POSITION SUMMARY:

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?

If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.

The Wellness Navigator provides health related case management and health education to refugees and other eligible immigrants in the Triangle Region of North Carolina. The Wellness Navigator is a member of WRD’s Resettlement Team and serves as a cultural advisor to help WRD execute culturally responsive client services. The Wellness Navigator must be a native speaker of Pashto, Dari, Arabic or Swahili.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide health related case management services
• Assist clients to manage health appointments, including preventative care, follow-up appointments and specialist care, for themselves and their families
• Provide individualized health and wellness coaching to WRD clients
• Conduct mental health assessments using the RHS-13 mental health screener
• Conduct needs assessments and make referrals community partners
• Serve as culture broker to the WRD team, providing cultural insight to inform and shape client services

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Native fluency in Dari, Pashto, Arabic or Swahili. With preference for candidates fluent in two languages spoken by WRD’s client population
• Fluency in written and spoken English language
• Strong administrative and computer skills
• Excellent time management abilities
• Ability to work independently
• Proficiency with MS Office and Google Drive products
• High levels of comfort with technology, especially Zoom functions
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Advanced cross-cultural fluency, with ability to collaborate effectively with team members of other cultural, linguistic or religious backgrounds

REQUIREMENTS:

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity and National Evangelicals For the Health of The Nation document
• Native fluency in Dari, Pashto, Arabic or Swahili. With preference for candidates fluent in two languages spoken by WRD’s client population
• Valid driver’s license, regular access to vehicle, and ability/willingness to drive clients to appointments
• Flexible schedule for occasional work during early mornings, evenings (1-2 times/month) or weekends (1-2 times/year)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to have ordinary ambulatory skills sufficient to visit other locations
• The ability to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and manipulate (lift, carry, move) light to medium weights of 10-15 pounds
• Requires good hand-eye coordination, arm, hand and finger dexterity, including ability to grasp, and visual acuity to use a keyboard, operate equipment and read application information
• The employee frequently is required to sit, reach with hands and arms, talk and hear

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• General office setting
• Great lengths of time working on computer, reading from computer screen, entering information, standing at copier or fax machine, and some time on the phone or in skype meetings may be required
• Year-end archiving activities involve repeated lifting and bending
• Physical, emotional and intellectual demands
• Equipment used: Employee computer (desktop or laptop), printer, and copier
• All of the above duties and responsibilities are essential job functions subject to reasonable accommodation. All job requirements listed indicate the minimum level of knowledge, skills and/or ability deemed necessary to perform the job proficiently. This job description is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities or requirements. Individuals may be required to perform any other job-related instructions as requested by their supervisor, subject to reasonable accommodation. This position description is not all-inclusive and is always under review.

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package for Part-time positions (less than 25 hours per week):

• Offer 16 Paid Holidays (Regular Part Time)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Sick Leave (Washington, City of Chicago, Maryland, California)

World Relief - Retirement:

• Eligibility: Part time is eligible after 1000 hours in a year
• Automatically enrolled at 4%
• 401K & Roth through Fidelity
• WR matches up to 4%, then an additional quarter percent up to 10%

World Relief Discounts (Immediately Eligible):

• Verizon
• Pet Insurance through Nationwide
• Home and Auto insurance through Liberty Mutual

We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Legal Background in the United States

World Relief is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. This means that we conduct hiring without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, parental status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of World Relief as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent the organization from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs, so that all staff share the same religious commitment.
Pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 702 (42 U.S.C. 2000e 1(a) World Relief has the right to, and does, hire only candidates who agree with World Relief’s Statement of Faith.