Immigrant School Impact Specialist - Bilingual; Spanish​/English

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.

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.

World Relief Durham is looking for a bilingual Immigrant School Impact Specialist to help support and develop Youth Services. This includes academic support and social/emotional learning for school‑aged children. The Immigrant School Impact Specialist will oversee both programming and case management for Spanish‑speaking clients (students and families) with the goal to support this population of immigrants as it relates to education and youth services, build client capacity to access educational opportunities in Durham Public Schools, and act as an advocate and liaison to bridge the gap between schools and home.

• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check‑ins, and weekly or bi‑weekly check‑ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
• Work closely with the RIYS Manager and program staff to further develop needed, gap‑filling, research‑driven Youth Services for refugee and immigrant youth in the Durham and the Triangle
• Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents to identify needs and challenges faced by students whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from existing academic support services
• Cooperate with DPS staff to develop and implement tutoring program and curriculum for these students that are both pertinent to and advance the lessons being taught in regular classrooms to achieve measurable improvements in educational outcomes
• Implement in‑school and/or after‑school ongoing tutoring for target student groups through direct program staff involvement and training and mobilizing community volunteers from multiple language backgrounds
• Facilitate interpretation for parent/teacher conferences for target students
• Facilitate increased communication between parents and teachers through translation of school forms
• Work with DPS and volunteer base to provide transportation for target students from partner schools for all program activities as needed
• Faci…