Cash & Medical Assistance Program Specialist
Job Summary
Job Description
The Cash & Medical Assistance Program Specialist will provide critical services and counsel to refugees and other eligible persons, assisting them in finding employment or seeking career advancement. Responsibilities include client intake, assessment, and enrollment into Refugee Cash Assistance, ensuring monthly program compliance, coordinating with other WR programs, reconciling payments, administering cash assistance, referring clients to other services, and maintaining case files. The role is based in the Austin office.
Must have:
- Mature and personal Christian faith
- Committed to World Relief's mission, vision, and values
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
Good to have:
- Fluency in an additional language
Perks:
- Competitive benefits package
- Employee discount program
1 skill required
Job Details
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.
At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.
If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.
Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.
This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.
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 seeks a Cash & Medical Assistance Program Specialist to provide critical services and counsel to refugees and other eligible persons as they search for initial employment or seek career advancement and job upgrade opportunities. This position assists refugees and other eligible persons to become economically self-sufficient by preparing them for employment, utilizing employer contacts to place them in jobs, counseling on job upgrades and career pathway opportunities, and maintaining and expanding an employer network. This role is based out of the Austin office
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct intake, assessment, and enrollment of clients into Refugee Cash Assistance
- Ensure monthly compliance of program participants, and distribute checks
- Verify continued eligibility of enrolled clients through monthly income verifications
- Coordinate with staff of other WR programs for RCA enrollment of eligible clients
- Reconcile monthly RCA payment with finance staff and database
- Administering monthly cash assistance payments and tracking expenses
- Refer RCA clients to Social Adjustment Services, and other World Relief programs as appropriate
- Ensure case files and reports are maintained in accordance with grant requirements and maintain communication with the Texas Office for Refugees (TXOR)
- Other duties as requested
JOB 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
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple demands and deadlines with flexibility
- Ability to maintain records and reports
- Detail-oriented and organized
- Demonstrates initiative, flexibility, and responsibility
- Ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing
- Effectively manage stressful or crisis situations
- Ability to speak an additional language would be beneficial, but is not required
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Fluency in an additional language such as Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, Lingala, Farsi, Dari, and Pashto is preferred
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.
World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.
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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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.
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