# Refugee TANF Coordination Program Intern

**Company**: International Rescue Committee (IRC)
**Location**: Silver Spring, MD
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: entry
**Job type**: internship
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Non-Profit

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## Description

The Refugee TANF Coordination Program (RTCP) specializes in providing holistic services to humanitarian immigrant parents receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). The goal of the program is threefold: 1) assist households in maintaining compliance with their TANF benefits, 2) reduce barriers to self-sufficiency and employment, and 3) assist the employment ready spouse(s) in securing full-time employment.

Responsibilities:

- Assess new clients through creating their individual initial employment plan and pre-employment budget.

- Conduct bulk Zoom or in-person skill-building or information sessions, including on job readiness, interviews, digital literacy, public transport, childcare options, driver's licenses, GED courses, and credential evaluation.

- Assist clients with public benefit application follow-up, calls to external service providers, and referrals to internal and external services.

- Create individualized resumes and cover letters, assist with finding job leads, and complete job applications with clients.

- Strategically research potential employer partners and conduct outreach.

- Regularly track service provision through electronic data entry and organize required client documentation.

Learning Objectives:

- Gain US resettlement agency experience in assessing new clients.

- Learn how to train and communicate with varied stakeholders, including how to effectively utilize interpreters.

- Acquire knowledge of programs and public benefits available to humanitarian immigrants.

- Learn how to effectively create resumes and job search for clients.

- Gain skills in strategic research and outreach strategies.

- Learn reporting requirements for resettlement agencies and how capturing this data improves services.

Qualifications:

- Current undergraduate, graduate student, or less than 12 months out of school.

- Minimum 24 hours per week, three-month commitment, and three full working days per week; full-time 32-40 hours per week highly preferred.

- Strong digital literacy skills and the ability to learn new software and tasks.

- Organized and attentive to detail.

- Ability to work independently and multi-task.

- Strong verbal and written communication skills.

- Experience or interest in conducting trainings.

- Interest in working in a global environment with refugee and humanitarian populations.

- Fluency in Dari, Pashto, Ukrainian, Spanish, Kiswahili, Kinyarwanda, Tigrinya, or Amharic is a plus.

- Access to an insured vehicle preferred, but not required.

## Skills

### Required
- digital literacy
- communication skills
- organizational skills
- attention to detail
- ability to work independently

### Nice to have
- Dari
- Pashto
- Ukrainian
- Spanish
- Kiswahili
- Kinyarwanda
- Tigrinya
- Amharic

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