ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.

In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.

POSITION SUMMARY:

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.

World Relief Quad Cities (WRQC) seeks an Immigration Legal Services (ILS) Assistant to help Afghan humanitarian parolees with intakes, education, referrals and outreach related to their asylum case, Special Immigration Visa case, and family reunification process. This position works closely with the Immigration Director and the ILS Coordinator and provides support to the department.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Facilitate intakes of new Afghan clients and determine their ILS needs
• Assist Immigration Director with ILS
• Schedule client appointments and administer reminder phone calls when needed
• Follow up on all USCIS requests
• Make referrals to external partners for asylum filing assistance
• Coordinate TPS workshops
• Facilitate I-693 appointments after a green card consultation
• Coordinate transportation to immigration-related appointments in Chicago and Des Moines with assistance from WRQC volunteers as needed
• Communicate with the World Relief Home Office and clients to assist with family reunification
• Attend all trainings and conference calls as required by funders or as assigned
• Create events and/or make presentations for education and outreach in the QC area
• Attend conferences/events to advertise ILS services; Plan and facilitate workshops
• Ensure interpretation services are provided for all immigration appointments

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

• Strong inter-personal and cross-cultural communication skills exercised through previous cross-cultural experience
• Committed to welcome the immigrant community, the general public, and other staff to World Relief
• Highly organized and a willingness to multitask
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word & Excel
• Demonstrated skills working in a team environment
• Fluency in English and one other language such as Pashto & Dari is preferred
• Ability to build relationships with church partners in diverse cultural environments.

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 Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Strong inter-personal and cross-cultural communication skills exercised through previous cross-cultural experience
• Highly organized and a willingness to multitask
• Fluency in English and one other language such as Pashto & Dari is preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds.
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information.
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office setting
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required.
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending.
• Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier.
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

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.

Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs, so that all staff share the same religious commitment.

Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per week):