Announcement
Are you a recent college graduate or currently enrolled in a University or College, wanting to learn more about the IRC and help refugees resettling in Wichita while earning college credit? The IRC in Wichita has several internships currently available. Interns must be affiliated with a College, University or educational institution and working towards earning college credit. The office currently has the following internships available:
Intake Coordinator Intern
Description: The Intake Coordinator Intern serves as the first point of contact for clients and visitors of the IRC in Wichita.
Responsibilities may include:
- Welcoming visitors, ensuring timely service to clients, and assist with answering clients’ questions.
- Answer all incoming calls and directing them to the appropriate staff member.
- Triage clients concerns and direct to appropriate staff, as applicable.
- Assist staff with special projects as needed.
Employment Intern:
Description: The Employment Assistant Intern will assist the IRC direct service staff in developing resources for the employment program. This position will assist refugees in preparing for employment, locating and obtaining employment.
Responsibilities may include:
- Research and “cold call” potential employers, including follow-up with promotional materials and site visits, as needed.
- Attend local job fairs; monitor and identify appropriate help-wanted and classified employment. Advertisements; and perform other activities designed to identify potential employment opportunities.
- Maintain good relationships with existing employers.
- Develop and/or update job orientation materials and assist with job orientation and counseling, as needed.
- Assist clients with job applications.
- Assist with enrollment and process of different Employment programs.
- Accompany refugees to job interviews as needed.
- Maintain list of contact information for local childcare facilities for refugees in need of child care during interview and employment.
- Maintain list of job training organizations and vocational opportunities in a variety of
- Other related duties as assigned.
In addition to this, the IRC also has several VISTA positions available in the office. The focus of VISTA positions are to build upon the capacity of the IRC office. Currently, VISTAs serve the following roles in the IRC office: Volunteer Coordination, In-Kind Donation Coordination, and Adult Education and Immigration Coordination roles. VISTAs are asked to make a year-long commitment to the organization and commit to working a regular full-time work week. They receive a living stipend and after their end of service they are eligible for an education award. VISTAs don’t have to be enrolled in college or working towards a college degree. Currently, the IRC has open VISTA positions in both our Wichita and Garden City offices.
To find out more information about open internships with the IRC in Wichita, please visit our website at Rescue.org/Careers. We will keep open positions updated on our webpage. For more questions about internships please email [email protected].