English Conversation Partners Intern- 2025850

World Relief•Sacramento, CA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

World Relief seeks an English Conversation Partners (ECP) Intern to join their team. This position supports World Relief Sacramento departments and their education outreach initiative by providing direct English conversation practice to immigrants. The intern will work with the World Relief Sacramento Education team and the regional volunteer coordinator to support volunteers and clients. This role requires English language fluency and involves supporting client-volunteer matching, administrative tasks for client enrollment, and tracking volunteer hours. The position requires a commitment to a set schedule and is ideal for interns pursuing studies in Education, TESOL, Social Work, or related fields. This is a 10-hour per week internship with a hybrid schedule (2 days in office, 3 days remote). The intern will gain cross-cultural experience, learn about refugee integration needs, effective second-language teaching techniques, and the importance of English skills for integration in the U.S. This is an unpaid internship, but university credit may be available.

Requirements

Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
Desire to serve vulnerable communities
Acknowledge World Relief’s faith statement
Fluency in written and spoken English
Strong digital literacy skills and familiarity with MS Suite
Must be highly organized and attentive to details
Commitment to a set schedule to be available to meet with clients at consistent times
Hold current valid US Driver’s License; regular access to a personal vehicle required; must pass Motor Vehicle check

Nice To Haves

Able to work effectively and sensitively with people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds; cross-cultural and/or language learning experience a plus but not required
Comfortable communicating cross-culturally with clients with limited English
Able to follow written and oral directions, learn, and retain new information quickly
Able to work independently and self-manage tasks and time
Outgoing, friendly, quickly build rapport, and put people at ease

Responsibilities

Complete all required World Relief trainings (which includes Adult Education Basics and English Conversation Partners).
Learn and implement guidelines for English conversation sessions with English language learners.
Provide direct, in-person support to their conversation partners for conversation sessions (60-90 minutes per client per week).
Assist regional volunteer coordinator with client intake tracking, volunteer-client matching, scheduling coordination, and follow-up communication to support successful partnerships.
Serve as a point of contact for routine volunteer questions and help connect volunteers with appropriate staff support when needed.
Track participation, attendance, volunteer engagement, and program outcomes using established reporting systems.
Maintain and organize online educational resources (for clients and volunteers), attendance records, and program documentation.
Collect and organize participant and volunteer feedback to help evaluate and improve the English Conversation Partners program.
General office support duties as required.