Community Resource Specialist (Virtual R&P Program)
Company: World Relief
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: April 24, 2024
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Job Description:
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.
The ideal candidate is proficient with technology, has excellent
organizational and communication skills, and has experience in the
non-profit sector working closely with various stakeholders
including local churches, service providers, and community
organizations to ensure program participants have access to
essential resources and support services. This role works in tandem
with the Virtual R&P Supervisors to identify, develop, and map
resources and referral partners in every community where program
participants are placed (in-kind, education, employment, housing,
healthcare, etc.).
Role & Responsibilities
Build team of community resource coordinators:
Provide resource coordination to support resettlement in various
new geographies:
Build and maintain community resource and partnerships
database:
Collaborate with Church Partnership Specialist:
Work with community entities to promote and support program
participant needs:
$55,000 - $60,000 a year
$55,000-60,000
World Relief offers a competitive benefits package (25 hours + per
week):
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Offer 16 company Paid Holidays + 4 additional Personal days per
year!
- Paid Sick and Vacation Time
- Paid Parental Leave (12 weeks for qualified employees)
- FSAs: Medical & Dependent Care, & Commuter Funding
- Supplemental Life Insurance (employee, spouse, and children)
- Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, and Accident insurance
policies
- Legal Shield Insurance
World Relief pays 100% for eligible employees:
- Group Term Life (employee, spouse, and children)
- Long Term & Short-term Disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D)
- Long Distance Travel Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
World Relief - Retirement:
- 401K & Roth
- WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to
10%
- Eligibility: Full Time (40 hours per week) is eligible after 3
months of employment. Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a
year.
World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):
- Verizon
- Pet Insurance through Nationwide
- Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual
- Working Advantage Discount Program
- Active & Fit Gym Membership
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.
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. World Relief also offers hybrid and
remote schedules for limited positions.
--- 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 virtual 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.
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.World Relief strictly prohibits
and does not tolerate unlawful discrimination against employees on
the basis of person's race, color, sex, national origin, age,
disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic
protected under applicable federal, state, or local law, which does
not conflict with the protections afforded World Relief as a
faith-based employer.
In addition, physical or mental limitations will not be a factor in
the application of World Relief's employment policies or employee
practices, except for those situations in which occupational
requirement make consideration of such factors necessary.
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.
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