Scope of Support
Volunteers at the Women's Resilience Center (WRC) contribute to the development of Conversation Sessions for women and girls to practice speaking English in a safe and welcoming space. These interactive activities are hosted online and in person. All WRC sessions are client-centered, and all topics are selected and facilitated by participants.
What is the Women's Resilience Center?
The Women's Resilience Center (WRC) is a safe, collaborative space where the diverse needs of all women+ are respected and where they can seek, share, and obtain information about their rights and their inherent potential for safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power. It is a responsive, creative space that engages women+ as co-creators and encourages expression, enhanced wellbeing, and community connectedness. (When we use the term women+, this includes women of all ages, all abilities, diverse ethnic and religious affiliation and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· Collaborate with participants to decide on topics for sessions
· Plan and co-facilitate sessions with other volunteers
· Host and run Zoom sessions on WRC Zoom Account
· Track participants and session topics/plans
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Experience interacting and collaborating with a diverse array of community members
2. Expand skills around co-facilitating groups on Zoom
REQUIREMENTS
· Comfortable with planning sessions and working independently as needed
· Can commit to at least 2 hour/week
· Overseas study experience and/or ESL teaching experience
· Experience working with adults from diverse backgrounds
· Strong computer skills
· Must be flexible and a self-starter
· TESOL/TFL Certificate a plus
· Proficiency in Dari, Pashto, Haitian Creole, Swahili, or Arabic a plus
APPLY BY CLICKING HYPERLINK HERE
If you are interested in volunteering and submitting an application for this role, please ensure that you (1) indicate you are applying to the San Diego Office and (2) Under "Volunteer Interest and Information" please enter the top three positions that interest you and indicate the "English Conversation Volunteer" to be considered.
When we are ready to proceed with your application, we reach out to discuss next steps