Adult Education Administrative Assistant Intern

Requisition ID: req45419

Job Title: Adult Education Administrative Assistant Intern

Sector: Administrative/General Office

Employment Category: Intern

Employment Type: Part-Time

Compensation: USD 0.00 – 0.00 Hourly

Location: New York, NY RAI USA

Work Arrangement:

Job Description

BACKGROUND: International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in more than 40 countries and over 20 U.S. cities, the IRC provides resettlement, education and empowerment support to refugees and displaced people.

SCOPE OF WORK: Intern will assist the program Supervisor in supporting administrative and organization tasks for Adult ESL classes and Workforce Development Workshops. These classes are Funded by ONA (Office of New Americans) and WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), and require specific targets and data for reports.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Keep track of client communication and follow-up on attendance
• Maintain timely and organized physical and virtual student files
• Attend weekly supervision meetings with the program Supervisor
• Support in pre-test and post-test of students using Intercambio
• Support Adult Education Supervisor with monitoring client progress and growth
• Supporting during ESL open houses
• Support with the coordination curriculum building and facilitation of Workforce Development Workshops
• Support with compiling data, performing data entry, and assembling information for comprehensive reports in the internal databases and Microsoft spreadsheets.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

The Adult Education Administrative Assistant Intern will

• Get hands-on experience working in Administration for Adult Education Programs
• Learn about data tracking and reporting to funders
• Build communication and outreach skills with different stakeholders within the IRC office

Qualifications

 

REQUIREMENTS:

• Comfort working with refugees and immigrants from a variety of backgrounds, including those with limited formal education and/or literacy skills
• Ability to adapt to changing situations, comfortable working in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Excellent organizational skills
• Have a strong attention to detail
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Proficient in MS Office suite (especially Excel)
• Responsible, flexible, and dedicated
• Reliable: will commit to term listed above
• Bilingual speaking abilities is a plus (Spanish, French, Ukrainian, Russian, Pashto, Dari, or Farsi)