R&P Program Officer – Processing

Position

Title:             R&P Program Officer – Processing

Department:               Refugee Resettlement and Integration

Division:                      Reception

and Placement Program

Reports to:

                 R&P

Assistant Director, Pre-Arrival Unit   

Status:                         Full-Time/Exempt

Location:                    Arlington, Virginia

The Ethiopian Community Development

Council, Inc. (ECDC), established in 1983,

is a non-profit,

community-based organization that advocates

on behalf of refugee and immigrant

issues; conducts cultural, health education, and socio-economic development

programs; and resettles refugees in the U.S. through a network of affiliate partners. While organized to respond initially to the needs of a growing Ethiopian community in the Washington,

D.C., area, ECDC has been serving newcomers

from diverse cultural backgrounds while maintaining a focus

on African refugees and immigrants. ECDC

has been resettling refugees from around the world since 1991.

Job Summary: Under the supervision of the Assistant Director for the R&P Pre-Arrival

Unit, the R&P Program focuses on key processing activities, including

serving as one of ECDC’s representatives at weekly in-house allocations and

during PRM allocations meetings; ensures that affiliates receive allocations

and placement guidance; and liaises with the Refugee Processing Center

about case updates and changes. The Program Officer also supports ECDC and its

affiliate network in achieving programmatic goals by providing oversight to

assigned sites and conducting monitoring, training, and technical assistance.  The position supervises a Pre-Arrival

Processing staff for Assurances and performs other duties as assigned.

KEY

RESPONSIBILITIES

Affiliate Support

·        

Serves

as the primary ECDC liaison for two to three (2-3) of ECDC’s Refugee

Resettlement Program affiliates, focusing on R&P and other refugee

resettlement-related initiatives.

·        

Responds

to affiliate inquiries and resolve individual case issues.

·        

Conducts

monthly and quarterly conference calls with assigned affiliates.

·        

Reviews

assigned affiliates’ monthly R&P Period Reports and case expenditure forms.

·        

Reviews

assigned affiliates’ R&P budgets and monthly R&P Admin Capacity funding

reports.

·        

Conducts on-site and desk monitoring

of assigned resettlement affiliates to ensure

compliance and works closely with

R&P Monitoring staff to complete monitoring

reports on time.

·        

Serves as one of ECDC’s representatives during PRM

allocations meetings and ECDC’s weekly in-house allocations meetings, and serves

as backup to other Program Officers for Processing. 

·        

Provide one-on-one training, technical assistance, and

support to affiliates.

Processing

and Program Support

·        

Co-leads allocation and placement of R&P cases at 25+

sites nationwide. Liaises with ECDC sites and other ECDC departments to

determine allocation and placement strategy.

·        

Works with the ECDC’s Processing Team to track affiliate

capacity pipeline reports and manage caseloads for the ECDC network.

Distributes pipeline reports to the ECDC network.

·        

Follows up with the Refugee Processing Center (RPC) on

refugee processing-related inquiries.

·        

Assists

in developing, revising, and updating ECDC policies, standard operating

procedures, and training materials; prepares and conducts training

sessions, including webinars or other similar formats.

·        

Serves as

backup/alternate staff, as needed, for select processing duties.

·        

Assists in

the planning, preparation for, and conducting of ECDC’s annual national

training for ECDC’s affiliates, as well as other associated training,

conferences, meetings, and World Refugee Day.

·        

Assists

in drafting correspondence related to program activities. Assists in preparing

and writing ECDC’s R&P Annual Reports and the R&P annual proposal.

Other Tasks

·        

Actively

participates in, contributes to, and represents ECDC at partner meetings,

committees, and working groups.

·        

Supervises

a Pre-Arrival Processing Specialist for Assurances.

·        

Maintains

familiarity with current issues and policies influencing U.S. immigration and

refugee resettlement.

·        

Maintains

good working relationships with state refugee coordinators and other service

providers.

·        

Performs

other tasks as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

AND COMPETENCIES

•         

Bachelor’s

degree required and/or equivalent work experience.

•         

A

minimum of one year of experience working with refugees and/or refugee

organizations.

•         

Knowledge

of domestic refugee resettlement, overseas refugee processing, and/or refugee

and immigration policy issues.

•         

Excellent

and effective written and verbal communication skills.

•         

Experience in designing and providing

training is required.

•         

Strong

analytical skills.

•         

Demonstrated

ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, the Internet, and

computer/online database systems.

•         

Able

to manage multiple assignments, exercise initiative, and judgment, and make

decisions within the scope of assigned responsibilities.

•         

Able

to plan and manage work to meet deadlines; occasionally under limited time

constraints.

•         

Able

to relate professionally to and collaborate with diverse individuals in a

multicultural environment.

•         

Able

to travel to affiliate sites for monitoring and to provide TA/training.

•         

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

•         

Must

pass a background check.

ECDC BENEFITS PACKAGES

·        Medical, dental, and vision insurance are available on the first day of employment. ECDC contributes 80% of the premium.

·        Life insurance that pays two years’ salary for full-time employees at no cost to employees.

·        Short- and long-term disability insurance; including workmen’s compensation at no cost to employees.

·        Generous 403b retirement plan after a new employee completes one year on the job. ECDC contributes up to 10% of the employee’s annual salary for all qualified employees.

·        Twelve (12) federal holidays plus 2 half-day holidays for Christmas and New Year's Eve; 15 Vacation days per year (first 5 years); and 10 Sick days per year.