Community Ambassador - Ukrainian

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

World Relief Chicagoland is seeking Community Ambassadors to foster the integration and empowerment of newcomers. This role involves gathering feedback from immigrant communities to understand trends and needs, disseminating information on policy updates and available resources, and improving relationships through various engagements. The position requires regional work across Aurora, DuPage, and Chicago. Responsibilities include community outreach, assisting newcomers with resource navigation, sharing community feedback, updating the team on resources, participating in educational activities, collaborating on outreach for workshops, creating multilingual resources, promoting World Relief at events, and documenting activities. A strong Christian faith and commitment to World Relief's mission are essential.
Must have:
  • Mature and personal Christian faith
  • Committed to World Relief's mission, vision, and values
  • Desire to serve and empower the Church
  • Fluent in Ukrainian
  • MS Office skills
Good to have:
  • Highly self-motivated
  • Adaptable and comfortable in fast-paced environment
  • Strong mediation and problem-solving skills
  • Direct-service experience with immigrant populations
  • Cross-cultural experience
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Comfortable working in a team environment
Perks:
  • Competitive benefits package
  • Employee discount program

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:

World Relief Chicagoland is creating a community ambassador team to promote the integration and empowerment of newcomers in Chicagoland. These positions will seek to obtain feedback from immigrant communities to better understand community trends and needs, share information on policy updates and their implications, inform about resources available and how to access them, and enhance relationships through meetings, workshops, and networking. This team member will work regionally across Chicagoland’s three locations: Aurora, DuPage, and Chicago.


This is a limited-term position funded through a grant agreement until June 30,2026 and contingent upon funding extension.


ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Regular outreach to community members, including receiving follow-up on community needs and making referrals
  • Assist newcomers in navigating and accessing community resources 
  • Engage in activities to receive, collect, and share feedback obtained from the immigrant community to enhance understanding of community specific needs and inform service provision (be a bridge between World Relief and immigrant community)
  • Regularly update the Ambassador team on new or changed community resources 
  • Tailor and participate in group-based educational activities or community network-building activities (virtual and in-person)
  • Collaborate on outreach efforts for educational workshops, hosted events, and classes to ensure strong attendance and participation 
  • Create resources in target languages about available services and life in the US 
  • Promote World Relief at community events (both immigrant and broader community)
  • Collaborate with fellow Community Ambassadors and other World Relief programs
  • Document and record plans, activities, outcomes, and follow-up steps 
  • Actively participate in department meetings, staff development opportunities, program trainings, community activities, and organizational events 
  • Maintain timely and accurate client files, case notes, and reporting records. 
  • Other duties as assigned 

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Highly self-motivated with strong follow-through and ability to work independently. 
  • Adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong mediation and problem-solving skills
  • Direct-service experience with immigrant populations preferred
  • Cross-cultural experience and/or personal refugee/immigrant experience
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to maintain detailed, accurate records
  • Comfortable working in a team environment 


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.
 
***
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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