Position: Social Scientist

Location: Drama

Starting Date: ASAP

Status: Full-Time

Child Safeguarding Policy

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Focal point of communication and exchange between (a cluster of) hosting and hosted populations;
• Directly supports and coaches beneficiaries through the usage of simple communication and moral uplifting techniques;
• Assesses and addresses social needs of the beneficiaries, identifies and follows up cases that require special care;
• Performs case management in cooperation with other project staff and potentially SN partners involved in services provision;
• Cooperates with interpreters where needed for the provision of her/his services;
• Closely cooperates with other team members, passing on the information and expressing the need of action clearly and concisely;
• Keeps social register files and statistical records of the caseload and services’ provision;
• Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection;
• Find proper solutions to individuals who are at most risk or victims of violence;
• Set strategies and operational measures to effectively prevent and respond to SGBV;
• Conduct needs / gaps and capacity assessments on SGBV in close coordination with any on-going joint / common assessments being conducted in the early stages of emergency response;
• Performs social work duties and undertakes procedures implementation when referral(s) to other services are required;
• Regular and ad hoc reporting and fact finding.

Qualifications & skills

Required

• University degree from an accredited academic in Humanities or Social Sciences;
• Experience in social work within the civil society sector, preferably working with vulnerable groups and refugees/migrants;
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate;
• Confidence with IT tools and software;
• Ability to work unsupervised and at flexible working schedules;
• Ability to troubleshoot and ease potential tensions between the project’s beneficiaries;
• Ability to perform fact finding tasks; clearly articulate results in a fair and balanced way;
• Strong communication skills;
• Basic knowledge of humanitarian sector and stakeholders in Thessaloniki;
• Previous experience in street-work and/or a job entailing direct contact and exchange with groups of beneficiaries, clients, students etc.;

Desired

• Understanding and speaking of Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Pashtu or Urdu; French;
• Awareness of the cultural background of Arabic speaking and Asian (i.e. Afghani, Pakistani, Iranian) populations, in the context of the current people on the move emergency.

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org mentioning in the email subject “SN Social Scientist_Drama”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Closing date: October 21st 2018

Only short-listed candidates will receive a written reply.

Position: Team Leader – Psychologist

Location: Athens

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full Time

Child Safeguarding Policy

Position Summary: The Team Leader of the ASC psychologists will lead the provision of timely and effective psychological support for all walk in or referred beneficiaries, while identifying vulnerabilities to link eligible cases with support and aid available. The Team Leader must be able to apply psychological care to both groups and individuals, while monitoring attendance and performance of the psychologists and coordinate the team.

Position within the Organization: Reports to ASC Coordinator – Welfare Services

 Responsibilities:

• Coordinate team of two psychologists
• Prioritize cases according to needs and vulnerabilities
• Provide comprehensive package of Psychological Aid Services to individuals
• Provide counseling and treatment
• Ensure referrals internally and externally
• Identify vulnerabilities and facilitate their access to available aid
• Provide case management for child protection and SGBV cases and liaise with competent authorities and professionals (i.e., doctors, public prosecutor) as required
• Represent team in external and internal meetings and working groups

• Perform other duties, related to the basic job description as requested by the supervisor

 Data base and case related info management:

• Registering cases to database and maintaining appropriate records
• Complete brief and full psychological history intake

 Networking and collaboration:

Cultivate and maintain an active collaboration link with other psycho – social services NGOs and Governmental Actors within the scope of the project

Reporting:

Ensure the provision of high-quality reports on activities, indicators and achievements within the established framework (narrative and statistics) to line manager

 Qualifications and Skills

 Essential:

