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.

SCOPE OF WORK: IRC NYC Youth Education Volunteer Tutors provide tutoring, mainly consisting of homework help and English language development support for refugee and immigrant youth, K-12. Each tutor works with 1-5 students each day of tutoring and is responsible for submitting a case note regarding each of their tutees’ progress for each session of tutoring within 24 hours of the date of service. Each tutor may work with students whom they have worked with in the past or new students, as assigned. Tutors support each student with the homework/assignment they require, spanning across academic subjects/disciplines, home-language, and English language development level.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Uphold full commitment to a weekly schedule of tutoring sessions without absence or tardiness.  Time requirements: minimum of 4 hours/week with 2 additional hours/month  Facilitate language assistance and homework/schoolwork help with refugee and immigrant youth tutees online or in-person. The following programs are available to volunteer for as a tutor:  Homework Help: 4PM-6PM Tuesday-Friday via Zoom, Saturdays 11AM-1PM via Zoom or in-person  English Practice Workshops: 4PM-6PM Tuesday-Friday via Zoom, Saturdays 11AM-1PM via Zoom or in-person  Math Class (grades 9-12): 11am-1pm Saturday in-person or via Zoom  Support tutee English language learning from diverse home language backgrounds and English language development levels, as assigned.  Complete and submit all trainings and professional development by deadline, as assigned.  Uphold and promote policies and practices necessary to create a linguistically supportive, culturally responsive, trauma-informed learning environment.  Uphold all IRC and program and child safeguarding policies and directives.  Work and communicate with IRC staff and volunteers as needed.  Write and submit case notes for each tutee worked with, for each session of tutoring, by 24-hour deadline. Follow all program guidance for how to write complete case notes.  Complete assigned surveys and data tracking tasks, as assigned.  Complete and submit a weekly timesheet on Salesforce platform to track and codify IRC volunteer hours.  Additional related duties as assigned.  

REQUIREMENTS:

18+ years old, enrolled or graduated from undergraduate college.   Clear IRC background check by deadline in order to work with minors and/or vulnerable populations.  Complete and submit all IRC Youth Tutor asynchronous training modules by deadline.   Participate in IRC Youth Tutor online synchronous training.  Demonstrate reliability and flexibility.  Demonstrate interest in learning about IRC history, philosophy, global work, and local efforts.  Demonstrate respect for clients and staff from all racial, ethnic, linguistic, cultural, religious etc. backgrounds. Demonstrate a desire to continuously grow your own cultural competency.  Demonstrate respect for clients and staff of all identities.  Experience & commitment to education, and in particular education for youth who have experienced forced migration.  Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English; additional fluency in an IRC high-frequency or high-need language strongly preferred:  Spanish, Dari/Farsi, Pashto, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Mandarin, Arabic, Haitian Creole  Communicate any absences to IRC Youth Education Specialist in writing at least 48 hours in advance.  
Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.