Volunteer Opportunities

Immigration Volunteers work with Immigration Legal Representative(s) to directly assist clients with the processing and follow up of applications for lawful permanent residence, family reunification, and other immigration petitions necessary to receive legal residency in the United States and reunite family members.

The Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning (MEL) Department, provides essential oversight of program quality assurance, data management, and compliance across all organizational levels. MEL ensures programs meet high standards through accurate outcome documentation, internal monitoring, audit preparedness, and staff training on data systems. The Quality Assurance Intern will support these efforts by focusing primarily on client feedback. This includes contacting clients by phone to conduct surveys, recording and tracking feedback and helping to organize and analyze responses. The intern will gain hands-on experience in client engagement, quality assurance processes and how feedback informs program improvement and accountability within a nonprofit setting.

The Ukrainian Support Services (USS) program focuses on providing case management supportive services to Ukrainian nationals who fled to the US due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. The USS volunteer will support case management staff in the field with direct client services.

The Ukrainian Support Services (USS) program focuses on providing case management supportive services to Ukrainian nationals who fled to the US due to Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. The USS Intern will assist case management staff with administrative tasks and in providing case management support to individuals fleeing the war in Ukraine as they adjust to their new lives in the US.

Under the supervision of the Development Manager for the NorCal region, as well as the four Volunteer & Donation Coordinators across the NorCal offices, the Social Media intern will assist in managing IRC's outreach and communication efforts.

Under the supervision of the Senior Career Development Specialist, the Microenterprise Volunteer will support refugee and immigrant clients enrolled in the childcare program.

The Outreach and Engagement Intern will work with the Financial Empowerment Center and the Student Loan Empowerment Project to develop and execute outreach strategies aimed at increasing awareness of and enrollment in both the FEC and SLEP programs.

Through the Ukrainian Newcomers Support Program (UNSP), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Sacramento will deliver essential psychosocial and mental health support services to Ukrainian community members.

This branch of the Economic Empowerment department is tasked with assisting refugees in learning American workforce norms, expectations in the workplace, and comprehension on how to thrive financially in the U.S.

The Resource & Partnership Development (RPD) department is responsible for community engagement efforts such as procuring, organizing, and distributing Contributions-in-Kind (CIK), essential goods that the IRC receives and then donates to resettled refugee and immigrant populations

Operations staff provide a broad variety of support services to the Sacramento office, as well as serving as the first point of contact for clients.

The Anti-Trafficking program supports survivors of labor and sex trafficking on their path to safety, security, and self-sufficiency.

The Anti-Trafficking program supports survivors of labor and sex trafficking on their path to safety, security, and self-sufficiency.

The New Roots program helps refugees reestablish their ties to the land, celebrate their heritage and nourish themselves and their neighbors by planting strong roots in Sacramento. We work to increase refugee access to and participation in the local food system through agricultural training, food access and security programming, community farming, and business development training.