{"id":16544,"date":"2025-08-05T07:10:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=16544"},"modified":"2025-09-03T09:48:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T09:48:50","slug":"senior-employability-officer-asc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/senior-employability-officer-asc\/","title":{"rendered":"SENIOR EMPLOYABILITY OFFICER | ATHENS SOLIDARITY CENTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Date: ASAP<\/p>\n<p>Status: Full Time<\/p>\n<p>Child Safeguarding Policy: Level 2 \u2013 The job holder will have sporadic contact with children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Supervise, coordinate, and guide the ASC Employability Team.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Organise and coordinate employability activities (focus groups, counselling sessions, presentations).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Provide employability support, job matching, and career management advice to individuals from vulnerable groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Provide input in the design of new programmes relating to employability.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Provide information 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.).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Analyse and understand the current employment context and related opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Use labour market information to establish partnerships and collaborations with potential employers and job-seeking platforms, creating further opportunities for prospective job seekers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Match the profile and skills of prospective job seekers to available vacancies in SN or other suitable vacancies and opportunities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Maintain and encourage appropriate referral pathways with an array of stakeholders \u2013 private sector, academic\/vocational institutions, and relevant state actors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Carry out information and training sessions with varied groups of people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Suggest innovative activities for beneficiaries, employers, and the community, based on the context analysis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Maintain a data management system to ensure that progress and data are documented and reported in accordance with relevant quality standards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Prepare progress reports (narrative and quantitative).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Represent the Employability Team in external meetings and working groups.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Review workflow and provide recommendations for increased impact.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Create and maintain appropriate liaison with employers and networks of employers, and update the relevant database accordingly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Required qualifications and skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Essential:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Experience in employment support, recruitment, capacity building, and\/or training.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Excellent case management skills and track record of delivering quality services to a large pool of beneficiaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Knowledge of the Greek labour market and how to navigate it to better match opportunities with the profile and skills of a candidate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Well organised, structured, and self-disciplined, with excellent time-management skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Very strong interpersonal skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Good networking and relationship management skills.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Flexibility, adaptability, and innovation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Project\/team management experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Proficient user of MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Fluent in Greek and English (both written and verbal).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Desirable:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Education in career development, social service and\/or human service-related field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Experience in employment support for people of different backgrounds.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Knowledge of employment Law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Experience with and knowledge of the NGO sector in Greece.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Experience in project development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Prior use of CRM software.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Knowledge of Arabic\/Farsi\/French or other relevant languages is desirable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Proficient with MS Office.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Fluency in Greek and English.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u00b7 Knowledge of French will be an asset.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter to <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@solidaritynow.org\">recruitment@solidaritynow.org<\/a> mentioning in the email subject <strong>\u201cSenior Employability Officer_Athens\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>S<em>N is an equal opportunity employer. Persons with disabilities and from vulnerable and disadvantaged groups are strongly encouraged to apply.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Recruitment processes reflect SN\u2019s 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.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Due to the urgency of recruitment, SN reserves the right to complete the process as soon as a suitable candidate has been identified. Interested candidates should submit their applications (CV and motivation letter) no later than <strong>September 14th, 2025.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Date: ASAP Status: Full Time Child Safeguarding Policy: Level 2 \u2013 The job holder will have sporadic contact with children. 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