Volunteer Opportunities

Under the supervision of the Tax Site Coordinator, Volunteer Tax Quality Reviewers will provide free, professional, tax preparation services for low-income clients through IRC’s National Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. Quality Reviewers will guide taxpayers through the review process, advise the taxpayer as they sign their returns, and provide feedback to Volunteer Tax Preparers when necessary.

Under the supervision of the Tax Site Coordinator, Volunteer Tax Preparers will provide free, professional, tax preparation services for low-income clients through IRC’s National Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. As a Volunteer Tax Preparer, you will prepare and provide tax returns and guide taxpayers through the returns process.

Under the supervision of the Tax Site Coordinator, Volunteer Tax Screeners will ensure that taxpayers have all the necessary information and documents required to complete a tax return as part of the VITA program. Volunteer Screeners support the VITA program, in part, by ensuring that taxpayers have necessary documents for their return and verifying tax payer identity.

Under the supervision of the Tax Site Coordinator, the Tax Site Coordinator Intern supports the coordination and day-to-day administration of the IRC’s National Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The Intern will support with tasks such as, scheduling clients for appointments, providing technical support to volunteer tax preparers, and facilitating the launch and administration of the IRC in Missoula's VITA program.

Employment Partnerships Liaison internship is responsible for establishing and maintaining employer relationships through outreach, community events/networking hiring events, site visits, bring back viable employer leads, providing cultural competency trainings and education about IRC to prospective and current employers of IRC clients, spearheading community outreach and networking activities and events with the goal of building a diverse employer pool

As an Employment Support Volunteer, you will support the Career Development Coordinator and Employment team with various aspects of employment. Duties include but are not limited to assisting IRC staff with growing the employer network, assisting clients with resume building, shopping for work clothes, attending job interviews, completing new hire paperwork, accompanying clients to their first few days of their new job, and helping them learn biking and/or public transportation routes to and from work.

Transportation Ambassadors assist IRC casework staff in showing refugee families how to get around town on the Mountain line! Newly arriving families do not have cars, and so assisting them in mastering the public transit is crucial for the freedom to get around and part of how we empower them to become self sufficient. Transportation Ambassadors will work closely with casework staff to schedule trainings with clients and helping them get to and from appointments and other key locations in Missoula.

As an Employment Intern, you will support the Career Development Coordinator and Employment team with various aspects of employment. Duties include but are not limited to assisting IRC staff with growing the employer network, assisting clients with resume building, shopping for work clothes, attending job interviews, completing new hire paperwork, accompanying clients to their first few days of their new job, and helping them learn biking and/or public transportation routes to and from work.

Casework Interns help refugee families work towards self sufficiency in the areas of health, employment, financial literacy, education and housing. Casework interns work closely with the casework staff throughout their internship, assisting and learning about all aspects of the casework program.