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Afghan Women's Group Intern

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New York, United States International Rescue Committee Full time
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 50 countries and more than 25 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.

UNPAID Afghan Women's Group and Special Events Intern

BACKGROUND: International Rescue Committee(IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, the IRC provides resettlement, education, and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.

The Adult Education Department provides in-person and remote ESL classes to adults 18 and older, facilitates cultural orientation for resettlement clients, coordinates with other IRC departments to facilitate workforce development workshops, and refers clients internally and externally to additional services identified during case management. In addition, the Adult Education Department provides support to clients through special projects such as the Afghan Women's Group.

SCOPE OF WORK: The Afghan Women's Group and Special Events Intern will support the Adult Education Manager and other Department staff with planning, coordinating, and implementing the Afghan Women Support Group and other future projects as needed.

This is an unpaid internship.

Minimum Qualifications:RESPONSIBILITIES:
Assist the Adult Education Manager with developing and administrating surveys for the Afghan women's group.
Assist in creating a curriculum for the Afghan Women's Group with a gender lens- topics. The curriculum should include but not be limited to women's health, workforce development, parent's rights in NYC public schools, and civics.
Support monitoring and replying to email inquiries or phone calls about upcoming workshops and ensuring that the correct parties have received communication.
Support with referrals to other services and educational programs for Afghan girls within the IRC.
Support other special events, projects, and initiatives as needed.
Translate to Dari and Pashto as needed.
Other tasks as needed.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Student will learnabout the various management responsibilities of a complexeducational program.
Student will learn how to coordinate and communicate with different stakeholders to plan and implement educational workshops and special events.
Student will learn to work with diverse staff
Student will learn about programs and services provided to refugees, migrants, and displaced people.

REQUIREMENTS:
Current undergraduate or graduate student in Education, Non-profit Management or related field, or within one year of graduation
Strong organizational and analytical skills
Flexible and able to solve problems
Excellent writing and oral communication skills
Cultural competence and cross-cultural or overseas experience desirable
Fluent in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and Word
Experience in Box, Microsoft Teams, and Google Drive desirable
Experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations desirable
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work independently and as part of a team
Fluent in Dari, Farsi, and/or Pashto is highly desirable.

IRC leading the way From Harm to Home.
Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way - our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.