Senior Youth Program Specialist

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities.

A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
** Job Overview:
** The vision of the IRC Washington Youth Program is that youth from refugee and immigrant backgrounds will have the skills and resources necessary to pursue a future of opportunity. The Youth and Education Program works towards this vision by providing educational and enrichment opportunities to help school-aged youth from refugee and immigrant backgrounds catch up on missed education, adjust to a new school, accelerate English language development, and build positive relationships in the school and community.

This program supports school-age youth and their families, and also provides support to teachers and school administration to better connect and serve these students.

The Sr. Youth Program Specialist is responsible for teaching and implementation of IRC’s Youth and Education Programs in Spokane, WA.IRC offers several programs for elementary-aged English Language Learners, including an in-person after school reading club in the fall and virtual reading programs in the spring and summer. These programs build students’ love of reading while exploring social-emotional learning themes and topics of diversity and belonging.

Sessions often include hands-on enrichment such as STEM activities and crafts.

The Family Engagement program works with schools and community partners to host workshops and events for families to learn about resources available at schools and other topics such as digital literacy skills, online safety, activities for kids, and high school graduation as well as accessing free community spaces such as the library and Mobius Discovery Center.

The Individualized Tutoring Program matches K-12 students and families with an IRC screened, trained, and supervised tutor who supports English language acquisition, literacy and fluency, math skills, general homework and social emotional learning. Tutors meet with students once a week after school for 1-2 hours for 3-6 months. Tutoring occurs at home or online. Tutoring is one of IRC’s long-standing programs and IRC is committed to providing high quality tutoring in alignment with Standford University’s National Student Success Accelerator’s standards.

The program serves 60-70 multilingual learners annually. Tutoring occurs on weekdays between the hours of 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
** Major Responsibilities:
***** Program Coordination & Teaching (After school and Summer Programs)
**** Plan and coordinate logistics for in-person and virtual educational programs, including an in-person elementary after school reading club (fall) and online elementary reading programs (spring and summer).
* Conduct outreach to parents/guardians to enroll students; collect, track, and maintain required paperwork, rosters, and program data.
* Coordinate program operations, including volunteers, technology set-up, supply distribution, and ongoing family communication.
* Provide direct instruction and support to multilingual learners.
* Prepare lessons using existing IRC curriculum and program materials.
*** Family Engagement Events & Workshops
**** With support from team plan and coordinate family events and workshops on school resources, digital literacy, online safety, youth activities, graduation pathways, and accessing free community spaces.
* Manage event logistics, including paperwork, scheduling interpreters, and organizing staff and volunteers.
* Conduct outreach and recruitment, including…