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Summer 2024: Women's Resilience Center Intern (Unpaid)

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International Rescue Committee

Mar 28

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  • Internship
    Part-time
    Summer Internship
  • Business, Operations & Strategy
  • San Diego

Requirements

  • Must be currently enrolled (or a recent graduate) in an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s program focused on Women’s/Gender Studies, Public Health, Social Work, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy or a related field.
  • Must have driver’s license and reliable transportation
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Excellent organization and time-management skills
  • Proactive, motivated, and flexible; able to remain calm and adapt within a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable work environment
  • Demonstrated success working and communicating with people of varied English-speaking abilities strongly preferred
  • Experience with direct service strongly preferred
  • Proficiency in Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Pashto or Russian preferred
  • Time Commitment: 4 months, 16-20 hours per day

Responsibilities

  • Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative/data support, and direct service:
  • Support with outreach to women+ in the IRC community about WRC programs
  • Co-facilitate orientations to new WRC members
  • Co-facilitate wellness workshops and presentations
  • Support our 'Safe Spaces' work to make the WRC a more inclusive place for women+
  • Collaborate with interns, staff, other departments at IRC, and community partners
  • Facilitate internal referrals to other IRC programs
  • Provide WRC members information about community resources
  • Conduct Summer Needs Assessment
  • Contribute to data monitoring and evaluation of WRC programs

International Rescue Committee

We respond to the world’s worst humanitarian crises & help people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.

Non-profit
Industry
5001-10,000
Employees
1933
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

The International Rescue Committee responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and help people to survive, recover, and gain control of their future. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees and displaced people forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40+ countries and in 29 U.S. cities, the IRC restores safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.