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HELIOS+ Center Manager

Athens

  • Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
  • Location: Athens
  • Grade: Mid level - Mid level
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date:

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world's worst humanitarian crises, helping to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. Founded in 1933 at the call of Albert Einstein, the IRC is one of the world's largest international humanitarian non-governmental organizations (INGO), at work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S. cities helping people to survive, reclaim control of their future and strengthen their communities. A force for humanity, IRC employees deliver lasting impact by restoring safety, dignity and hope to millions. If you're a solutions-driven, passionate change-maker, come join us in positively impacting the lives of millions of people world-wide for a better future.
IRC Hellas will implement a new program under the Helios+ initiative, which supports the integration of international and temporary protection beneficiaries into Greece’s social and economic life. It provides services like Greek language learning, housing support, labor market access, and integration monitoring. Helios+ also raises awareness in host communities and among stakeholders to promote social and employment inclusion.
We are looking for a Helios+ Center Manager to oversee daily operations, deliver essential services, and foster stakeholder engagement. If you have experience in team coordination, project management, and community integration, join us in empowering beneficiaries of international and temporary protection to build a new life in Greece.
Are you a dynamic leader passionate about making a difference in the lives of refugees and migrants? We encourage you to apply!
Major Responsibilities:
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: 
Center Management and Operations:
•Daily Operations: Manage the Helios+ Center's day-to-day activities, ensuring smooth functioning and adherence to project goals and operational standards.
•Facility Oversight: Ensure the facility meets accessibility and safety standards, coordinate facility maintenance, and manage the technical equipment and furnishings.
•Staff Coordination: Supervise staff, including labor market outreach facilitators, social cohesion facilitators, and interpreters, to deliver high-quality services to beneficiaries.
•Scheduling and Administration: Organize the daily operating schedule, manage visitor flow, and oversee administrative tasks to support efficient operations.
Service Provision and Beneficiary Support:
•Labor Market Inclusion and Social Cohesion activities: Support the business outreach facilitator and the social cohesion facilitator to organize networking activities, job fairs, and employer visits to connect beneficiaries with job opportunities; 
Monitoring, Reporting, and Compliance:
•Progress Tracking: Monitor the center's outputs, including job connections, and participation in social cohesion events, ensuring compliance with project targets and standards.
•Documentation: Maintain detailed records of service provision, participant progress, and stakeholder engagements; prepare regular reports for internal use and donor submissions as required.
•Risk Management: Identify and address potential risks to project activities, including facility challenges or engagement difficulties, implementing mitigation strategies as needed.
•Manage a team in accordance with IRC’s People Manager Standards.
•Other duties as assigned by the Senior Livelihoods Manager to enable and develop IRC programs
REQUIREMENTS: 
•MA/S or equivalent in human rights, education, social sciences or other relevant field or equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
•At least three years of experience implementing integration/economic empowerment programming. Experience working with refugee youth is a plus.
•Strong training and technical assistance skills and significant experience leading participatory trainings, capacity building and mentoring of professionals or local partners.
•Strong technical capacity in employability and skills development programming for refugees and migrants and understanding of the needs of the target population.
•Good computer skills in programs such as: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint.
•Personal qualities: Team player, flexible, diplomatic, network-builder, strong negotiation skills, gender and cultural sensitivity and able to handle pressure well.
•Fluency in Greek and English; 
Standard of Professional Conduct: IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability and Equality. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.
Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of IRC Persons in any work setting. 
Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.
Equal Opportunity Employer: IRC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity and inclusion. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, nationality, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, caste, sexual orientation, differently abled, geographic origin, marital status, veteran status and cultural background (or any other characteristic protected by law). We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
 

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Standard of Professional Conduct:The IRC and the IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – our Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Accountability, and Equality.

Commitment to Gender, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion: The IRC is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, respectful, and safe work environment where all persons are treated fairly, with dignity and respect. The IRC expressly prohibits and will not tolerate discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or bullying of the IRC persons in any work setting. We aim to increase the representation of women, people that are from country and communities we serve, and people who identify as races and ethnicities that are under-represented in global power structures.
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