This position will primarily work out of IRCO Main Office, though may also work on site at other IRCO sites (see locations below). Some tasks require being in-office. Most tasks are remote. Trimet Hop passes provided.

IRCO Main Office (Room 10 and 11)
10301 NE Glisan St, Portland, OR 97220

Africa House (AH)
709 NE 102nd Ave, Portland, OR 97220

Pacific Islander Asian Family Center (PIAFC)
8040 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97213

Slavic Eastern European Center (SEEC)
555 SE 99th Ave, Portland, OR 97216

A minimum commitment of three months and at least 80 total volunteer hours is required

Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am – 5 pm. Intern schedule will be discussed and agreed upon before onboarding. Hours per week and schedule can be flexible.

Program Description:

IRCO Survivor Services provides trauma-informed confidential support to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in Oregon’s Multnomah, Clackamas, Washington, and Malheur Counties. These confidential programs are culturally and linguistically specific that provide holistic, culturally specific, trauma-informed intensive case management and wrap-around services to survivors.

Position Summary:

Tasks: Undergraduate interns will gather client feedback over the phone, at times with interpreter services. Interns will also support file organization, electronic client record management, and supply chain management. Undergraduate interns will have regular check ins with Survivor Services sector manager and interface with Survivor Sector leadership and advocates.

Skills: Organization, punctuality, communication, cultural responsivity, willingness to learn. Comfortable working in a multilingual and multicultural environment.

Training: As this is a confidential advocacy program, all interns are required to take the 40-hour free OCADSV training.

Requirements:

Must be 18 or older

Must pass an extensive background check

Reliable internet connection for remote work.

Current or previous enrollment in a social work, psychology, public health, program evaluation, criminology, or similar educational program.

Current or previous enrollment in a class focusing on program evaluation, research methods, data analysis, or similar.

Solid reading and writing competence.

Preferred qualifications include bilingual skills and bicultural experience. (Languages including but not limited to Russian, Ukranian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Somali, Oromo, Vietnamese, Burmese, Chuukese, Haitian, Dari, Mandarin, Amharic, Swahili, Rohigya.)