Fall 2025: Women's Resilience Center Intern (Unpaid)

The Women's Resilience Center (WRC) is a safe, collaborative space where the diverse needs of all women+ are respected and where they can seek, share, and obtain information about their rights and their inherent potential for safety, health, education, economic wellbeing, and power. It is a responsive, creative space that engages women+ as co-creators and encourages expression, enhanced wellbeing, and community connectedness. (When we use the term women+, this includes women of all ages, all abilities, diverse ethnic and religious affiliation and diverse sexual orientation and gender identities.)

SCOPE OF WOMEN’S RESILIENCE CENTER INTERN WORK: In this internship, students will have the opportunity to contribute to the WRC through community engagement and outreach as well as by supporting the facilitation of programming. 

RESPONSIBILITIES: Based on intern skills and experience, responsibilities may include a combination of program support, administrative/data support, and direct service:

• Support with outreach to women+ in the IRC community about WRC programs

• Co-facilitate orientations to new WRC members

• Co-facilitate wellness workshops and presentations

• Support our 'Safe Spaces' work to make the WRC a more inclusive place for women+

• Collaborate with interns, staff, other departments at IRC, and community partners

• Facilitate internal referrals to other IRC programs

• Provide WRC members information about community resources

• Contribute to data monitoring and evaluation of WRC programs

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

• Intern will have the opportunity to enhance their facilitation skills

• Intern will expand their experience providing healing centered and culturally humble services

• Intern will participate in weekly Safety & Wellness intern group supervision to enhance collaborative learning

REQUIREMENTS: 

• Must be currently enrolled (or a recent graduate) in an Associate’s, Bachelor’s or Master’s program focused on Women’s/Gender Studies, Public Health, Social Work, Art Therapy, Expressive Arts Therapy or a related field.

• Must have driver’s license and reliable transportation 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent organization and time-management skills

• Proactive, motivated, and flexible; able to remain calm and adapt within a fast-paced, sometimes unpredictable work environment

• Demonstrated success working and communicating with people of varied English-speaking abilities strongly preferred 

• Experience with direct service strongly preferred

• Proficiency in Farsi, Dari, Arabic, Haitian Creole, Pashto, Ukrainian, or Russian preferred

• In addition to the standard background check, candidates must complete a Live Scan fingerprinting process as required by the IRC.

This position reports to the Women’s Protection and Empowerment Supervisor.

Compensation: This is an unpaid internship opportunity.

Working Environment:

• The Women’s Resilience Center Internship is in-person at the El Cajon office, remote interns may be considered

• San Diego Office hours are scheduled Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm PST. Selected interns can choose their hours based on this window of availability.