How can I volunteer?
The IRC has offices across the United States each offering a variety of individual and group volunteer opportunities throughout the year. Typical volunteer opportunities include:
- Mentoring refugee families and individuals
- Assisting refugees to develop effective job seeking and interview results
- Helping maintain a New Roots garden
- To explore open volunteer positions, locate the office nearest you.
- Please note that the IRC does not send volunteers to our international program locations.
- What is the volunteer application process?
- To become an IRC volunteer, an individual is required to complete the following volunteer process:
- Fill out a volunteer application
- Attend an orientation at an IRC office
- Be interviewed by IRC staff
- Complete a background check
Internships
The IRC’s U.S. offices offer a variety of unpaid internship opportunities throughout the year. Prospective interns must go through the volunteer process and should be currently enrolled in an educational institution or a recent graduate. Typical internship opportunities include:
- Supporting case work management services to refugees
- Assisting with refugee health education and promotion
- Helping develop and implement programming to support refugee youth
Careers
Careers at the IRC are as wide-ranging and far-reaching as our work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities. Encouraging staff development through promotion, transfer and rehire, the IRC nurtures long-term career paths and helps employees grow within the organization.