• University Degree in Psychology
• Psychologist Permission of Work
• 3 years’ experience in Relevant Position (at least 6 months in project serving refugees and migrants population)
• Previous working experience with local or international NGOs, as well as Civil Society organizations or initiatives will be considered as a strong advantage
• Familiar with Refugee and Migration Issues
• Understanding and willingness to promote gender equality and understand different vulnerabilities, needs and capacities of men, women, boys and girls
• Understanding of psychological needs and issues for survivors of Gender-based Violence
• Understanding of protection principles and humanitarian framework
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills in a multi-cultural setting
• Cross Cultural Awareness and flexibility
• Computer literate & numerate
• Well organized and efficient
• Good interpersonal & communications skills
• Native in Greek
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

 Desired

• Field working experience
• Specific studies and or proven engagement in Human Rights Projects
• Previous working experience with local and international NGOs and supervising psychological teams will be considered as a strong advantage
• Knowledge of French language (both written and spoken)

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org  mentioning in the email subject “SN_Team Leader–Psychologist_ASC” by Sunday, October 14, 2018.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Job Title:  SN ASC Employability Officer

Status: Full Time (morning or evening shift)

Location: Athens

Start date: ASAP

Positions: 1

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Main Responsibilities:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of individuals who are looking to increase their employability potential, and need assistance to increase their capacity to seek and successfully pursue employment opportunities
• Provide professional employability, job matching and career management services and advice.
• Provide basic information, advice, guidance, and capacity development to individuals, tailored to their profile and career goals (including: basic IT skills, interview and presentation skills, soft-skills development, CV-building, job searching, contextual information related to the Greek labour market, etc.)
• Seek, analyse, and prioritise current employment and training opportunities.
• Use labour market information to seek and create partnerships and collaborations with potential employers and job-seeking platforms, creating further employment opportunities appropriate to the needs of the prospective job-seekers.
• Match profile and skills of prospective job-seekers to available vacancies in SN or other suitable vacancies and opportunities.
• Conduct detailed and regular job analyses to gain an understanding and provide guidance and advice on reasonable adjustments to maximise the likelihood of successful and sustainable employment. Maintain and encourage appropriate referral pathways.
• Reach out to potential employees to be aware of all openings and become first point of contact
• Carry out information sessions with varied groups of people
• Maintain a Management system (e.g. CRM or similar), case notes and other electronic files and records to a high standard to ensure that progress and relevant data are documented and reported in accordance with quality standards.
• Write reports on progress and provide insights and recommendations on improvements and revisions as needed.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Skills & Attributes:

• Previous relevant experience in employment support, capacity building, and/or training of individuals
• Excellent case management skills and track record of delivering quality services to a large pool of beneficiaries
• Knowledge of the Greek labour market, and how to navigate it to better match opportunities with the profile and skills of a candidate
• Well organised, structured and self-disciplined, with excellent time-management skills
• Recruitment experience will be considered as an asset
• Very strong interpersonal skills.
• Good networking and relationship management skills.
• Proficient user of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Desirable Skills & Attributes:

• Education in the career development, education, social service and/or human service related field
• Experience of employment support for people with disabilities (physical and/or mental health).
• Knowledge and experience of employment Law
• Experience with and knowledge of the NGO sector in Greece.
• Prior use of CRM software
• Knowledge of French language (both written and spoken)

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org mentioning in the email subject “SN ASC Employability Officer” by Sunday, October 14, 2018.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

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Position: Head of Human Resources

Location: Athens (Nationwide Travel applies)

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full Time

• Reports to the General Manager
• Is part of the Management Team
• Directly supervises 3 persons
• Total number of employees: 340

