Odyssea
Odyssea employability team is expanding and looking for a third new talented member to join its dynamic team in its impactful goals of bridging people with the world of work!
Empowering someone with the skills needed to integrate with the world of work is one of the most important ways to create self-reliance and agency. The role of the employability program officer will be to analyse the labor market information and verify the job opportunities of our job seekers according to labour law. It also involves supporting the team leader in all aspects related to performing profiling, job-matching and mentoring tasks to help job seekers find jobs within agreed timescales.
Responsibilities
● Use labor market information to research and build additional relationships with employers, creating further employment opportunities
● Expand the network of hiring companies based on data collected and analyzed by the employability officer by contacting the relevant hiring companies
● Interview and register applicants on a weekly basis
● Propose jobs to job seekers
● Propose people to companies
● Follow up with jobseekers after referring them to employers, and /or after being hired
● Maintain a record system, case notes and other electronic files to ensure high-quality standards
● Work closely with staff in the development of monitoring and documentation tools to capture the progress and outcomes of the project, as well as issue-based research tools
● Support the development and timely implementation of Odyssea’s working plans related to the aforementioned activities of responsibility
● Identify, map, report and develop relationships with relevant partner organizations focused on employability services.
Required qualifications and skills
Essential:
● Well organized, structured and self-disciplined, with excellent time-management skills
● Ability to conduct data collection on the local labor market and enter collected information on job vacancies, training opportunities into the database
● Recruitment experience will be considered as an asset
● Very strong interpersonal and communication skills
● Experience in/flair for developing/working with digital platforms
● Knowledge of labor law
● Experience for Consulting and guidance the beneficiaries in finding jobs according to the Greek legislation requirements
Desired:
● Minimum of 3 years of relevant NGOs’ experience at officer level (working in the livelihoods programs – specifically training development)
● Project planning, implementation follow-up and monitoring
● Deeply motivated by and committed to humanitarian work
● Persistent and focused on the tasks, but at the same time creative and open-minded
● Quick learner; affinity to numbers as well as good understanding why details matter
● Understanding of the rights and protection issues of vulnerable groups
If you are interested in applying, please send your CV and motivation letter to: [email protected] mentioning in the email subject: “Odyssea_ Employability program officer”.
– Applications without a motivation letter will not be evaluated.
– Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
– Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply
Odyssea seeks to sustain and strengthen this diversity to ensure equal opportunities as well as an inclusive working environment for its entire workforce. Applications are encouraged from all qualified candidates without distinction on grounds of race, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity.
