the world. We hope these resources provide more insight into your hiring journey with us.
Do you enjoy solving complex problems that involve both personalities and logistics? Are you interested in assisting refugees, asylees and other immigrants integrate into the US by preparing them to start a job and their career?
As Employment Specialist you will provide assistance to newly arrived refugees and other immigrants by assisting in their search for initial employment and collaborating with them on employment-related matters including job retention and job re-placement as relevant. This position assists refugees and those granted asylum and other immigrants to become economically self-sufficient by preparing them for employment, utilizing employer contacts to place them in jobs, counseling on job upgrades and career pathway opportunities, and maintaining and expanding an employer network.
Family Reunification Coordinator
POSITION SUMMARY:
Do you want to play an instrumental part in reuniting refugee families? This position is one that balances both detail orientation with high people skills in addition to the ability to work across many cultures. This position will screen and process all paperwork for the Refugee Affidavit of Relationship forms and processes. There are at least four different types of refugee reunification processes for eligible Refugee applicants seeking to bring their family to the United States.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Are you interested in providing case management to newly arrived refugees? Do you want to work alongside a team that is passionate and driven to provide excellent services to our immigrant neighbors? If so, then you may be a great fit for the family case management (FCM) team.
This position assists with the provision of core services and provides short-term case management for refugee families in coordination with WR staff, local churches, and the broader community. This position will be responsible for providing ongoing client services and administrative tasks for the receptions and placement and match grant programs. The position is based in Carol Stream and Aurora and requires client visits throughout DuPage and Kane Counties.
AmeriCorps
We will begin accepting applications in June 2021. For a list of open positions, click here.
We partner with AmeriCorps and Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (LVI) to offer full and part-time positions in our Aurora, Carol Stream, and Chicago offices. See our open positions and how to apply below.
Internships
Interested in positions at our Chicagoland offices? Click here to view the available opportunities.
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