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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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POSITION SUMMARY:
World Relief Chicagoland is hiring a Coordinator for its Asylum Project, a program located within its Chicago office location that provides holistic case management services to asylum seekers. This position includes case management responsibilities, such as assistance in accessing public benefits, housing, medical service provision, employment, career development, and educational referrals while participant’s asylum applications are being processed. The Coordinator will also be responsible for maintaining and establishing new relationships with immigrant legal services providers and other Chicago community service providers that can support asylum applicants. Additionally, the Coordinator will collaborate with church partners in conjunction with our Church and Volunteer Engagement team on a new initiative to connect asylum seeking families with volunteer support teams.
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.
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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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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Do you have the gift of connection? Do you enjoy facilitating many parts to come together to solve a problem? Through developing partnerships with local companies and generating diverse job leads you will be part of World Relief’s Employment Services team which connects hundreds of refugees and immigrants with relevant job opportunities that help to satisfy HR demand in the local economy.
The Job Developer position engages a variety of stakeholders with the mission of creating opportunity for refugees, asylees, and other immigrants to begin and advance in their careers while serving as a local workforce solution for partner companies. This position will be responsible for developing relationships with companies, generating job leads, and providing Employment and Career Pathways Specialists with entry level, upgrade, and career pathway job opportunities for WR clients in DuPage and Kane Counties. This position requires creativity and energy to work with the diverse stakeholders to build new partnerships and cast vision with local employers.
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 under the supervision of the Legal Director. 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
Do you enjoy networking and making connections between people and organizations? Are you passionate about serving immigrants and refugees? Come join our team!
This position will represent World Relief Chicagoland in the western suburbs (DuPage & Aurora), and will work alongside program managers to identify, develop and implement community outreach initiatives that grow awareness of the organization in a variety of forums. This position will intentionally work towards developing relationships with key immigrant community leaders and organizations. Spanish/English fluency is required.
POSITION SUMMARY
Do you want to work towards social justice? Do you want to make an impact in the lives of immigrants? This position is a combination of both high detail orientation along with the need for strong interpersonal communication and coordination skills. This position will input data and manage reporting information for the New Americans Initiative Citizenship grant as well as assist the Citizenship Coordinator in meeting grant objectives. This position will interact with immigrants in the naturalization process as well as provide volunteer coordination and volunteer data tracking. Lastly, this position will be a support to the Administrative Assistant role and will oversee mailing of applications to Immigration (USCIS).
POSITION SUMMARY
World Relief Chicagoland is looking for an experienced ESL instructor to teach ESL classes to adult students living in Chicago through its Chicago office. Currently these classes are taking place online which involves virtual classroom meetings and independent student homework. The ESL Instructor will teach creative and interactive ESL lessons that incorporate life, English literacy, digital literacy, employment, and college-readiness skills. If you are an energetic individual that has strong interpersonal skills, a passion to teach English to adult immigrants, and the ability to help students successfully navigate technology and online learning platforms, this role may be a good fit for you. Classes are currently held Monday through Thursday mornings. This class may transition to meeting in-person at some point in the future.
POSITION SUMMARY
World Relief Chicagoland is looking for an experienced ESL instructor to teach ESL classes to adult students living in Chicago through its Chicago office. Currently these classes are taking place online which involves virtual classroom meetings and independent student homework. The ESL Instructor will teach creative and interactive ESL lessons that incorporate life, English literacy, digital literacy, employment, and college-readiness skills. If you are an energetic individual that has strong interpersonal skills, a passion to teach English to adult immigrants, and the ability to help students successfully navigate technology and online learning platforms, this role may be a good fit for you. Classes are currently held Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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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