- Country: Bangkok, Thailand
- No of vacancies: N/A
- Salary: N/A
- Organization: IRC
- Gender: Both
- Deadline: N/A
Major Responsibilities:
- Travel independently or as part of a team within Thailand or to regional locations to conduct pre-screening interviews or support USCIS circuit rides when required
- Conduct prescreening interviews of refugee applicants in a manner that demonstrates a senior-level understanding of the US Resettlement Admissions Program and background information relevant to specific caseloads
- Perform quality control following the interview process to finalize cases for USCIS presentation, ensuring error detection and correction in accordance with USRAP guidelines and the cooperative agreement.
- Support USCIS officers during circuit rides by ensuring schedules are accurate, briefing applicants, completing case files and document review prior to presenting a case to USCIS, completing a quality check of documents after USCIS interviews, completing case updates into START and quality checking data in START after circuit rides.
- Maintain a high level of professionalism when representing RSC at meetings with partners when required
- Respond to case-specific inquiries from other RSC staff and/or partner organizations
- Send a regular report of quality check trends detected from case analysis of both the physical files and data in START
- Perform work in adherence to policy and procedure
- Keep immediate supervisor informed of developments in daily caseloads, including any urgent protection or medical conditions of applicants and their families
- Assume formal mentoring responsibilities for 1-2 assigned Caseworkers when required
- Other duties as assigned by the supervisor, in line with the job scope
Key Working Relationships:
Position Reports to: Casework Manager
Position directly supervises: NA
Other Internal and/or external contacts:
Internal: All Thailand and Malaysia RSC staff
External: IOM, RPC, RAs, UNHCR, USCIS, and local partners as required
Qualifications
Job Requirements:
Education:
University degree in any field
Work Experience:
At least two years of relevant professional experience with previous data collection and interviewing experience required
Resettlement processing or other NGO experience is preferred
Previous work in a multicultural environment is advantageous
Demonstrated Skills and Competencies:
- Able to travel whenever required, both domestically and internationally
- High level of professionalism while carrying out duties per the SOPs (i.e. integrity and confidentiality)
- Solid organizational skills with the ability to juggle multiple tasks, set priorities, effectively manage time, meet deadlines, and work well under pressure in a fast-paced team environment
- Strong communication skills with a demonstrated ability to communicate and work effectively and professionally with partners, colleagues, beneficiaries, and interpreters
- Problem-solver who takes initiative to provide solutions
- Ability to perform interviews and data collection through good listening and analytical skills.
- Excellent data entry and report writing skills; ability to produce grammatically correct, error-free reports
- Able to do an advanced quality check on cases utilizing Tableau reports
- When required, able to assist in providing the necessary guidance and support to co-workers
- Team oriented yet able to think and work independently
- Flexible and able to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment
- Meticulously attentive to details, and able to ensure compliance of policies and procedures by team members, providing feedback in a professional and constructive way
Language and Computer Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written English language skills are required.
- Working knowledge of a refugee language is desirable.
- High level of computer literacy and proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) is required.
- Proven advanced data entry skills with extreme accuracy, attention to detail, and self-checking abilities required.
Ability to type 40 words per minute required.
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