Volunteer Opportunities

Support one-on-one as a Community Connector and help ease a refugee family or individual’s transition into their new community to reduce isolation and build community among newcomer populations at the IRC in Denver.    Community Connectors will focus on a refugee’s English acquisition, socialization of American culture, and integration into the local community.

The Front Desk Volunteer Assistant will serve as the primary point person for front desk operations and will oversee a variety of clerical activities and related tasks. This includes greeting and directing visitors who come to the office in-person, answering the main office phone line, managing the general email inbox for the office, notifying staff of visitors’ arrivals and calls, maintaining the reception and front desk areas, and support overall cleanliness and organization of the office. As the first face for many interacting with the IRC, the Front Desk Assistant provides a warm welcome and exercises patience and diplomacy to represent the IRC in Denver.

Volunteers in this position provide support to the economic empowerment team by training clients in basic digital literacy skills to prepare them for Colorado's job market and to secure employment.

The Economic Empowerment volunteers work with the Employment team at the IRC in Denver to support job placement of refugees. This opportunity allows volunteers to work closely with refugee clients as they seek employment and enter the US workforce.

Volunteers will help set up a home for a newly-arriving refugee family or individual. Volunteers will be added to an on-call list and receive 1-3 emails per week. Volunteers respond to the opportunities that work best for their schedule.