Senior Youth Program Specialist (Education)

Location: Spokane, WA, United States; hybrid work across remote virtual classes, the IRC office, refugee families’ homes, and other local program locations.

Salary: $25.50–$27.50 per hour.

Company

hirify.global is a humanitarian nonprofit organization providing health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, immigration, and community support services to people affected by conflict and disaster.

What you will do

• Teach and manage Virtual Ready to Read classes for students in grades 3–8, including lesson preparation, slide creation, literacy activities, discussions, crafts, and virtual field trips.
• Send family reminders, support students with device issues, and maintain attendance and engagement in the virtual program.
• Provide individualized in-home tutoring for K–12 students in English acquisition, literacy, math, homework, and social-emotional learning.
• Prepare student-specific lessons and materials and travel regularly throughout the Spokane Public School district area.
• Coach, problem-solve with, and share resources with volunteer teachers and tutors; assist with observations, feedback, safeguarding, and accountability.
• Support enrollment, outreach, records, attendance tracking, feedback calls, program planning, and other youth programs when availability allows.

Requirements

• Relevant degree in education, teaching, child/youth development, or a related field, or 2–4 years of relevant teaching, tutoring, or youth development experience.
• Cross-cultural experience and experience working with refugee and/or immigrant communities, multilingual students, and families.
• English proficiency in speaking and writing.
• Ability to use varied instructional strategies for individual student needs and create safe, healing learning spaces using trauma-informed practices.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to quickly solve problems and adjust plans according to student needs or unexpected circumstances.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills; ability to work independently and collaboratively with culturally diverse people.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks in a diverse, fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams.
• Willingness to become First Aid/CPR certified upon hire.

Nice to have

• TESOL certificate.
• Professional proficiency in a predominant language of the local client base, such as Dari, Pashto, Arabic, Somali, Swahili, Kinyarwanda, or Ukrainian.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid, part-time schedule of 6–15 hours per week; the position is limited term and ends on August 31, 2027.
• Availability is required Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4:00–6:00 pm; a 4:15 pm start may be accommodated. For more than six hours weekly, availability is also required on two additional weekdays from 4:00–6:00 pm or on weekends.
• Reliable high-speed internet from a home office and reliable transportation for regular local travel are required.
• Benefits include paid sick leave, U.S. holidays, paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, retirement savings with employer contributions, disability and life insurance, and an employee assistance program.
• Work is grounded in integrity, service, equality, accountability, safeguarding, anti-racism, inclusion, and continual learning.

Hiring process

• Applicants must meet the stated education or experience requirements and be willing to complete First Aid/CPR certification upon hire.