Senior Community Wellness Specialist

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.

The Senior Community Wellness Specialist leads World Relief Durham’s Wellness Navigation team, promoting individual and family wellness in the refugee and immigrant community of the Triangle Region of North Carolina. The Senior Specialist provides leadership and supervision of bilingual Wellness Navigators and provides direct client services, including leading classes and wellness groups. The Senior Specialist may also carry an individual caseload of clients.

• 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.
• Ongoing development/refinement of community education modules to promote holistic wellness and healthy integration in the local community
• Direct supervision of Wellness Navigation team, including training members of Wellness Navigation team to execute wellness programming.
• Teach weekly classes on topics related to health literacy, family wellness, and other topics to nurture integration and overall wellness
• Facilitation of Wellness Groups using evidence-based curriculum to nurture resilience and promote connections within the refugee community.
• Organize community gatherings or events to promote health and wellness in the immigrant community.
• Provide individual health coaching on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, preventative care, navigating the health system and utilizing a pharmacy.
• Accompany clients to health appointments to provide in person coaching to help them learn to navigate doctors’ appointments independently.
• Administrative duties including database management and maintaining accurate and detailed case notes for client services.
• Ongoing monitoring of administrative tasks, including database entries and case notes, of Wellness Navigators.
• Complete and submit monthly Performance Reports to the State Refugee Office.
• Collaborate with Health and Wellness Manager and…