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Refugee Resettlement Intern (Spring 2027)

Silver Spring, MD USAInternship2026-10-20 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Support refugees and eligible humanitarian immigrants during their initial resettlement period in the United States by coordinating logistics, providing orientation, and assisting with public benefits.

Role type

Refugee Resettlement Intern

Builds

Client support services for newly arriving refugees

Domain

Humanitarian aid / Refugee resettlement

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

Lifting and moving household items, driving and transporting clients, completing public benefits applications, conducting bus orientations, data entry in Excel and databases, research

Preferred skills

Fluency in Dari, Haitian Creole, Pashto, or Spanish

Responsibilities

Assist with home set-ups (lifting, moving, unpacking, assembling furniture), pick up clients from the airport and transport them home, support clients by completing applications for public benefits and Medicaid, orient clients with the local public transit system, refer clients to external services like English classes and medical screenings, conduct check-in calls to determine status of service provision, research and build community resources, record client interactions in databases

Seniority

Intern