The objective of the position of the Head of Human Resources is to ensure that Solidarity Now has the appropriate set of human resources skills and motivation to carry out the organization’s programs effectively and efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Leads the design and oversees implementation of HR strategies and initiatives aligned with the overall strategy of SN
• Is responsible for the effective and efficient management of the Human Resources Department
• As part of the Management Team contributes to the strategic planning and day -to-day management of the organization
• Supports current and future organizational needs through the development, engagement, motivation of SN human capital
• Develops, reviews and monitors overall HR policies, systems and procedures across the organization (recruitment and selection, personnel development, induction, grievance, performance management, health and safety a.o policies) and ensures compliance with national legislation and donor requirements
• Nurtures a positive working environment across the organization and proposes measures, as well as, supports managers and other members to manage issues related to personnel management
• Works closely with heads of other departments, promotes culture of synergies
• Reviews and administers employees’ benefits programs, such as health plan and other measures for the well-being of employees
• Prepares, follows up, reviews the SN’s human resources budget
• Ensures that personnel files are complete as per internal procedures
• Prepares reports related to HR planning and performance as per internal procedures and key indicators
• Plans and manages meetings within the HR department and with all SN personnel for HR related issues
• Identifies needs and organizes trainings and other capacity-building plans with special focus to the needs of the field teams
• Represents organization in personnel-related concerns hearings

Requirements

• University degree and Postgraduate degree in a related field (eg. Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology)
• Proven working experience in a managerial position with HR responsibilities for at least 4 years
• Ability to lead strategy
• Leadership skills and influence
• People oriented, team player and results driven
• Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the organization
• Cross-cultural awareness
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Good organizational and planning skills
• In-depth knowledge of Greek labor law and HR best practices
• Strong knowledge of payroll procedures
• Knowledge of ERGANI System
• Knowledge of HRM ERPS (experience with Pylon-EpsilonNet desirable)
• Perfect command of Greek and English , extra language desirable
• Good knowledge of IT tools (excel, word, ppt)
• Demonstrated interest in social development / humanitarian issues,  NGO experience strongly desirable

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter in english to recruitment@solidaritynow.org mentioning in the email subject “SN HR Head_ Athens”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Closing date: ΅Wednesday 10^th October 2018

Only short-listed candidates will receive a written reply.

Location: Thessaloniki

Job title: Educational Officer

Status:  Part Time

Child Safeguarding Policy

Generic responsibilities

1. Implement French language classes per the refugee population needs
2. Expand and build on the existing educational curriculum, targeting and addressing the needs of different age groups of adults, teenagers and children
3. Provide tailored lessons to native and non-native speakers of French
4. Prepare beneficiaries for French language exams (DELF & DALF)
5. Oversee distributions of teaching and learning material according to the population’s needs
6. Update and maintain effective workplans
7. Ensure on-going monitoring, tracking and reporting of classes
8. Develop and maintain effective filing systems, both electronic and hardcopy
9. Support education, recreational and various activities
10. Contribute to the identification of vulnerabilities and facilitate access to available aid

Qualifications

• Excellent French, English and Greek
• Bachelor’s degree in French
• Proven knowledge of training, curriculum development, implementation and educational administration
• At least 1 year of professional experience in educational programs for refugees or rural communities
• Experience teaching French as a foreign language
• Experience engaging with parents and communities in order to improve attendance and address students’ needs
• Strong analytical and administrative skills in the management of educational programs and mainly primary education
• Experience in report writing and excellent computer skills
• Experience in training of trainers/facilitators skills will be an advantage

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Sunday, September 23rd, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “SN Educational Officer/French Teacher Thessaloniki”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process even before the deadline for CV submissions.

Job Title:  SN Interpreter –   Διερμηνέας

Location: Athens

Status: Part Time

Duration: 3 months renewable

Child Safeguarding Policy

 Responsibilities

Interpretation of Business Training Sessions

• Ensure training sessions/classes held by trainers are effectively interpreted to participants.
• Ensure concepts and information in training sessions is accurately and precisely transferred to the beneficiaries in an understandable and culturally acceptable way.   Transfer accurate information from beneficiaries back to trainers or project managers.
• Mediate with beneficiaries while briefings or sessions are conducted.

Mentioned tasks

Other Duties

• Participate in interviews for the selection of Business4YOUth participants
• Occasionally translate short texts, emails, questionnaire answers.
• Contribute to the identification of vulnerabilities and facilitate their access to available aid
• Brief and debrief beneficiaries for running programs availability and inform for any relevant change
• Participate occasionally in ‘extracurricular’ activities and events i.e. graduation ceremony for Business4YOUth participants.

