Turkey: Livelihoods Officer – Turkey / Istanbul

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Position reporting to: Project Manager Istanbul Response Programme

Positions reporting to the POST: Community Outreach Workers

Contract type: Employment

Contract length: 1 year

Closing date: 21-Feb-17

Location: Istanbul

ROLE PURPOSE:

The Livelihoods Officer will be based in Istanbul, supporting Save the Children’s new UNHCR project aiming to help refugees in Istanbul. The Livelihoods Officer will help manage the relevant project grant, support project planning, and work with technical advisors to support project implementation. This role will manage up to five Community Outreach Workers, and will be responsible for, where relevant, building their technical capacity. The Livelihoods Officer will assist the direct supervisor in all aspects of livelihoods activities start up and implementation, including: temporary education centres, support to vulnerable children, training for key community members, and awareness on child protection issues.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Programme Implementation

· Coordinate and provide support to the direct supervisor and community outreach workers at the project sites in the planning, implementation and monitoring of regular activities.

• Coordinate the preparation of weekly activity plans with Project Manager and the team, ensure smooth implementation of these plans and monitor activities in Temporary Education Centres (TECs), extra-curricular, recreational, and psychosocial support activities.
• Coordinate the activities in the Temporary Education Centers with the Livelihoods team and ensure that the school teachers and community outreach workers have adequate support in terms of Livelihoods related issues.
• Organize regular meetings with MoNE-appointed coordinators, Livelihoods team and community outreach workers.
• In coordination with all the Livelihoods team members, support regular participatory recreational and psychosocial activities with different groups of children.
• Supervise the activities conducted by the community outreach workers and make sure that identification and referrals of vulnerable children are carried out according to the procedures.
• Identify training needs and assist the direct supervisor to organise training and awareness raising activities for staff, key community members and partners’ staff on Livelihoods related topics.
• Support community members to organise awareness messages on child protection issues.
• Build positive relationships with the communities and organize regular meetings and training for key community members with the outreach team.
• Produce and submit weekly and monthly reports on project activities as required.
• Work with cultural sensitivity and respect the dignity of refugees and members of the host communities at all times.
• Performs other functions relevant to Livelihoods activities and initiatives that may be assigned by the direct supervisor.
• Ensure full compliance of Child Safeguarding Policy at field level and especially with SC engaged personnel.

· Respond to all Child Safeguarding Policy concerns expressed or discovered appropriately and effectively.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE AND ATTRIBUTES:

Required

• Master’s degree in social sciences, psychology, sociology, community development or related matters
• Previous experience in Livelihoods programmes, psychosocial support, social work and community mobilisation
• Previous experience in working with children
• Good technical understanding of child protection and community based approaches
• Knowledge of Child Rights, Child Protection Minimum Standards and other international recognised tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work with limited supervision and strong ability to take initiative
• Able to work to tight deadlines and under pressure
• Excellent team player
• Ability to quickly form relationship within the communities
• Fluent in Turkish and English – written and spoken
• Computer literacy including the use of Microsoft Word and Excel

Desirable

• Fluent in spoken Arabic
• Experience in working with NGOs

· Experience in working with refugees

Benefits Package provided to National Staff:

· Salary commensurate with the pay-grade of the position.

· Annual leave

· Medical Scheme, Accidental and Life insurance.

· Transportation

· A motivating work environment

We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

Please apply in English by sending your up to date CV with a cover letter as a single document explaining your salary expectations to turkey.recruit@savethechildren.org and mention the position that you are applying for to the subject section. The advertisement will be closed on 21st February 2017 at 5:30 PM (Turkey local time). In order for an application to be considered valid, a copy of the residency/work permit card must be attached with the application.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.