Job Overview
We are a multidisciplinary team, mostly with social and sports profiles and are looking to make you our newest sipninp ! If you are passionate about community work, then maybe you are the one to support field activities involving children, adolescents and youths in an exciting project we are kicking off with the UNHCR Libya. The project focuses on mental health and psychosocial support through our methodology, working with children and youths in Tripoli.
This challenge is something for you if you see coordinating and working with a multidisciplinary and diverse team in terms of culture, language and background as a challenge. Be ready to be inspired and resilient. Be prepared to be flexible and well planned and organized. Be willing to adapt to new ways of working as a team, as well as being detailed and thorough in reporting. Be ready to be based in Nairobi or Tripoli for the indicated project period. In this role, you will work as a team supporting the project coordinator with efficient task and people management, as well as the design of social sport sessions and working with local partners in Libya to adapt the project accordingly. The Futbol Mas Kenya leadership team will train, assist and advice you throughout the journey.
- KEY ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES and COMPETENCIES
- Learn about the Futbol Mas methodology through experience and training.
- Support with meeting/document translations, recording of minutes and act as a link between Arabic speaking partners and Kenyan project team.
- Support with translation of inspiring community journey for Libyan scouts as well as doing individual follow-ups / mentorships.
- Participate in session planning and write-up translations.
- Support in translation of meetings with UNHCR, local organizations/scouts.
- Work as a team to report on weekly meetings by translating where necessary.
- As a team, work on Launch of the program & League preparations and implementation with the scouts.
- Attend and participate in weekly team & partnership meetings.
- Carry out any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the team leader.
- CROSS CUTTING COMPETENCIES
To thrive in Futbol Mas and discover yourself further professionally and personally, you will need / get the opportunity to build the following skills:
Internal strengths |
Be flexible and resilient (especially to operate and connect with people from the community) |
Be proactive and take initiative |
Good communication and mobilization skills |
Be poal and quality oriented (with an eye for detail) |
Manage your emotions |
Positive energy |
Be well organized and structured when planning and implementing an activity |
Relational strengths |
Horizontality in all relationships (within the team and with others) |
Communicate by connecting, listening and dialoguing with people |
Take leadership and work as a team at the same time |
Be assertive and professional in your communication and behaviour |
Technical strengths |
The ability to analyse situations, people, documents and numbers for decision-making |
Ability to build relationships with local communities, partners and government authorities. |
Fluent in working with Office applications, mainly Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint |
Being conversant with task management software is an asset |
Fluent in Arabic and English. |
Knowledge on social/community and sports programming is an added value |
EDUCATION:
Formal studies / careers studied |
Translation studies Or equivalent experience |
Valuable additional education: |
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Minimal working experience desired: |
1 years of relevant working experience |
We are not a competitive football development programme and in this position, there is no need to be ”football”-literate. Additionally, Futbol Mas is a pender sensitive organization and welcomes women to motivate themselves to apply for this position as we strive to not only have a multifunctional team, but also a gender balanced team.
If you are interested to be part of our team in these historic steps of Futbol Mas on the African continent, send us your CV, cover letter and salary expectation to recruitmentkenya@futbolmas.org