Fall 2025: Women’s Resilience Center Intern (Unpaid)

Requisition ID: req58918Job Title: Fall 2025: Women’s Resilience Center Intern (Unpaid)Sector: Women Protection & EmpowermentEmployment Category: InternEmployment Type: Part-TimeOpen to Expatriates: NoLocation: San Diego, CA USAWork Arrangement: In-personJob DescriptionThe Women’s Resilience Center (WRC) is a safe, collaborative space where the diverse needs of all women+ are respected and where they can seek, share, and obtain information about their rights and their inherent potential for safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power. It is a responsive, creative space that engages women+ as co-creators and encourages expression, enhanced wellbeing, and community connectedness. (When we use the term women+, this includes women of all ages, all abilities, diverse ethnic and religious affiliation and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities.)SCOPE OF WOMEN’S RESILIENCE CENTER INTERN WORK: In this internship, students will have the opportunity to contribute to the WRC through community engagement and outreach as well as by supporting the facilitation of programming.RESPONSIBILITIES: Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative/data support, and direct service:Support with outreach to women+ in the IRC community about WRC programsCo-facilitate orientations to new WRC membersCo-facilitate wellness workshops and presentationsSupport our ‘Safe Spaces’ work to make the WRC a more inclusive place for women+Collaborate with interns, staff, other departments at IRC, and community partnersFacilitate internal referrals to other IRC programsProvide WRC members information about community resourcesContribute to data monitoring and evaluation of WRC programsLEARNING OBJECTIVES:Intern will have the opportunity to enhance their facilitation skillsIntern will expand their experience providing healing centered and culturally humble servicesIntern will participate in weekly Safety & Wellness intern group supervision to enhance collaborative learningREQUIREMENTS:Must be currently enrolled (or a recent graduate) in an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s program focused on Women’s/Gender Studies, Public Health, Social Work, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy or a related field.Must have driver’s license and reliable transportationStrong communication and interpersonal skillsExcellent organization and time-management skillsProactive, motivated, and flexible; able to remain calm and adapt within a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable work environmentDemonstrated success working and communicating with people of varied English-speaking abilities strongly preferredExperience with direct service strongly preferredProficiency in Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Pashto, Ukrainian, or Russian preferredThis position reports to the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Supervisor.Compensation: This is an unpaid internship opportunity.Working Environment:The Women’s Resilience Center Internship is in-person at the El Cajon office, remote interns may be consideredSan Diego Office hours are scheduled Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm PST. Selected interns can choose their hours based on this window of availability.Qualifications

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