Refugee and Immigrant Pantry Education (RIPE) Internship

• Country: USA
• Vacancies No: N/A
  
• Salary: N/A 
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• Gender: Both

RESPONSIBILITIES: Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative/data support, and direct service:

• Collaborate with the Food Nutrition Specialist to plan high quality nutrition instruction and integrate into programming curriculum 
• Support with outreach to IRC clients using interpreters 
• Staff the food pantry and distribute the food 
• Contribute to data recording of food distribution 
• Aid in monitoring and evaluating RIPE progress through data tracking and conducting client assessments 
• Participate in training and professional development relevant to the role 
• Collaborate with interns, staff, other departments at IRC, and community partners 
• Facilitate internal referrals to other IRC programs
• Work in partnership with national New Roots network to maintain holistic approach to programming   
• Provide RIPE clients with information about the community resources available 
• Other related duties as assigned   

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Intern will have the opportunity to enhance their facilitation skills
• Intern will expand their experience providing nutritionally informed and culturally humble services
• Intern will participate in weekly RIPE intern group supervision to enhance collaborative learning

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled (or a recent graduate) in an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s program focused on
• Nutrition, Public Health, Social Work, Public Policy,  or a related field.
• Must have driver’s license and reliable transportation
• Proven track record working as a team member in a cross-cultural environment
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organization and time-management skills
• Proactive, motivated, and flexible; able to remain calm and adapt within a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable
• work environment
• Demonstrated success working and communicating with people of varied English-speaking abilities strongly
• preferred
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds safely
• Experience with direct service strongly preferred

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