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HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit organization that protects refugees—including women and children, and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities—whose lives are in danger for being who they are.
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Vacancy Number HRTK/V-S/5/2018
Job Summary
HIAS seeks to recruit a Volunteer Social workers who will assist in provision of social interventions and assistance to the most at risk and vulnerable refugee clients .The social workers will be required to conduct through assessments and case management including follow up to ensure clients are receiving the services allocate. They will be required to track the impact of the assistance provided to clients
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Case work and management
- Assist in identification of refugees in need of social support (food , clothing, transport) by conducting social assessment, reviewing available assessment data on food and nutrition and If necessary, initiate home visits/ further assessment on key social factors relevant to food and nutritional support services in line with national and International standards and guiding principles by UNHCR, IASC, SPHERE Project WHO among others and report to the Counseling Psychologist
- Assist in the social assessments and keep track of socio-environmental risks faced by refugees to ensure mitigation of risks, identify, assess and compile assessment reports for PLWD, ELDERLY, WAR, SHH, GBV, SGBP and SVT, prepare GBVIMS and UNVFVT memos.
- Assist in outreach and community dialogue activities on issues related to Sexual Gender Based Violence and other persons with specific needs
- Assist in conducting referrals of vulnerable refugees to partner agencies and follow up with clients to facilitate access to external services.
- Prepare summaries for presentation in psychosocial panel, effect subsequent panel decisions and enter data into data base, give feedback to refugees
- Monitor to ensure social assistance is reaching out to vulnerable refugees
- Provide basic counseling and or psycho-education to refugees
- Open files for all clients (soft and hard) and ensure that case management is in line with HIAS SOPs and other sector standards
- Community outreach and community activities
- Assist in conducting awareness and sensitization campaigns in the communities
- Assist in assessing, identifying and analyzing community sensitive intervention geared towards building resilience and self-reliance
- Conduct support groups, committee meetings and participate in community forums
- Establish and maintain networks with existing community structures and other partners for referral and networking purposes
- Reporting
- Provide weekly and monthly reports and data to counseling psychologist and other technical officers highlighting individual performance, progress against targets and client needs as instructed by the counselling psychologist
- Prepare a success story quarterly for purposes of web updates and fundraising
- Program development and Management
- Attend regular staff meetings, trainings and other meetings as required and ensure regular personal development and supervision
- Assist in the organization and facilitation of capacity building and staff development activities e.g. workshops, trainings, or information dissemination on issues relates to persons with specific needs
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Qualification Required
- A University Degree in Social Work, Community Development, Gender and Development Studies
- At least 2 years working experience in the field of Social Work. Experience in working with an NGO that deals with refugees will be an added advantage.
Skills & Competencies
- Experience in capacity building including facilitation of community based training and awareness raising
- Good knowledge of Nairobi and its environs
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Knowledge of Computer Applications
- Working experience with refugees an added advantage.
- Ability to work in a demanding and high pressured environment
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Vacancy Number HRTK/PI/5/2018
Job Summary
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Naivas account management (active payment and reconciliation follow ups, request for payments)
- Assist in procurement logistics
- Compilation of procurement documents
- Requisition and follow up for procurement payments
- Raise LPOs
- Payment follow up
- Mobilizing procurement committee
- Assist in procurement documents vouching
- Any other tasks assigned as may be assigned from time to time.
Job Specifications
- Minimum of B.A/B.Sc Degree in Business, Logistics and Supply Chain Management or any Social sciences.
- Higher National Diploma in purchasing & supplies management is an added advantage.
Skills & Competencies
- Excellent mathematical skills and attention to detail.
- Ability to identify potential problems before they occur.
- Proactive in preparation and uses initiative in response.
- Ability to manage day to day interactions with contracted external service providers and analyze their performance.
- Demonstrated capacity for self-organization.
- Experience in administrative duties and data entry.
- Computer literate in MS Office Suite and ability to particularly work with spreadsheet.
- Able to work under fast pace environment and work overtime when required.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment is crucial
- Ability to work with diverse population
- Strong written and oral communication skills
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Vacancy Number HRTK/V-HR/5/2018
Job Summary
HIAS seeks to recruit an intern/volunteer who will assist in the implementation of Human Resource Practices, which will provide an employee-oriented, high performance culture, which emphasizes on; personnel empowerment, productivity, goal attainment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
Main Duties & Responsibilities
- Assist in the performance of human resources management work relating to recruitment, performance management, leave management and capacity building
- Assist in the advertisement of positions, short listing candidates, interviewing candidates, conducting reference checks and providing feedback to successful/unsuccessful candidates.
- Assist in coordination with other project heads and field officers to ensure consistency in interpretation and application of HR policies.
- Assist in conducting new employee orientation/induction in coordination with the heads of department to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
- Assist in preparing for staff meetings when required
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Job Specifications
Completion of an Undergraduate Degree or a Higher Diploma in Human Resource Management from a recognized institution of higher learning
Skills & Competencies
- Knowledge of the labor laws in Kenya.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Solid organizational skills as well as the ability to be flexible and work well under pressure in a fast paced multi – tasking humanitarian environment.
- Strong writing and presentation skills with ability to communicate well within and across diverse groups and perspectives.
- Unquestionable level of integrity
- Knowledge of Computer Applications such as Ms-Access, Ms-Excel and Ms-Word
Method of Application
Please send a cover letter and resume to applications.hias@gmail.com indicating the Vacancy Number on the subject line. Closing Date: 9th May 2018 5.00pm
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Canvassing will lead to automatic disqualification. Late applications will not be considered.
HRTK is an equal opportunity employer.
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