Community Liason job at RefugePoint
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Vacancy title:
Community Liason

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Nonprofit, and NGO , Category: Social Services & Nonprofit ]

Jobs at:

RefugePoint

Deadline of this Job:
30 January 2023  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Nairobi , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, January 16, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

Duties and responsibilities:
• Assist help-seekers by engaging in lay-counselling where necessary (helping people make informed decisions and making referral to other services or support);
• Co-design and implement culturally grounded, trauma-informed prevention and healing strategies;
• Identify and build the strengths of community members through an active process of collaboration;
• Establish relationships with members of their community, as well as between other organizations and RefugePoint;
• Community-based needs and asset mapping, and Peer Support Training);MHPSSCo-Lead, design, support developing initiatives (i.e. MHPSS Community-based needs and asset mapping, and Peer Support Training);
• Involvement in planning and implementation of bi-directional sensitising efforts;
• Provide language support (interpretation and translation) and cultural support;
• ​​​​Development and implementation of community MHPSS initiatives involving bridging the capacity of community leaders through community consultation, and creating a dialogue with relevant staff;
• Extend reach of outcomes to diversity of refugee communities;
• Engage in expectation management of community members.
• Attend to any other duties as assigned by the line supervisor(s).

Requirements:
• Be a resident of Nairobi;
• Must be fluent in English and languages spoken by refugees/ migrants;
• Must hold a UNHCR mandate refugee certificate, Government alien card and/or recent Government verification documents;
• Must have a minimum of secondary school education;
• Ability to maintain confidentiality;
• Must be able to secure a work-permit prior to a contract being issued.

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8


Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to RefugePoint on refugepoint.applicantstack.com to apply


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Job Info
Job Category: NGO - Non Government Organisations jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 30 January 2023
Duty Station: Nairobi
Posted: 16-01-2023
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 16-01-2023
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 16-01-2067
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