Duration contract: until December 31, 2025 About HelpAge >HelpAge International works with partners and a diverse global network of more than 171 organizations in 90 countries around the world, helping millions of older people live safe, dignified and healthy lives. Through our partnerships and collaborations, we work to ensure the integration of older people into society and strive to create a just and fair world for all, regardless of their age.
At the heart of our work is the desire to make a real impact on older people, to be inclusive, working in partnership and learning from our shared experiences.
Our 2030 strategy, Aging in a Fair World, sets out how we will work together to shape the future we all share. Working together, we aim to help inspire a movement for change and by ensuring that all our work promotes the well-being, dignity and voice of older people, we can transform the lives of older people now and into the future.
As part of our 2030 strategy, we continue to carry out inclusive humanitarian activities, supporting the elderly and their families in times of crisis.
Crisis in Ukraine
HelpAge has been operating in Ukraine since 2014. Our team consists of more than 800 people, including employees, volunteers and contractors. Our response plan includes cash assistance, distribution of food and non-food items, health and dignity kits, hygiene and care products, support in accessing health services, care, psychological and psychosocial first aid.
Main responsibilities:
- coordinating the work of a team of social workers in accordance with the criteria for project performance, goals and objectives of the project;
- organization of interaction with local authorities, social and medical institutions, public organizations, international humanitarian organizations;
- ensuring the provision of services provided for by the project to beneficiaries;
- control of involvement new beneficiaries of the project by social workers in accordance with the criteria of vulnerabilities;
- ensuring that the beneficiaries of the project are informed through social workers about the presence services and assistance for the population affected by the conflict (medical, psychological, legal, social), which can be obtained from partner organizations and other institutions;
- provision of timely and accurate reports on activities and all necessary documentation;
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- forming and maintaining a database of beneficiaries and/or project activities;
- holding working meetings with social workers to plan activities and resolve organizational issues issues;
- ensuring control over the delivery of humanitarian aid to project beneficiaries and reportingentities from distribution;
- timely informing the manager about problems or force majeure circumstances that have arisen in the project and may interfere with its implementation;
- collection of information and photos for writing success stories and various studies within the framework of the project;
- participation in trainings and other educational events that increase the level of knowledge regarding communication and assistance to the elderly, organized by the Representation and others organizations.
Basic requirements:
- higher education in the field of social work or related fields;
- at least one year of work experience in national or international non-governmental organizations in the humanitarian field or in national social services;
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills skills.
Preferred:
- presence of training or experience in social work;
- work experience with the elderly and/or people with disabilities;
- knowledge of international humanitarian standards.
In addition to being a HelpAge employee, you must :
- work together, building mutual trust and respect, with external organizations and partners to achieve our strategic goals and objectives;
- be responsible for the work you do together;
- adapt to new directions or opportunities that arise in the organization and in your field of work;
- be flexible in your role, constantly use feedback to learn more and develop further;
- lead behavioral and cultural change by creating a supportive, collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone feels supported, respected and included;
- expand HelpAge's reach and impact by creating and identifying new business opportunities and building relationships with new partners;
- lead and promote a culture of inclusion of older people's voices in our advocacy, convening and thought leadership activities in ways that are transformative, empowering and highly inclusive of those marginalized by gender, economic status , disability and other factors of discrimination.
Protection
HelpAge International seeks to protect communities, with whom we work, our partners, employees and everyone else with whom we come into contact.
Therefore, you are also responsiblefor:
- preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programs to everyone who comes into contact with our work;
- timely reporting of all security incidents you see, hear about, hear about or suspect using our internal reporting mechanism;
- compliance with all security policies and practices;
- completion of mandatory training courses related to related to our security policy, and compliance with personnel screening procedures.
