The International Rescue Committee 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 at work in over 40 countries and 26 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.
Job Overview: Under the supervision of the Youth Coordinator, the In-School Youth Specialist is responsible for REP service provision and outcomes, including screening referrals from teachers, client processing and enrollment, curriculum development, providing assessments, creating individualized service plans, case management including client success coaching towards youth goals, referrals to community organizations for care givers, follow up services, and financial requests.
This role will also be responsible to coordinate school enrollments for newly arrived youth including working with families to ensure youth are enrolled into and attending school.
The position will also be responsible to provide additional recommendations for student support on campus.
The Youth Specialist will develop relationships with local school districts and site staff, including building rapport, learning about opportunities on campus, and connecting youth to appropriate staff for support. Youth Specialist will be responsible to provide teachers with a clear understanding of REP objectives and enrollment criteria along with a clear referral process.
The Youth Specialist will be responsible for enrolling clients into REP and assigning mentors to each youth.
They will be responsible to develop goal maps with each youth and provide guidance to mentors on how to follow up on the plans monthly to ensure progression towards goals. The Youth Specialist will also train mentors on related skills and processes. All activities will advance skill acquisition and support school engagement and progression. This role will oversee the development and implementation of REP workshops aimed education support, life skills development, employment information, and skills assessments.
In addition, the Youth Specialist will be responsible for overseeing progress made through mentoring programs and will report findings through maintaining casefiles, case notes across ETO, and internal tracking systems.
Additionally, Youth Specialist will support logistical planning and coordinating of one-time Elevate Tech School workshops at school sites.
Working in existing networks and partnership, Youth Specialist will be responsible to find times, dates, and locations for Elevate Tech School and support with referrals for youth participants in one-time workshops.
Major Responsibilities:
Client Outreach & External Partnership Development
Case Management:
Facilitation & Teaching:
Ensuring clear messaging, teaching, and a safe and healing learning environment.
Program reporting and administration:
School Enrollments:
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Youth Programs Coordinator
Job Requirements:
Working Environment***:***
This position will administer program after school hours and may need to work 10am-6pm on program days.
Compensation: Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates.
Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions.
We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.
Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
Please contact us to request accommodation.
US Benefits: The IRC offers a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits.
All US employees are eligible for sick time, a 403b retirement savings plans: up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus an 3-7% additional IRC contribution, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support in times of crisis and mental health struggles.
In addition, full-time employees are eligible for 10 US paid holidays, 20-25 paid time off days, disability & life insurance, medical, dental, and vision insurance (employee contribution starting at $135, $7, and $5 per month respectively) and FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs.
Part-time employees are eligible for a proportionate amount of paid time off.
These additional benefits apply to employees who work at least 6 months within a 12 month time period.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 60