{"id":3693,"date":"2017-08-11T12:26:25","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T12:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/?p=3693"},"modified":"2017-08-11T13:40:08","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T13:40:08","slug":"social_scientist1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/social_scientist1\/","title":{"rendered":"[:el]\u039a\u03bf\u03b9\u03bd\u03c9\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03c2 \u0395\u03c0\u03b9\u03c3\u03c4\u03ae\u03bc\u03bf\u03bd\u03b1\u03c2[:en]Social Scientist[:]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Position: <\/strong><strong>Social Scientist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Location<\/strong>: Thessaloniki &#8211; Greece<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Date<\/strong>: ASAP<\/p>\n<p><strong>Status:<\/strong>\u00a0 Full Time<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Duties &amp; Responsibilities<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Focal point of communication and exchange between (a cluster of) hosting and hosted populations;<\/li>\n<li>Directly supports and coaches beneficiaries through the usage of simple communication and moral uplifting techniques;<\/li>\n<li>Assesses and addresses social needs of the beneficiaries, identifies and follows up cases that require special care;<\/li>\n<li>Performs case management in cooperation with other project staff and potentially SN partners involved in services provision;<\/li>\n<li>Cooperates with interpreters where needed for the provision of her\/his services;<\/li>\n<li>Closely cooperates with other team members, passing on the information and expressing the need of action clearly and concisely;<\/li>\n<li>Keeps social register files and statistical records of the caseload and services\u2019 provision;<\/li>\n<li>Performs social work duties and undertakes procedures implementation when referral(s) to other services are required;<\/li>\n<li>Regular and ad hoc reporting and fact finding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Qualifications &amp; skills<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Required <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University degree from an accredited academic in Humanities or Social Sciences;<\/li>\n<li>Experience in social work within the civil society sector, preferably working with vulnerable groups and refugees\/migrants;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to organize and prioritize workload, using initiative when appropriate;<\/li>\n<li>Confidence with IT tools and software;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work unsupervised and at flexible working schedules;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to troubleshoot and ease potential tensions between the project\u2019s beneficiaries;<\/li>\n<li>Ability to perform fact finding tasks; clearly articulate results in a fair and balanced way;<\/li>\n<li>Strong communication skills;<\/li>\n<li>Basic knowledge of humanitarian sector and stakeholders in Thessaloniki;<\/li>\n<li>Previous experience in street-work and\/or a job entailing direct contact and exchange with groups of beneficiaries, clients, students etc.;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Desired<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Understanding and speaking of Arabic, Kurdish, Farsi, Pashtu or Urdu; French;<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are interested in applying, please fill send your CV and motivation letter to <a href=\"mailto:recruitment@solidaritynow.org\">recruitment@solidaritynow.org<\/a> by Friday 25<sup>th<\/sup> August, 2017, mentioning in the email subject \u201cSocial Scientist_Thessaloniki\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SN is an equal opportunity employer. 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