Immigrant School Impact Specialist - Bilingual (Spanish/English) - 2025562

World Relief • Durham, NC

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About The Position

World Relief Durham is looking for a bilingual Immigrant School Impact Specialist to help support and develop Youth Services. This includes academic support and social/emotional learning for school-aged children. The Immigrant School Impact Specialist will oversee both programming and case management for Spanish speaking clients (students and families) with the goal to support this population of immigrants as it relates to education and youth services, build client capacity to access educational opportunities in Durham Public Schools, and act as an advocate and liaison to bridge the gap between schools and home.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document
• Bachelor’s degree in Education or applicable field
• 3 or more years of work experience in education, youth development, or related field
• An ability to serve diverse populations
• Proficiency in Microsoft applications including, Outlook, Work, PowerPoint, etc.
• Entrepreneurial skills; self-starter; strong initiative and development skills
• Fluent in Microsoft software including Excel, Word, and Outlook; highly skilled in Google Suite products, including Google Drive; prefer Salesforce experience
• Experience in education, volunteer coordination, and/or youth services
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task and organize in a fast paced and fluid environment
• Ability to work with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving record.

Nice To Haves

• Strong preference for candidates who are fluent in Spanish.
• Preference for applicants with school-based experience.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the RIYS Manager and program staff to further develop needed, gap-filling, research-driven Youth Services for refugee and immigrant youth in the Durham and the Triangle
• Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents to identify needs and challenges faced by students whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from existing academic support services
• Cooperate with DPS staff to develop and implement tutoring program and curriculum for these students that are both pertinent to and advance the lessons being taught in regular classrooms to achieve measurable improvements in educational outcomes
• Implement in-school and/or after-school ongoing tutoring for target student groups through direct program staff involvement and training and mobilizing community volunteers from multiple language backgrounds
• Facilitate interpretation for parent/teacher conferences for target students
• Facilitate increased communication between parents and teachers through translation of school forms
• Work with DPS and volunteer base to provide transportation for target students from partner schools for all program activities as needed
• Facilitate deeper parent and family engagement with and integration into school community life by providing target student families with interpreters and transportation to school events and more; create school community events for target student families in their own languages
• Collaborate with DPS staff to develop and implement cultural sensitivity and other trainings requested by DPS staff for DPS staff to increase ability to positively impact refugee and immigrant students
• Help with implementing summer camp programming in conjunction with volunteers and interpreters
• Meet weekly with RIYS Manager and other coordinators/specialists for troubleshooting, brainstorming, accountability and feedback
• Utilize case management databases at World Relief to track program data; case note as needed
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Benefits

• World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, and part-time (25+ hours per week) employees
• World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees