Early Learning Childcare | Teacher Assistant - 2025823

Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you. At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering. If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today. ORGANIZATION SUMMARYWorld Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy. Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten? Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you. At this pivotal moment in time, we are rapidly expanding and growing our team to meet the increasing needs of our world. We are looking for people who want to use their gifts and talents to make a real and tangible difference in our world and the lives of the suffering. If you’re looking for a purpose-driven career in which you can grow your talents, while also standing up for the rights of the vulnerable, we want you to join us today. ORGANIZATION SUMMARYWorld Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. The organization was founded in the aftermath of World War II to respond to the urgent humanitarian needs of war-torn Europe. Since then, for 80 years, across 100 countries, World Relief has partnered with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, organizational programming focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.POSITION SUMMARY:World Relief Chicagoland Adult Education serves adult students at every stage of their language learning journey, including career specific language classes, leveled general English classes, and literacy and schooling support. For in-person classes in Lombard, IL, learners are invited to bring their children to participate in Early Learning Childcare while their parents are engaged in English language learning, with family literacy as a core goal of the program. The role of the Early Learning Childcare Teacher Assistant is to prepare children to be successful in a preschool classroom environment by implementing curriculum that develops a child’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors across learning domains. This position will maintain a nurturing, culturally sensitive, and English language-rich classroom for infants and toddlers. This is a limited-term position funded through a grant agreement until June 30, 2027, and contingent upon funding extension. This is a part-time position for 12 hours per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. POSITION SUMMARY:World Relief Chicagoland Adult Education serves adult students at every stage of their language learning journey, including career specific language classes, leveled general English classes, and literacy and schooling support. For in-person classes in Lombard, IL, learners are invited to bring their children to participate in Early Learning Childcare while their parents are engaged in English language learning, with family literacy as a core goal of the program. The role of the Early Learning Childcare Teacher Assistant is to prepare children to be successful in a preschool classroom environment by implementing curriculum that develops a child’s knowledge, skills, and behaviors across learning domains. This position will maintain a nurturing, culturally sensitive, and English language-rich classroom for infants and toddlers. This is a limited-term position funded through a grant agreement until June 30, 2027, and contingent upon funding extension. This is a part-time position for 12 hours per week, Tuesdays and Thursdays. World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, Regular, employees. World Relief is honored to be recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding the core components of our well-being program including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole person health. ***Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing. For World Relief staff, strong commitment to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief is essential, and Christian faith is a prerequisite for employment, based upon United States federal guidelines provided in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.