Youth Education Intern (Unpaid)

International Rescue Committee•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future. Resettlement is at the heart of the IRC’s work with refugees. Services provided meet refugees’ basic needs for food, shelter and legal rights in the early, critical stages of the long-term resettlement process. All activities lay the foundation for clients to become self-sufficient and contribute positively to their new community. The Youth Education Interns will assist the Youth Education department in supporting refugee and asylee children and meet their short-term and long-term education goals. This is an unpaid position. Applications are rolling until all positions are filled. This is a hybrid position, with opportunities to be online and in-person in our midtown Manhattan office at 263 W 38th Street. The IRC-RAI New York Office’s Youth Education department is looking for strong intern candidates to work on five core programs for youth: Youth Tools for Opportunities and Academic Development (TOAD), Youth English Classes (YESOL), Leaders in Training (LIT), Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E). Upon hire, interns will be assigned one of the aforementioned primary programs; all candidates should be prepared to engage fully with the responsibilities of each program as needed.

Requirements

Current undergraduate or graduate student, or recent graduate (Preference will be given to candidates with degrees in Education or related fields)
Experience in ESOL, ENL, ELL highly preferred)
Experience or strong interest in working with refugee and immigrant children
Punctuality, excellent time management skills, and a flexible schedule
Outstanding intercultural and interpersonal communication skills with demonstrated ability to work effectively with people from other cultural backgrounds.
Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding client information
Excellent organizational and leadership skills
Strong attention to detail and ability to work with minimal supervision
Fluency in written and spoken English required.
Second language proficiency in relevant language highly desirable (including Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish)
All offers are contingent on successfully passing background and criminal history checks as required by federal and state law or by IRC policy.

Nice To Haves

Preference will be given to candidates with degrees in Education or related fields
Experience in ESOL, ENL, ELL highly preferred
Second language proficiency in relevant language highly desirable (including Arabic, Dari, Farsi, Pashto, French, Fulani, Haitian Creole, Mandarin, Russian, Ukrainian, Spanish)

Responsibilities

Assist in organizing and facilitating online after-school and in-person Saturday TOAD programming, focusing on areas such as English language skills, math, and other subjects as needed.
Youth TOAD Interns may have the opportunity to choose which role they would like to take in addition to the previously outlined duties: Curriculum, Community Event Programming, Student and Family Engagement, or Volunteer Tutor Coordination.
Support Youth ESOL Specialist with creation of class material and direction of the class through regular feedback.
Assist with instruction during online youth classes, including providing opportunities for differentiation and scaffolding. This may include: leading activities and classes, providing one-to-one support to students, assisting with “emotional scaffolding” (monitoring students’ affect during class), providing translation when necessary, and participating in the chat to respond to students’ comments and questions.
Support with material and program development. This may include: recommending class materials and activities to the Youth ESOL Specialist.
Lead in-person Saturday Parent ESOL classes with guidance from Youth ESOL Specialist.
Assist with intake process and assessments for students entering and exiting the program. This may include: holding video calls with students to facilitate assessments, scheduling check-ins with students throughout the term to see how they are feeling in the program, and helping to collect student feedback.
Complete logistical tasks as needed. This may include: zoom management, sending extra study materials to students via email, and communicating with parents and families.
Assist with organizing and facilitating weekly LIT Workshops held every Saturday.
Support the Youth Education Specialist with reviewing and proofreading student documents (e.g., essays, résumés, personal statements) and providing thoughtful, constructive feedback.
Assist with recruitment, outreach, and maintaining regular engagement with participants.
Support the planning and coordination of field trips, campus visits, and enrichment activities.
Provide general program support including communications, curriculum planning, and documentation.
Participate in team meetings and contribute to the growth and improvement of the program.
Perform other related Youth Education tasks as needed.
Collaborate with the Youth Education Specialist to design and revise pre- and post-assessments, school readiness surveys, and response surveys.
Support the collection, organization, and cleaning of quantitative and qualitative data related to Youth Education programs.
Maintain accurate records of assessment results and ensure timely data entry and verification.
Assist in analyzing assessment and survey data to help inform program development and curriculum adjustments.
Contribute to summary reports, annual report, visualizations (e.g., charts or dashboards), impact summaries and presentations of findings.
Help track progress against program indicators and support documentation of lessons learned.
Participate in team meetings and offer insights from data trends to support decision-making.
Perform other related M&E/Youth Education tasks as needed.
Researching best practices in newcomer youth education to put into practice at mini-NYSA and NYSA.
Assist in the facilitation of Mini-NYSA including planning and leading some lessons as assigned.
Assist in creating a scope and sequence for NYSA classes.
Create sample lesson plans for incoming NYSA instructors.
Assist in the update of NYSA teacher training.
Collaborating with youth education team on creating Math, English, and School Readiness assessments.
Facilitate assessments to enrolling NYSA students online and in-person.
Create elective schedules for Upper School NYSA students.
Track and document all activities related to youth education and tutoring in the appropriate internal database system.
Complete and submit all trainings and professional development by deadline, as assigned.
Uphold and promote policies and practices necessary to create a linguistically supportive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed learning environment.
Uphold all IRC and program and child safeguarding policies and directives.
Work and communicate with IRC staff and volunteers as needed.
Complete assigned surveys and data tracking tasks, as assigned.
Complete and submit a weekly timesheet on Golden platform to track and codify IRC volunteer hours.
All interns must be available to support Mini-NYSA and NYSA programming, in-person programming held during NYC DOE school breaks.
Additional related duties as assigned.

Benefits

10 sick days
10 US holidays
20-25 paid time off days depending on role and tenure
medical insurance starting at $163 per month
dental starting at $6.50 per month
vision starting at $5 per month
FSA for healthcare and commuter costs
a 403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
disability & life insurance
Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.