Join Our Team
The Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians hires smart, energetic people who have experience working with immigrants.
If you think your talents might be a fit for us, please e-mail a thoughtful cover letter and a resume to Amanda Bergson-Shilcock (amanda@welcomingcenter.org, fax: 215-557-2825).
Please scroll down for volunteer needs.
Job Opening: Business Technical Assistance Program Manager
The Business Technical Assistance Program Manager leads the Welcoming Center’s provision of small business technical assistance to immigrant entrepreneurs and small business owners; provides technical assistance to CDCs, business associations, and other community groups; ensures immigrant entrepreneurs are accessing wide variety of resources available in Philadelphia; and coordinates partnerships with SCORE, Penn Graduate School of Education, and others working with the Welcoming Center on business technical assistance.
Responsibilities:
- Facilitate effective relationships with program participants, community leaders, neighborhood residents, and the business community.
- Manage Welcoming Center’s business technical assistance programs and services.
- Expand the Welcoming Center’s business technical assistance programs and services as requested in response to demonstrated need.
- Facilitate community meetings, and serve as a community resource.
- Form partnerships with government agencies, community organizations and educational institutions to provide clients additional opportunities to strengthen their businesses and their communities.
- Supervise work of relevant project assistants and volunteers.
- Work with Director of Intake and Operations to design and implement outreach, referral, output, outcome, and other tracking and evaluation tools for the program.
- Maintain accurate records of client/community participation.
- Provide regular reports to the Director of Programs and Executive Director regarding monthly activities (including attendance at workshops, training sessions, and courses) and other program information.
- Present information about the Welcoming Center’s business technical assistance programs and services to funders, at conferences, city agencies, non-profit organizations, and community institutions.
- Other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications and requirements:
- BA or MBA in economic/community development or related field; or 3 - 4 years experience.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- 1- 3 years experience working in related fields dealing with the public.
- Administrative and computer skills.
- General knowledge of city programs and business development.
- Both team player and self-starter with ability to prioritize tasks.
- Meeting facilitation or event planning skills a plus.
- Highly organized with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated experience working with culturally diverse groups of people.
How to Apply:
This position will be open until filled. We will be reviewing resumes as they are submitted. If interested, please submit a cover letter including salary requirements and your resume via fax or e-mail to Bahiya Cabral-Johnson. Fax: 215-557-2827 e-mail: bahiya@welcomingcenter.org.
Job Opening: Instructor, Vocational Literacy Program
The Vocational Literacy Program is a project of the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians. The primary focus of the Vocational Literacy Program is to prepare participants, who are TANF recipients engaged in welfare to work activities, to work. Generally, participants have several barriers to employment including limited English skills, a lack of understanding of U.S. workplace culture, and socio-economic needs such as childcare and transportation that make it difficult for them to work. Instructors are expected to develop lesson plans that provide instruction in English as well as in workplace culture and job skills. Also, vocational literacy instructors are expected to support the efforts of the Vocational Literacy Program to create a workplace environment for vocational literacy participants.
Responsibilities:
- Provide overall oversight for instructional component of the Vocational Literacy Program including curriculum development.
- Work with part time instructor(s) to insure lesson plans based on an overall thematic curriculum provided by the Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians.
- Assign part time instructor(s) to daily tasks based on the instructional needs of the program.
- Take attendance and assign make-up work for students who are absent or late.
- Be primarily responsible for reporting requirements regarding student attendance.
- Instruct students using strategies that are effective in multi-level classroom settings.
- Incorporate assessment methods to measure student progress.
- Provide feedback to program staff and participants on student progress and needs.
- Enforce program rules in the classroom.
- Participate in unit staff meetings and organize meetings of instructional staff as needed.
Additional Qualifications:
Candidates who are fluent in languages in addition to English and/or who
have experience working with economically marginalized communities are
encouraged to apply.
Experience teaching adults is required.
How to Apply:
This position will be open until filled. We will be reviewing resumes as
they are submitted. If interested, please submit a cover letter including
salary requirements and your resume via fax or e-mail to Bahiya
Cabral-Johnson. Fax: 215-557-2827 e-mail: bahiya@welcomingcenter.org
Current Volunteer Skills Needed
Graphic Design
Do you have graphic design experience? From time to time the Welcoming Center needs quick-turnaround assistance with small graphic design projects that cannot be handled by our in-house staff or our usual graphic design firm.
These are generally 1-2 page flyers or announcements. They need to be simple, eye-catching, and very clear. The audience is people who have limited literacy and/or limited English skills. (See example: school registration flyer.)
If you're interested in donating a few hours a month, on an as-needed basis, please contact us and include a few samples of your work.
Qualifications:
• Own computer and software (even MS Publisher is fine)
• Ability to download, manipulate and print fonts in languages other than English (you don't have to speak Chinese, but it helps if you can cut and paste a flyer, and respond to our edits)
• Keen eye for culturally sensitive design
• Experience finding and selecting culturally appropriate stock photos or Creative Commons-licensed photos
• Willingness to do small-scale projects on short notice, working from home or bringing your laptop into our office
Help Us!
Volunteer opportunities include working with our employment specialist, office administration and outreach to immigrant communities.
