Serve as an Intern Helping Refugees and Asylees

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 23:07:55 -0400

Lutheran Social Services is Seeking Interns

Internship Position: Refugee Recertification Program Intern (Volunteer)

Location: Baltimore, MD

Commitment: 20 hours/week for 3 months (Minimum)

APPLY VIA UMBCworks or E-mail your resume and cover letter to: Deepti Scharf, Outreach and Support Specialist, at ScharfD@lssnca.org

LSS/NCA clients represent a wide variety of work experiences and talents. Our amazing pool of international clients includes professional artists, musicians, doctors, lawyers, UN consultants and interpreters. Even during these difficult economic times, we have worked as a team to assist refugees and asylees with employment and have secured a wide variety of jobs ranging from TV news broadcasting to nursing assistance. This internship is an excellent opportunity to work intimately with a diverse group of people and to network with the greater Baltimore community.

Many refugees and asylees arrive in the U.S. with decades of experience in fields such as accounting, IT, teaching, engineering, and nursing. These individuals face significant challenges joining the workforce in a professional position because employers in the United States do not recognize their advanced degrees or licenses from their home countries. The Refugee Recertification Program works with these clients to help them navigate the complex credentialing and recertification process and to find a job in their field.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Outreach to recruit new clients

• Advise clients throughout the re-credentialing process on subjects such as resumes, the job search, self-presentation and trainings

• Arrange and conduct workshops and trainings for client benefit

• Develop and assist with presentations on RRP to partners through print media, power points

• Recruit potential partners and employers through social networking

• Work toward furthering career development for RRP clients.

• Coordinate with LSS/NCA employment workers to develop job leads and placements

• Assist in developing new training materials

Required Qualifications

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Interest and experience educating, networking, and communicating

• Passionate about helping people and working in a multi-cultural environment

• Able to think creatively, develop strategies, and see them through to completion

• Detail-oriented and

• Able to work independently

• Willingness to be patient, understanding and flexible