Senior Community Wellness Specialist

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.

At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering.

If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today.

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish.

Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

This position is reliant upon funding and may be subject to modification or termination based on resource availability.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Senior Community Wellness Specialist leads World Relief Durham’s Wellness Navigation team, promoting individual and family wellness in the refugee and immigrant community of the Triangle Region of North Carolina.  The Senior Specialist provides leadership and supervision of bilingual Wellness Navigators and provides direct client services, including leading classes and wellness groups.  The Senior Specialist may also carry an individual caseload of clients. 

• This role is responsible for supervising others and includes responsibilities consistent with supervising employees, including but not limited to monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets including approving time off, monitoring performance including entering goals, progress check-ins, and weekly or bi-weekly check-ins, documenting performance concerns, entering staff promotions, transitions, and separations in HRIS within required time frame. Managers at World Relief are also considered spiritual leaders and are expected to lead staff in a manner consistent with our Christian values, including but not limited to praying with staff, leading devotionals, and fostering a Christian environment in interactions with staff throughout World Relief.
• Ongoing development/refinement of community education modules to promote holistic wellness and healthy integration in the local community   
• Direct supervision of Wellness Navigation team, including training members of Wellness Navigation team to execute wellness programming.   
• Teach weekly classes on topics related to health literacy, family wellness, and other topics to nurture integration and overall wellness   
• Facilitation of Wellness Groups using evidence-based curriculum to nurture resilience and promote connections within the refugee community.   
• Organize community gatherings or events to promote health and wellness in the immigrant community.   
• Provide individual health coaching on a variety of topics, including, but not limited to, preventative care, navigating the health system and utilizing a pharmacy.   
• Accompany clients to health appointments to provide in person coaching to help them learn to navigate doctors’ appointments independently.   
• Administrative duties including database management and maintaining accurate and detailed case notes for client services.   
• Ongoing monitoring of administrative tasks, including database entries and case notes, of Wellness Navigators.   
• Complete and submit monthly Performance Reports to the State Refugee Office.   
• Collaborate with Health and Wellness Manager and Resettlement Director to complete semi-annual and annual reports for the Office of Refugee Resettlement and the State Refugee Office.   
• Participation in national and regional level communities of practice for refugee health and wellness.   
• Other duties as assigned. 

• 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
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, public health or adult education or equivalent experience in related fields   
• 1-2 years directly relevant work experience, either in case management, public health or adult education   

• Naturally collaborative, placing high value on teamwork   
• Valid driver’s license and ability to confidently and safely transport clients and navigate a large service area    

• Advanced cross-cultural fluency, with exceptional ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and community members of diverse linguistic, religious and cultural background   
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English language   
• Excellent administrative skills, including database management and use of Microsoft Office suite   
• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills   
• Confidence in public speaking   
• Experience working with interpreters to deliver client services   
• Self-motivated and independent worker   
• Master’s degree in social work, public health or adult education   
• Bilingual preferred: (Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Spanish, Swahili, etc.) preferred.   
• Experience supervising a team of 2-3 staff. 

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time and part-time employees.

World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health.

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Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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.