Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2020 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons. JRS undertakes services at national and regional levels with the support of an international office in Rome. Founded in November 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on 19 March 2000 at the Vatican State as a foundation. JRS is also concerned with advocacy and human rights work. This involves ensuring that refugees are afforded their full rights while in exile and during repatriation as guaranteed by the 1951 Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and working to strengthen the protection afforded to internally displaced persons (IDPs). In close collaboration with the Project Director, the Safe Haven Coordinator will be actively involved in planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the JRS Safe Haven Programme as well as acting as a child-safeguarding officer while ensuring the well-being of women and children in the shelters. .

Key Responsibilities
Programme Management
• Guides the Safe haven staff (Asst. coordinator, Supervisors, incentive staff and Matrons/Patrons) and encourage them to maintain the JRS vision and mission.
• Oversees the provision of psychosocial support follow up of Safe Haven beneficiaries
• Develops curriculum on SGBV and PSEA and train all the JRS incentive staff in collaboration with other coordinators
• Ensures quality capacity building activities for the safe haven Clients.
• Guides the peace building and conflict resolutions with the safe Haven clients
• Ensures children residing at the Safe shelters access educational services.
• Prepares regular monthly interagency meetings with partner agencies.
• Collaborates with community counselling, mental Health and Education departments on matters including but not limited SGBV intervention in activities.
• Ensures that the Safe Have referral system and admission criterion is followed in line with the SOPS.
• Manages and monitors appropriate use of safe Haven Supplies and Assets. Maintain appropriate documentation and reporting tools and regularly monitor the relevancy of safe Haven tools.
• Keeps abreast with all financial aspects of Safe Shelters, ensuring accuracy, transparency and accountability.
• Offer support in any other duty that the Project director / country Director may assign him or her..

  Great leadership skills
• Ability to positively influence others and successfully reconcile differences.
• A self-starter with a strong results orientation and with high levels of integrity, credibility and dependability.
• An energetic team player who can effectively collaborate, and who can stand alone when necessary.
• Passionate about advocacy for the rights and needs of people with special needs.
• Ability to work in international settings and with various departments to implement successful approaches to psychosocial matters.
• Demonstrated ability to work and deliver under pressure and tight deadlines.
Core values
• Commitment to JRS mission, vision and values, and the ability to convey with enthusiasm JRS’s role in accompanying and serving forcibly displaced people and in advocating for their right to protection and a life in dignity;
• High integrity, honesty and confidentiality; ability to deal tactfully and discreetly with situations, people and information;
• Acceptance of diversity and inclusion as a core value.
• Willingness to work in flexible, sub-optimal, stressful and unstable environment

Desired Qualifications and Professional Experience: • Degree in Law, international law, Political Sciences or related field, Social Work

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Work experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience implementing Protection/GBV programs
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience implementing protection services with an NGO/INGO
• Strong inter-personal skills, passion for working with women and advocacy skills
• Experience in the project cycle management.
• Experience working in emergencies will be an added advantage..

Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Applications should reach the undersigned by 15th February, 2020, with reference as “Special Needs Education Coordinator” and must include full contact details of 3 referees addressed to:
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), Nairobi
Email: ken01.director@jrs.net  (copying ken01.hresource@jrs.net )
Please note that applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted..

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