Required qualifications and skills

Essential

• Fluent in Farsi
• Previous Experience in Relevant Position
• Familiar with Refugee and Migration Issues (Asylum processes, Relocation)
• Cross Cultural Awareness and flexibility
• Computer literate & numerate
• Well organized and efficient
• Good interpersonal & communications skills
• Fluent in Greek or English

Desired

• Proven Engagement in Refugee Focused Projects (e.g Assessments, Surveys, Missions in Islands or at the borders).
• Experience or background in business or entrepreneurship field, either relevant studies, previous employment in business management/entrepreneur, or participation in business related trainings.

Interested Candidates shall submit in a single document their Resume/CV with an intro Text (motivation) in English: recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Sunday September 25, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “SN_Interpreter”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process even before the deadline for CV submissions.

Position: Interpreters, Kurdish (Sorani and Kurmanji)

Location: Attica based – Roving between camp sites: Lavrio, Malakasa, Thiva

Transportation to the camp sites will be provided by SolidarityNow

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full Time

Child Safeguarding Policy

 Position within the Organization:

Reports to: Team Leader

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides clear and accurate interpretation services during confidential/private sessions with vulnerable individuals, particularly children at risk and survivors of gender-based violence;
• Provides clear and accurate interpretation services during protection related informative sessions, briefings, trainings etc;
• Provides written translation of documents from Arabic and/or Kurdish (Sorani and/or Kurmanji) to English or Greek;
• In coordination with other team colleagues, contribute to the identification of particular vulnerabilities and other protection-related issues;
• In coordination with other team colleagues, assists in the accompaniment of particularly vulnerable individuals to other service providers;
• In coordination with other team colleagues, participates in in field-trips and other external activities;
• In coordination with other team colleagues, ensures that all beneficiaries feel comfortable and safe to share their concerns freely, as well as participate in activities;
• Performs other position-related duties as assigned by the respective Team Leader

 Qualifications:

Essential

• Excellent command of Kurdish, Kurmanji and Sorani;
• Excellent command of English and/or Greek;
• Minimum two-years professional experience as an interpreter or cultural mediator;
• Minimum one-year professional experience in providing supporting services to vulnerable individuals, including refugee population and particularly children and women;
• Familiar with protection issues related to refugee children, families and female survivors of gender-based violence;
• High professional ethics;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, respect and interact with children of all ages, background and diversity;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in multi-ethnic environment; Cross Culturally Aware and flexible;
• Strong team player;
• Computer literate & numerate;
• Well organized and efficient, flexible, able to handle pressure well and adapt in different working environments;
• Adhere to and promote Child Protection and Child Safeguarding guiding principles;

Desired:

• Good command of Arabic
• Previous working experience with local or international NGOs will be considered an asset
• Field Working Experience in Camps/Temporary Settlements of refugee/migrant population

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and a short motivation letter (in English) to recruitment@solidaritynow.org in English by Sunday September 23st, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “CFSH Interpreter in Kurdish”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process even before the deadline for CV submissions.

Position: Lawyer

Location: Thessaloniki – Blue Refugee Center

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full-time

Child Safeguarding Policy

Responsibilities

Legal Services Provision

• Provide individual counseling on e.g. the asylum procedure/ international protection/ refugee laws and individual rights follow up on cases regarding the European Relocation scheme, Family Reunification, and other cases that need legal assistance

• Provide legal assistance in administrative procedures regarding issuing of birth certificate, tax number, work permit and the like
• Handle the identified legal cases from the sites

• Undertake legal cases and legally represent to the court if necessary and depending on the availability of resources
• Ensure referrals internally and externally, and be in close collaboration with Thessaloniki Solidarity Center’s legal team
• Identify vulnerabilities and facilitate their access to available aid

Reporting and Case related info management

• Filling and registering all cases and actions in relevant reports
• Brief and full Social -Legal History taking
• Update the hard and electronic files per case
• Maintain hard and electronic files archive updated
• Prepare regular reports (i.e. weekly, monthly) and upon request
• Perform entries in the reporting system as required by the above

 Other Duties

• Collaborate with appointed persons and project managers of the Accommodation program.
• Brief and debrief beneficiaries for running programs availability and inform for any relevant change.
• Perform other duties, related to the basic Job Description as requested by the Supervisor.

