In response to the current crisis in Syria, and the growing numbers of refugees coming to Lebanon, SIF is expending its humanitarian response and will scale-up its emergency support to Syrian refugees and affected population. In view of SIF operation scale up, SIF is currently recruiting Social Workers.
The Social Workers will be based in Mount Lebanon, but will support SIF’s main office in Beirut. Furthermore, the Social Workers will be in contact with other SIF members to harmonize and share tools as well as lessons learnt.
The Social Workers is part of the Syrian Refugee Support Programme team of SIF-Lebanon and will be under the line management of the Cash Project Manager.
MAIN RESPONSABILITIES
Conduct community outreach and home visits;
Work directly with the Program and Field team, including field officers, to develop intervention plans and follow up at the home/ shelter level;
Identify arrived Syrian refugee families or individuals to Lebanon through home/shelter visits;
Collect information about visited vulnerable families through interviews, observation, and tests carried out via outreach home visits;
Collect data and referrals from the field level (e.g. Municipalities, L/INGOs, Focal Points, UNHCR)
The Social Workers will be an essential source of providing accurate referrals when need be (i.e., the Social Worker will refer patient to hospitals and centers; in addition to other local NGOs and INGOs);
Complete intake assessments, evaluations, reviews, and other documentation as necessary;
Awareness raising on the services available in Mount Lebanon on home and shelters level;
Attend weekly or biweekly meetings in Beirut based Head of Mission and Program Coordinator
TEAM MANAGEMENT
Ensure feed back towards your team about issues potentially raised by them and in the field;
Ensure a good communication – coordination – information level of each member of your team through regular coordination meetings (or other if needed);
You ensure conflict resolution (personal and professional) within your team and inform the Head of Mission;
REPORTING
Reports directly to SIF’s Beirut Office, the Cash Project Manager and Programme Coordinator. S/he will submit the following reports at the end of each week:
Centralize all information gathered in the field and consolidate a daily report (into the proper reporting format) to be delivered to the Head of Mission, Programme Coordinator & Cash Project Manager;
The Narrative Report which includes: the number of beneficiaries, actions taken, number of house-visits conducted, awareness raising activities, number of people attending the session with breakdown per age group and gender;
Weekly update – numbers of beneficiaries and households visited segregated by age, gender, NFI needs and vulnerability (i.e. living in very poor conditions and other);
Provide regular reporting on your activities to the Head of Mission and Programme Coordinator upon his/her solicitation
PERSON QUALIFICATIONS
Qualifications, experience and competences
University degree an asset
Min 2 years experience in Social Work
Basic understanding of humanitarian principles and humanitarian processes
Experience within another INGO desired, but not mandatory
Excellent command of English and Arabic (speaking and writing), French an asset
Confident and proficient in the use of MS Office, especially Excel and Word
Experience of a flexible approach to managing and prioritizing a high workload and multiple tasks in environment with tight deadlines
Experience of proactively identifying and addressing issues, proven problem solving and organizational skills.
Rigorous, and polite
Respect of SIF values and mandate
Application Deadline
Organisation
Salary Range
Unpaid Position
Contract Type
Full Time
Application Submission Guidelines
SIF is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all qualified persons to apply. Interested candidates may please send their resume with cover letter, including the position title in the email subject , before 09/05/2014 to regionalfinanceco@secours-islamique.org. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Requires a Cover Letter?
Yes
Education Degree
Bachelor Degree
Education Degree Details
University degree in relevant filed
Arabic
Fluent
English
Very Good
French
Basic
Hide guidelines for wrong answers
No