Field Worker

Support to Life (STL) is an independent humanitarian agency working in the field of disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness, and emergency response in Turkey and the surrounding region.  With an emphasis on community participation, STL works at a grassroots level to build local capacity, mitigate the risks and impact of disasters, and support those in need in meeting their basic needs and rights.

In line with its mandate STL currently has the following main activities:

•          Relief aid and protection for Syrian refugees: in response to the increasing number of refugees in Turkey, STL is supporting refugees living outside camps in the Turkish border area through a food security programme providing psychosocial support through the establishment of Community Centres;

•          Child labour in seasonal agricultural work: STL has been working with at-risk children, sensitising farmers and raising awareness among the public in an effort to contribute to eliminating child labour;

•          Civil Society Disaster Platform: in collaboration with partners, STL has launched a platform that will bring together civil society actors in sharing information and coordinating projects related to disaster management in Turkey.

STL is looking for one Field Worker to work in the Community Centre in Narlica. 

• Undertake psychosocial, outreach activities (informative sessions) and other social activities (such as painting, writing, drama activities etc.) on Community Center services to target groups and record feedback (comments, suggestions);
• Collaborate with the to design and develop thematic modules for awaraness raising activities with Syrian people and local community,
• Follow upon the quality of services accessed by the beneficiary
• To organize focus group activities and when required, to collect other relevant information,
• To create and maintain in an up-to-date manner, a database of those in need of assistance, and to perform data entry to this database,
• Collaborate with the PO and as required the protection team to highlight where thematic curricula for awareness raising activities with the beneficiaries could be improved;
• Maintain close contact with gatekeepers, focal points, key persons, muhtars and local community; inform about Comunity Center services;
• Perform other duties as required. 

•          University education in a relevant field
•          Excellent command of written and spoken Turkish and Arabic; and command of English is a distinct advantage
•          IT proficiency (word, excel, powerpoint, email)
•          Analytical, reporting/communication and interpersonal skills
•          Team work, cultural sensitivity and communication