Required qualifications and skills

Essential

• Legal Studies Degree
• Lawyers Permission of Work
• 3-5 years working experience in practicing Law (at least 6 months in project serving refugees and migrants population)
• Cross cultural awareness and sensitiveness
• Awareness and ability to work with survivors of Gender-based violence and the sensitivities and confidentiality measures that this involves.
• Computer literate & numerate
• Well organized and efficient
• Good interpersonal, team working & communications skills
• Understanding and willingness to promote gender equality and understand different vulnerabilities, needs and capacities of men, women, boys and girls
• High professional ethics, including strict confidentiality of clients
• Native in Greek
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken)

Desired

• Specific Studies or Proven Engagement in Refugee Focused Projects (e.g Assessments, Surveys, Missions in Islands or to the borders)
• Previous working experience with local or international NGOs will be considered as a strong advantage

If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Wednesday, September 12th, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “SN Lawyer BRC”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Recruitment processes reflect SN’s commitment to keeping children safe from harm and abuse. Employment is subject to SN Child protection standards, including background checks and adherence to SN Child Safeguarding Policy.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process even before the deadline for CV submissions.

Position: Social Scientist

Status: Full Time

Location: Thessaloniki

Starting Date: ASAP

Child Safeguarding Policy

 Position within the Organization:

Reports to: Team Leader

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Focal point of communication and exchange between (a cluster of) hosting and hosted populations;
• Directly supports and coaches beneficiaries through the usage of simple communication and moral uplifting techniques;
• Assesses and addresses social needs of the beneficiaries, identifies and follows up cases that require special care;
• Performs case management in cooperation with other project staff and potentially SN partners involved in services provision;
• Cooperates with interpreters where needed for the provision of her/his services;
• Closely cooperates with other team members, passing on the information and expressing the need of action clearly and concisely;
• Keeps social register files and statistical records of the caseload and services’ provision;
• Manage individual protection cases including those on SGBV and child protection;
• Find proper solutions to individuals who are at most risk or victims of violence;
• Set strategies and operational measures to effectively prevent and respond to SGBV;
• Conduct needs / gaps and capacity assessments on SGBV in close coordination with any on-going joint / common assessments being conducted in the early stages of emergency response;
• Performs social work duties and undertakes procedures implementation when referral(s) to other services are required;
• Regular and ad hoc reporting and fact finding.

Qualifications & skills

Required

• University degree from an accredited academic in Humanities or Social Sciences;
• Experience in social work within the civil society sector, preferably working with vulnerable groups and refugees/migrants;
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate;
• Confidence with IT tools and software;
• Ability to work unsupervised and at flexible working schedules;
• Ability to troubleshoot and ease potential tensions between the project’s beneficiaries;
• Ability to perform fact finding tasks; clearly articulate results in a fair and balanced way;
• Strong communication skills;
• Basic knowledge of humanitarian sector and stakeholders in Thessaloniki;
• Previous experience in street-work and/or a job entailing direct contact and exchange with groups of beneficiaries, clients, students etc.;

Desired

• Understanding and speaking of French, Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Pashtu or Urdu.
• Awareness of the cultural background of Arabic speaking and Asian (i.e. Afghani, Pakistani, Iranian) populations, in the context of the current people on the move emergency.

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and a short motivation letter (in English) to recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Wednesday, September 12^th, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “Social Scientist_Thess”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process as soon as the suitable candidate has been identified.

