The organization in Greece seeks for:
- Youth Space Animator (Lesvos).
Essential:
- At least one year of experience in Education (formal or non-formal), Pre-school, After-School and/or Psychosocial support for young children and/or adolescents
- Ability to carry-out activities for children on the move in transit
- Ability to engage with children/ adolescents from different cultural backgrounds
- Capacity to work in difficult, stressful and intensive contexts
- Good knowledge of children’s/adolescent’s rights and related matters.
- Good oral and verbal communications skills
- Computer literacy
- Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people
- Strong ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
- Cultural awareness, with strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in English. Greek is a must.
Desirable:
- Technical experience in running activities for adolescent youth
- Experience in working with migrant/refugee children
- Technical experience/knowledge in specific types of humanitarian intervention
- Fluent in Arabic or Farsi is very desirable
- Any university degree in Education/Social Work.
- Youth Space Supervisor (Lesvos).
Essential:
- At least three years of experience in Education (formal or non-formal), Pre-school, After-School and/or Psychosocial support for young children and/or adolescents
- Ability to lead and motivate a team
- Experience in working with migrant/refugee children
- Ability to carry-out activities for children on the move in transit
- Ability to engage with children/ adolescents from different cultural backgrounds
- Good communication skills, team player, and flexibility
- Capacity to work in difficult, stressful and intensive contexts
- Good knowledge of children’s/adolescent’s rights and related matters.
- Good command of written and spoken English
- Computer literacy
- Ability to synthesize and analyse information, and make clear, informed decisions
- Ability to build relationships quickly with a wide range of people, both internally and externally
- Strong ability to organise a substantial workload comprised of complex, diverse tasks and responsibilities
- Cultural awareness, with strong written and spoken communication and interpersonal skills in English. Greek is a must.
Desirable:
- Technical experience in running activities for adolescent youth
- Technical experience/knowledge in specific types of humanitarian intervention
- Experience of report writing and data analysis is a plus
- Fluent in Arabic or Farsi is very desirable
- Any university degree in Education/Social Work.
- Child Protection Monitor (Lesvos).
Essential:
- Must be located on Lesvos, or willing to relocate to Lesvos.
- Minimum of 2 years relevant work experience in child protection, psychosocial support and youth programmes or related field. Experience in working with unaccompanied and separated children is an asset.
- Good technical understanding of child protection, best interest’s assessments and social work.
- Strong self-starter, able to take initiative and adapt to changing circumstances and priorities.
- Able to work to tight deadlines under pressure.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and cultures.
- Fluent written and spoken English and Greek.
- University degree in social work, psychology, social sciences or other relevant field.
- Knowledge and understanding of migration and asylum legislation, policies and practices in Greece and the European Union, with emphasis on procedures for unaccompanied and separated children.
- Excellent understanding of the needs, vulnerabilities and risks faced by children on the move.
Desirable:
- Knowledge and understanding of inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, including the Minimum Standards for Child Protection in Humanitarian Action.
- Knowledge , Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and/or Kurdish a strong asset.
- Ability to work evenings.
Clossing date of issue: 22 February 2016.
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergency (IYCF-E) Manager (Chios, Samos, Kos, Leros).
Essential:
- Qualified doctor, nurse, midwife or nutritionist with strong primary health care / community health care experience;
- Demonstrable commitment to promoting and supporting optimal breastfeeding and complementary feeding;
- Demonstrable management experience, including budget holding responsibility;
- Experience of designing and implementation programs (ideally nutrition-related), including monitoring and evaluation;
- Experience in conducting assessments and an understanding of nutritional data and information systems;
- Proven capacity to supervise, train and coach staff;
- Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions;
- Prepared to live and work in an uncertain security environment;
- Ability and willingness to frequently travel and stay at the field;
- Demonstrable ability at report writing and excellent communication skills;
- Computer literate;
- Fluency in written and spoken English and local language: Arabic or Farsi.
Desired:
- Emergency programming experience;
- Qualification as a trainer of trainers in breastfeeding counseling;
- Familiarity with the Operational Guidance on IYCF-E and SPHERE standards.
Closing date: 05 Mar 2016.
- Field Manager (Multiple locations).
Essential:
- For non EU candidates a valid European Union work permit is mandatory due to statutory Greek regulations
- Significant management experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile states.
- Previous first phase emergency response experience is essential.
- Education to MSc/MA/MEng level in a relevant subject or equivalent field experience.
- Previous experience of managing a team.
- Previous experience of project management and working with national partner organizations.
- Security management experience in insecure environments.
- Field level representation with key stakeholders and co-ordination with other NGOs/UN.
- Demonstrable experience of M&E and beneficiary accountability.
- Ability to write clear and well-argued assessment and project reports.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong influencing skills and experience in advocacy.
- Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy.
- A high level of written and spoken English.
- The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
- Commitment to the aims and principles of Save the Children. In particular, a good understanding of Save the Children mandate and child focus and an ability to ensure this continues to underpin our support.
Desirable:
- Fluent in Greek and/or Arabic/or Farsi.
Closing date: 05 Mar 2016.
- Child Protection Programme Manager (Greece).
Essential:
- For non EU candidates a valid European Union work permit is mandatory due to statutory Greek regulations
- A university degree in Social Work, Human rights Law, International Relations, Development Studies or similar, or equivalent field experience
- Minimum of 5 years of child protection experience preferably in the context of mixed migration flows and transit populations, children on the move and children separated from their families
- Significant management experience working in an emergency response contexts or fragile states
- Good team leader and team member skills, including the ability to be part of and organise, support, manage and develop a small team;
- Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency standards and guidelines in child protection, such as the Inter-agency Guiding Principles on Unaccompanied and Separated Children, IA Case Management Guidelines and others;
- Understanding and experience of working on Children on the Move issues and of putting in places responses to prevent and respond to family separation
- Experience in designing and delivering training on CP, including strengthening the capacity of key stakeholders to prevent and respond to child protection issues;
- Experience of working with partners and of using a participatory approach as well as of coordinating responses with a range of actors, including Government authorities, national/local organisations, NGOs, UN;
- Ability to achieve results and maintain consistent high standards of professional behaviour and achievement, including when working alone;
- Ability to manage stress, be flexible and accommodating in difficult and frustrating working circumstance;
- Fluency in written and spoken English;
- Budget development and financial monitoring skills;
- Commitment to and understanding of child rights, as well as of Save the Children's aims, values and principles.
Desirable:
- Greek/Arabic language skills.
Closing date: 26 Feb 2016.