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About the Role

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is seeking passionate and solutions-driven individuals to support its Youth Education department. Interns will assist in providing academic, linguistic, social-emotional, and developmental support to refugee and asylee children, helping them achieve their short-term and long-term education goals. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of millions worldwide.

Responsibilities

Assist in organizing and facilitating online after-school and in-person Saturday TOAD programming.
Assist with instruction during online youth classes, including providing opportunities for differentiation and scaffolding.
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.
Assist with organizing and facilitating weekly LIT Workshops.
Support the Youth Education Specialist with reviewing and proofreading student documents and providing feedback.
Assist with recruitment, outreach, and maintaining regular engagement with participants.
Support the planning and coordination of field trips, campus visits, and enrichment activities.
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.
Assist in analyzing assessment and survey data to help inform program development and curriculum adjustments.
Research 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.
Collaborate 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.
Support Mini-NYSA and NYSA programming, in-person programming held during NYC DOE school breaks.
Perform other related Youth Education tasks as needed.
Perform other related M&E/Youth Education tasks as needed.
Other duties as assigned.

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.

Skills

English language skills
Math
Curriculum development
Community Event Programming
Student and Family Engagement
Volunteer Tutor Coordination
Creation of class material
Instructional support
Differentiation and scaffolding
Activity and class leadership
One-to-one student support
Emotional scaffolding
Translation
Chat moderation
Material and program development
Classroom management
Assessment design
Data collection
Data analysis
Report writing
Data visualization
Program indicator tracking
Lessons learned documentation
Team collaboration
Researching best practices
Lesson plan creation
Teacher training
Assessment creation
Professional development
Trauma-informed education
Family and community engagement
Nonprofit program development
Volunteer management
U.S. educational system navigation

Location

Hybrid
Midtown Manhattan office, NYC

Work Type

Hybrid
Unpaid internship

Experience Level

Internship

Education Level

Undergraduate student
Graduate student
Recent graduate

Salary/Compensations

Unpaid position

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
403b retirement savings plans with immediately vested matching
Disability & life insurance
Employee Assistance Program

About the Company

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.

Equal Opportunity

IRC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. IRC considers all applicants on the basis of merit without regard to race, sex, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.