Student Youth Fellow- 2025916

About the role

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

Organization Summary

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

Position Summary

World Relief is looking for emerging talent to fill our part-time Student Youth Fellow position (12-20 hours/week). This role offers a structured pathway for early-career individuals to serve refugee and immigrant students while building professional skills under the guidance of our Refugee and Immigrant Youth Services Team. You will support essential programs, including after-school tutoring, high school lunch groups, and assisting families with case management needs while also leveraging your own cultural-lived experience and perspective to drive program development and team decisions.

This is a one-year, limited-term fellowship with the possibility of a one-year extension. The fellowship is designed for individuals who are early in their professional journey and provides intentional support, mentorship, and hands-on experience to help participants develop skills and confidence as they explore new career opportunities..

Role & Responsibilities

• Work closely with the RIYS Team to further develop needed, gap-filling, research-driven Youth Services for refugee & other immigrant youth in the Triangle while gaining vital experience as a young professional
• Support students and parents to identify and address needs of challenges faced by refugee & other immigrant learners whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from existing academic support services
• Support families through school registration and enrollment processes through application-filling, ESL testing set-up, and school entry meetings
• Participate in RIYS activities including but not limited to: large group mentorship meetings, afterschool programming, and in-school programming
• Support case management needs, including strengthening communication between parents and teachers, supporting with school paperwork, and directly interpreting or coordinating with contract interpreters to build parent capacity in navigating U.S. schools
• Facilitate deeper student and caregiver engagement with and integration into school community life by providing target student families transportation to school events and programming activities
• Support the planning of school-community events for target student families in their own languages
• Support implementation of summer enrichment program
• Meet weekly with your RIYS team supervisor for troubleshooting, brainstorming, accountability and feedback
• Utilize case management databases at World Relief to track program data; case note as needed
• When relevant, serve as Chair (or Co-Chair) of Youth Advisory Council, meeting periodically throughout the year to use their voices and experiences to inform WRD programs, serving as vital decision-makers
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Job 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
• Valid drivers license, access to reliable vehicle and ability to pass MVR standards
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Entrepreneurial skills; self-starter; strong initiative and development skills
• Basic technology skills with openness to growth using Microsoft software including Excel, Word, and Outlook, as well as Google Suite products, including Google Drive
• Desire to explore refugee resettlement, children and youth services, and/or the nonprofit sector as a career
• Willingness to learn and be coached particularly around abilities to prioritize, multi-task and remain organized in a fluid environment
• Ability to work with students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrated understanding of the refugee or immigrant experience, through lived experience or professional engagement.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and experience working effectively across diverse cultures, backgrounds, and perspectives.
• Strong English skills (verbal and written)
• Fluency in one other language of populations we serve (example: Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Pashto, Rohingya, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, and more)
• Personal or professional experience working with immigrant, refugee, or newcomer students and families in U.S. educational settings

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as a student in World Relief Durham's Refugee and Immigrant Youth Services programming
• Experience as a student in Durham Public Schools or other U.S. schools

Pay and benefits

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program part-time employees (working 25+ hours per week).

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.

For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.