Position: SN Employability Counselor

Location: Thessaloniki

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full Time

Child Safeguarding Policy

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage a diverse portfolio of cases to employment, providing a professional employability, job matching and career management service.
• Provide information, advice and guidance to the POCs on key knowledge areas including; CVs, Job Searching, Interview Skills coaching and Training/Education, to enhance current and future employability.
• Analyse and understand current employment and related opportunities.
• Use labour market information to research and build additional relationships with employers, creating further employment opportunities appropriate to the needs of the POCs base.
• Job match POCs with SN specific and/or other vacancies and opportunities.
• Carry out detailed job analysis to understand and guide on reasonable adjustments to maximise the likelihood of successful and sustainable employment. service and encourage appropriate referrals.
• Maintain a Management system, case notes and other electronic files and records to a high standard to ensure is documented in accordance with quality standards.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Skills & Attributes:

• Previous Supported Employment.
• Excellent case management skills to deliver a quality service to a large total caseload.
• 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.

Desirable Skills & Attributes:

• Education in the career development, education, social service and/or human service related field Previous experience providing career and employment-based case-managed services
• Experience of employment support for people with disabilities (physical and/or mental health).
• Knowledge and experience of employment Law as it relates to this type of service and role
• Experience with NGO environment practises.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Programmes
• Fluency in Greek and English
• Arabic/ Farsi is desirable

If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to recruitment@solidaritynow.org Thursday, February 14th, 2018, mentioning in the email subject “SN Employability Consultant_ 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.