Social Scientist

Submit until: 10/6/2019
Location: Thessaloniki

Position: Social Scientist

Location: Thessaloniki

Starting Date: ASAP

Status:  Full Time

Main Duties & Responsibilities

  • Focal point of communication and exchange between (a cluster of) hosting and hosted populations;
  • Directly supports 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;
  • 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 Athens2.;
  • 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;
  • 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 send your CV and motivation letter to thes-recruitment@solidaritynow.org mentioning in the email subject “Social scientistThessaloniki”.

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

Not later than by 10th of June 2019. Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process as soon as the suitable candidate has been identified.

Disclaimer: Before submitting your CV, please read carefully the employees’ privacy notice on the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the respective Greek legislation. 


Remarks: Before submitting your CV, please read carefully the employees’ privacy notice on the processing of personal data pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and the respective Greek legislation.

For roles that will have regular contact with vulnerable populations SolidarityNow is obliged to seek information about criminal convictions and offences, and selected candidates will be requested to provide a recent copy of criminal record.

Following the preventive measures against COVID-19, holding a vaccination certificate or undergoing Covid-19 antigen tests as per government directions is mandatory.