Position: Child-friendly Space Facilitator / Early Childhood Educator

Status: Full Time

Location: Thiva (camp setting)

Transportation to the site will be provided by SolidarityNow

Starting Date: ASAP

Child Safeguarding Policy

 Job purpose

The Child-friendly Space facilitator/ Early Childhood Educator is responsible for the social-emotional growth and development of children beneficiaries of the project, which include preschool age children and youth, usually after an emergency or crisis, or during a protracted emergency. Considering the particular characteristics and current living conditions of the children, he/she will be concerned with the provision of support through recreational and early childhood educational activities, following instructions of the respective team leader and according to project’s guidelines. He/she will work closely with parents/caregivers to encourage their active participation in respective activities.

He/She is expected to cultivate an atmosphere of respect and appreciation among beneficiaries, to embrace cultural diversities and encourage development of different skills. He/She should promote learning through play, collaboration, critical thinking, while focusing on rebuilding/strengthening the resilience of the children. Finally, he/she will be responsible for the supervision of the space/classroom in which he/she performs his/her duties during working time.

 Position within the Organization:

Reports to: Team Leader

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides age-appropriate experiences and activities for children, including free play, storytelling, games and songs, and develops activities that promote literacy/math concepts and early education;
• Develops weekly plans and implements age appropriate activities to nurture and stimulate all domains of children’s development under their care, including activities of a creative, imaginative, physical and communicative type;
• Provides a developmentally appropriate environment that reflects the children’s learning and growth, while catering to the needs of children of different ages, genders and capacities;
• Plans and implements activities that meet the physical, intellectual, emotional and social needs of the children, while children with special needs are integrated in a positive and respectful manner;
• Ensures that all children feel comfortable and safe to participate in activities, as well as that their own views are respected and taken into consideration;
• Ensures that activities build children’s self-esteem through positive guidance and nurturing and the space itself acts as a positive role model that promotes friendship, solidarity and conflict-solving behaviors;
• Provides daily care giving routines and plans to the interests and needs of the individual child and each age group.
• Plans parent meetings to discuss children’s developmental progress, supporting needs and interests;
• Identifies protection and other supporting needs and refers them to respective colleagues or/and other service providers when/where appropriate;
• In coordination with other team colleagues, assist in overall case management and provision of support to children and families;
• Ensures activities are consistent with project’s guidelines;
• On an on-going basis, plans, evaluates and improves the physical environment in the space/classroom to create opportunities to meet the changing needs of the developing child;
• Participates in ongoing in-service and education development opportunities and participates in the ongoing development and evaluation of the project’s goals and objectives.
• Carry out community outreach around the “Child and Family Support Hub” by disseminating clear messages on its role and objectives;
• Keeps accurate records and report in a timely manner, following respective deadlines and procedures;
• Performs other position-related duties as assigned, pending on setting.

Qualifications:

Essential

• University Degree in Social Sciences or Humanities or Political Sciences; (i.e. Education -preferably Early Childhood/Preschool Education, Psychology, Social Work, Occupational Therapy etc)
• Minimum one-year professional experience in implementing activities for children and youth;
• Field Working Experience in Camps/Temporary Settlements of refugee/migrant population;
• Strong knowledge of protection issues related to refugee children and families;
• High professional ethics;
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, listening and observation skills, including ability to create trust, support, respect and interact with children of all ages, background and diversity;
• Ability to establish and maintain effective partnerships and working relations in multi-ethnic environment; Cross Cultural Awareness and flexibility;
• Strong team player;
• Computer literate & numerate;
• Well organized and efficient, flexible, able to handle pressure well and adapt in different working environments;
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken);
• Good report writing skills;
• Adhere to and promote Child Protection and Child Safeguarding guiding principles;

Desired:

• Previous working experience with local or international NGOs will be considered an asset
• Knowledge of Arabic or Farsi

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and a short motivation letter (in English) to recruitment@solidaritynow.org by Wednesday, September 5^th, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “CFSH_CFS/ECE_Thiva”.

SN is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.

Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process as soon as the suitable candidate has been identified.