Youth Fellow #2025717

World Relief; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 18,720 - 22,880; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

World Relief seeks a Youth Fellow to serve refugee and immigrant students. The position supports after school tutoring, high school lunch groups, and case management needs, with 70% in office and 30% remote.

This limited‑term, part‑time role (20 hours/week) is located in Durham, NC area as part of the Refugee and Immigrant Youth Services team. Responsibilities include coordinating with DPS staff and families, assisting with school registrations, translating for conferences, and helping to host

Qualifications

• Mature and personal Christian faith.
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Others required to complete the essential job functions.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the RIYS Team to develop youth services in the Triangle area.
• Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents to identify needs of refugee & immigrant learners.
• Assist families through school registration and enrollment processes.
• Participate in RIYS activities including mentoring and tutoring.
• Facilitate interpretation for parent/teacher conferences.
• Translate school forms or coordinate with Bilingual Assistants for communications.
• Provide transportation for target students to program activities as needed.
• Engage families to participate in school community life in their languages.
• Support summer enrichment programs at DPS partner schools.
• Chair or Co‑Chair of Youth Advisory Council, guiding youth input.
• Weekly meetings with RIYS supervisor for troubleshooting and feedback.
• Use World Relief case management databases to track program data.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

Mature Christian faith

Committed to mission

Desire to serve and empower the Church

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

POSITION SUMMARY:

World Relief seeks a Youth Fellow to serve refugee and immigrant students. A Youth Fellow will work closely with the Refugee and Immigrant Youth Services team to support programming initiatives like after school tutoring, high school lunch groups, and patiently assisting families with case management needs. The Youth Fellow will bring their perspective and experience to support decision-making and youth programming development. This is a limited-term position funded through a grant agreement until 6/30/27 and contingent upon funding extension. This is a part‑time position for 20 hours per week. 70% in office; 30% work from home.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with the RIYS Team to further develop needed, gap‑filling, research‑driven Youth Services for refugee & other immigrant youth in the Triangle while gaining vital experience as a young professional
• Coordinate with DPS staff, students and parents to identify needs and challenges faced by refugee & other immigrant learners whose primary language limits their ability to benefit from existing academic support services
• Support families through school registration and enrollment processes through application‑filling, ESL testing set‑up, and school entry meetings
• Participate in RIYS activities including but not limited to: large group mentorship meetings, youth tutoring (in‑school and/or virtual)
• Facilitate interpretation for parent/teacher conferences for target students
• Facilitate increased communication between parents and teachers through translation of school forms, either directly themselves or through coordinating with WRD Bilingual Assistants
• Work with DPS and volunteer base to provide transportation for target students from partner schools for all program activities as needed
• Facilitate deeper parent and family engagement with and integration into school community life by providing target student families with interpreters and transportation to school events and more; create school community events for target student families in their own languages
• Support implementation of summer enrichment program hosted at DPS partner school in conjunction with volunteers and interpreters
• Serve as Chair (or Co‑Chair) of Youth Advisory Council, meeting periodically throughout the year to use their voices and experiences to inform WRD programs, serving as vital decision‑makers
• Meet weekly with your RIYS team supervisor for troubleshooting, brainstorming, accountability and feedback
• Utilize case management databases at World Relief to track program data; case note as needed
• Other responsibilities as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs, , and
• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Others required to complete the essential job functions

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated understanding of the refugee or immigrant experience, through lived experience or professional engagement preferred.
• Fluent in a language spoken by World Relief clients (example: Arabic, Dari, Kinyarwanda, Pashto, Rohingya, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, and more)
• Experience as a student in RIYS programming and/or Durham Public Schools
• License to drive in NC

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for part‑time employees.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.