(RIS) Cultural Orientation Program Team Leader - Refugee & Immigration Services Portland

Related Program: Refugee & Immigration Services

Refugee & Immigration Services

Portland, Maine

Cultural Orientation Program Coordinator is vital to refugee resettlement. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Group programming activities for our Services for Older Refugees
• Help with planning & coordinator on-site English classes
• Help with setting up activities and materials
• Help with planning, setup, and clean up of the monthly Immigration Legal Services Clinic 
• Helps with employment job fairs, and posting flyers, and on social media

Impact of Opportunity:  

The Cultural Orientation Program Coordinator volunteer will embody the CCM core value of “hospitality” by “welcoming the most vulnerable and in need to an environment of dignity, safety, warmth and a sense of being home.” The efforts of the orientation volunteer will help refugees build a safe life in Maine by improving connectedness to their local community at large and to the local immigrant community. The efforts of the orientation volunteer will help refugees become independent and self-sufficient. 

Qualifications & Skills Required: 

• Must be over 18, or with a parent or guardian if ages 14 to 18
• Willingness to learn from refugees and promote respect. 
• Ability to build relationships and establish trust. 

• Patience, flexibility, and dependability.  

• Outgoing with excellent communication skills. Language skills helpful. 
• Experience and/or strong interest in working with people/families from different cultural backgrounds. 
• Ability to learn/teach how to access local resources. 
• Creative problem solving. 

Training Offered:  

• Monthly supervision with Volunteer Coordinator 

Time Commitment & Schedule: 8 to 16 hours a week, flexible schedule

Benefits: 

• An increased appreciation for human rights. 
• Deepening of your knowledge of immigration. 

• A mutually beneficial cultural exchange. 

Program Contact:   If interested in more information, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator - Carla Chevalier at [email protected], or at 207 523-2709, or you may also contact our Volunteer Services , at (207) 523-1152, or [email protected] 

Updated Nov.  2025 kad

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