Sacramento Economic Empowerment Internship - Winter/Spring 2025

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Job Summary

Job Description

World Relief is seeking an Economic Empowerment Intern for the Sacramento Economic Empowerment Internship (Winter/Spring 2025). The Economic Empowerment department prepares refugees and immigrants for work through job placement, workplace education, financial literacy training, and career counseling. The intern will provide employment services, including job readiness training, transportation support, job placement, and retention assistance to refugees entering the U.S. workforce. They will also provide career pathway support to advance their careers and enable self-sufficiency and financial stability through employment. The internship is a limited-term position until May 28, 2025.

Must have:

Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
Passion to help clients with Employment.

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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.

POSITION SUMMARY:

World Relief seeks an Economic Empowerment Intern for the Sacramento Economic Empowerment Internship (Winter/Spring 2025). The Economic Empowerment department works to prepare refugees and immigrants for work through job placement, workplace education, financial literacy training, and ongoing career counseling. The team partners with a network of employers who value the experiences of immigrants and the skills they bring, resulting in a diverse, strong, and vibrant workforce.

This is a limited-term internship until May 28, 2025.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provide employment services to assist refugees to enter the U.S. workforce by providing job readiness training, transportation support, and job placement and retention assistance.
Provide support to Refugees through the career pathways programs to advance their careers in the U.S. This support enables ser-sufficiency and financial stability through employment.

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