2021-10-31
Background:
Mission East, founded in Denmark in 1991, is an international humanitarian and development organisation undertaking disaster relief and development programmes in Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
In Iraq, Mission East provides assistance for both urgent basic needs for those displaced by violence as well as longer-term support for returnees and IDPs in protracted displacement settings. Our current programme includes NFI and shelter, cash transfers, WASH assistance, livelihoods support, protection and psychosocial support activities delivered through multi-purpose community centres.
More information on Mission East can be found at: https://missioneast.org
Overall Responsibility:
The overall responsibility of this position is to provide technical and managerial oversight and support to ensure a continuous financial and administrative functionality of Mission East implemented programmes in Iraq.
Main duties and responsibilities:
- Training and coaching women, to learn new skills in sewing.
- Teaching different designs of clothing to the participants.
- Work directly with the protection officer, to ensure all items are available and activities are being implemented timely.
- Adhere to all ME HR policies, procedures and code of conducts that ensures transparency, services and accountability to beneficiaries and report any abuse of beneficiaries by other ME staff, including violation of the child safeguarding policy or sexual exploitation and abuse in accordance with ME reporting procedures.
- Adherence to the ME security policies and procedures and report any incidents or breaches to line manager and/or security manage.
- Has experience with Sewing/ especially sewing by hand.
- Has experience with handcrafts and wool.
- Not less than 3 months experience working in Sewing.
Other Requirements:
Mission East upholds high standards in all aspects of Safeguarding and condemns all forms of abuse and exploitation, takes a zero-tolerance approach to all abuse and exploitation against children or vulnerable individuals and seeks to ensure that no-one is exposed to the risk of maltreatment by its representatives. In accordance with organizational policy:
- In view of the nature of this role potentially requiring involvement with vulnerable individuals (including situations where there are potential imbalances of power), you will be required to provide both a self-assessment and formal certificate of previous good conduct.
- Professional references will be requested and taken up for the successful candidate.
- All Mission East’s staff are required to sign our Code of Conduct and Child Safeguarding Commitment.
Mission East upholds high standards in Counter Terrorism (COTER) and sanctions regulation compliance. Mission East will conduct a thorough pre-employment background check of successful candidates, including checking through the SDN sanctions lists.
Qualified Candidates should submit their CV’s in English on [email protected] with indicating the “ME.VL.KRK.004.102021/SewingTrainer/Protection” in the subject line of the email no later than Oct 31st, 2021. Only Shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
“Only Female candidates Should apply for this position”
Due to the urgency, Mission East reserves the right to recruit any suitable candidates before the above-mentioned deadline.
Mission East is an equal opportunity employer.
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