Centrul de Drept al Avocatilor - Recruitment for Community mediator position

Centrul de Drept al Avocatilor - Recruitment for Community mediator position

Centrul de Drept al Avocatilor is looking for qualified persons for Community mediator position to support the “Legal assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons in Moldova” projects.

TERMS OF REFERENCE

Key areas of accountability

• Build and maintain networks within communities of refugees from Ukraine, fostering constructive relationships that impact protection planning, programming, and results.
• Utilize relationships with refugees and a network of partners to understand refugees' perspectives, capacities, needs, and resources. Provide advice to the protection team, emphasizing the specific protection needs of diverse groups, including women, men, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, Roma people, and marginalized groups.
• Collaborate with host communities to identify opportunities for national civil society involvement in improving refugee protection.
• Work with implementing and operational partners, as well as displaced and local communities, to develop community-owned activities addressing social, educational, psycho-social, cultural, health, organizational, and livelihood concerns, as well as child protection and prevention and response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
• Support participatory assessments by multifunctional teams and engage in ongoing consultations with refugees.
• Assist communities in establishing representation and coordination structures, actively participating in the Local Coordination Forum.
• Identify and prioritize individuals or groups for counselling and field visits based on agreed criteria.
• Facilitate work and involvement of services at the community center.
• Map available services in the Transnistria region. Safely identify, refer, and inform vulnerable refugees about services and rights from social assistance and humanitarian services.
• Individual Assistance and social accompany the most vulnerable refugees to service providers.
• Organize community events.

Qualifications and skills required:

Academic Qualifications:

• University degree

Experience and knowledge:

• Previous work experience in the area would be considered as advantage
• Good organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word,

Competencies:

• Good analytical skills and good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively under stress and in crisis situations.
• Cultural and gender awareness.
• Fluency in Ukranian, Russian and English languages.
• Driver license.

CDA is committed to workforce diversity. Women and men, persons with disabilities, Roma and other ethnic or religious minorities, persons living with HIV, LGBTQI+ as well as refugees and other non-citizens legally entitled to work in the Republic of Moldova, are encouraged to apply.

Please provide details in CV on your past employments and two references.

Please submit a cover letter and your resume to law-center@cda.md . Applicants selected will be contacted via email.