Internships

Location: Currently Remote; office located at 2505 Maine Ave., Metairie, LA

The intern will work closely with the Employment Services team to support initiatives for increasing access to information about education and career pathways within the immigrant and refugee population in Southeast Louisiana. Responsibilities include:

• Updating and Maintaining the existing career pathways resources
• Creating presentation materials and leading presentations for staff and clients
• Researching programs and information about local schools and organizations that can be added to our network
• Collaborating with community partners to distribute materials, resources and information
• Supporting an advocacy strategy to increase access to information about higher education and career pathways in schools for immigrant, refugee, undocumented and ESL students and parents
• Researching the college process and requirements for immigrant, refugee, undocumented  and ESL students in Louisiana
• Assisting in other education related matters as needed

Must have strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to maintain effective and professional work relationships. Must have effective research and organizational skills. Must be able to work independently. Student or community member with an interest in social services, education and higher education, social policy and practice, or immigrant and refugee issues highly encouraged to apply. Proficiency in Arabic, Amharic, Haitian Creole, Tigrinya, Burmese, Spanish or other languages valued.

Schedule flexible: M-F from 9:00 to 5:00 pm; minimum 5 hours a week

The intern will work closely with the Employment Services Team and Refugee Services Program staff to supplement program activities and enhance services to the clients. Responsibilities may include: assisting clients in resume building, job search and job applications; assisting with the implementation of Job Readiness classes for Refugee clients who have just arrived in the United States;  researching local job market and career laddering options, and assisting in developing tools to measure program effectiveness; updating the jobs board. The intern must have strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to maintain effective and professional work relationships. Students with an interest in social services, coaching, economics, or immigrant and refugee issues highly encouraged to apply. Proficiency in Spanish, Arabic, or Haitian Creole required.

Schedule flexible: M-Th from 9:00 to 5:00 pm; minimum 4-8 hours a week

Location:    2505 Maine Avenue (currently remote)       Metairie, LA

The intern will work closely with the ESL Program staff to supplement program activities and enhance services to the students. Responsibilities include: assisting with ESL classes and the Family Literacy tutoring program; assisting in entering student data into various tracking systems; running reports regarding student and classroom performance; creating and implementing motivational strategies to encourage student success; developing online curriculum for use in ESL classes; attending ESL group events; developing and maintaining methods for measurement of student success and a curriculum effectiveness. Students with an interest in adult education, ESL or immigrant services are highly encouraged to apply. Proficiency in Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French or other languages valued.

Schedule: Flexible M-F from 9 am – 5 pm minimum 8 hrs /wk. 

Location: 2505 Maine Avenue Metairie, LA  Near Metairie/Kenner Parish Line (currently remote)

The Outreach Intern will work with the Community Outreach Coordinator to edit, improve and innovate the Program’s extensive Resource Guide for the immigrant community. In March, the Immigration and Refugee Services Program created a multi-lingual online Resource Guide, making it the only one of its kind in the Greater New Orleans area.  The Guide covers over 22 areas of need including food access, mental and physical health, housing, employment etc. with special considerations for language access and eligibility.  Responsibilities include:

• Helping reformat and update the Immigration & Refugee Services Resource Guide.
• Collaborating with CCANO staff, other interns and volunteers to ensure that the Guide remains multi-lingual and current as they make changes.
• Researching and reaching out to a variety of organizations and service providers in the state of Louisiana to add information to the Resource Guide.
• Help lead the process of creating an interactive map of resources to accompany the Resource Guide in order to make resources more accessible to the refugee community.

Must have strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to maintain effective and professional work relationships. Must have effective research and organizational skills. Must be able to work independently. Must have the ability to work with a culturally diverse population by demonstrating an awareness and sensitivity to the special needs of multi-cultural, multi-generational immigrant and refugee children, adults and families. Proficiency in two or more languages highly desired. Must have own transportation. Student or community member with an interest in social services, oral history, or immigrant and refugee issues highly encouraged to apply.

Schedule flexible: M-F from 9:00 to 5:00 pm; minimum 5-8 hours a week for 6-9 months.

Closed for Summer 2022 applications

The legal team hosts fellows to work in our office on special projects. We aim to identify applications that meet our mission of serving Louisiana’s immigrant community through innovative proposals. These include Equal Justice Works fellowships and Skadden fellows, among others. Please send your resume and a description of your proposal to [email protected]

2505 Maine Ave, Metairie, LA

Accepting applications for Spring 2022

The intern will work closely with the Immigration and Refugee Services Program staff to supplement program activities and enhance services to the clients. Responsibilities are wide-ranging and depend on intern’s skills and interest, but may include: assisting with the implementation of a cultural or legal orientation program; organizing group events; developing and managing relationships with parishes, universities and community-based organizations; designing more effective client intake processes and program monitoring tools; assisting in entering client information into various tracking systems; running client services reports.  The intern may also be involved in grant research and grant writing to support and expand the services of each program. He/she must have strong verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to maintain effective and professional work relationships.

Students with an interest in social services, social policy, or immigrant and refugee issues are highly encouraged to apply. Proficiency in Spanish, Arbaic , Burmese or other languages valued.

Schedule: Remote, flexible, Monday-Friday (9AM-5PM) with possible evening or weekend workshop time. 

2505 Maine Avenue Metairie, LA Near Metairie/Kenner Parish Line

*CLOSED FOR Summer 2022 APPLICATIONS*

About Immigration Services: We’re a collaborative team that provides both legal and social services to Louisiana’s immigrant community. We regularly represent children eligible for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status, asylum seekers, and victims of crimes, including domestic violence and human trafficking. We also represent clients with family-based petitions and citizenship applications.

Position Description:

We are looking for law students interested in learning more about humanitarian immigration law. Interns will receive hands-on experience and work directly with staff attorneys representing children and asylum seekers. Interns will accompany staff attorneys to immigration court and juvenile court, and participate in weekly walk-in clinics and staff meetings. Interns will draft pleadings for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status cases and an asylum brief. Other responsibilities may include legal research, drafting motions, preparing immigration forms, assisting with legal screenings to determine eligibility for relief, and community outreach.

Requirements:

This is a 9 week internship, running from May 31, 2021, to July 30, 2021. A minimum commitment of 24 hours a week is required. Applicants should be familiar with legal issues that impact immigrants and refugees. Proficiency in Spanish is preferred but not required. The internship is unpaid, but we are happy to work with your school for you to receive credit.

To Apply

Send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Your cover letter should describe why you are interested in the fellowship and what you hope to learn. It should also include one reference.

 Location: 1000 Howard Ave New Orleans, LA

The communications intern will work under the Communications Manager. They will help produce marketing materials, assist in the creation of blog posts, and assist in the creation of social media content and posts, both in the gathering of media and info, as well as copy writing. Other duties as assigned. Intern should have good professional interpersonal skills, knowledge of social media and current social media trends, the ability to write well and clearly, excellent grammar and experience with Microsoft Word/Publisher. Should have own transportation. Candidate must be a college student. This is an unpaid internship.

Schedule: Flexible, must be available between 8:30 am and 4 pm Monday, Wednesday, Friday for between 10 – 15 hours per week. A minimum of 3 month commitment is required.