Cultural Mediator -Ukrainian Speaker

Job Description

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, the IRC aims to restore safety, dignity, and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure.

Following a first assessment conducted in January 2017 in Italy and another one in July 2017, several critical protection gaps were identified within assistance provided to refugees and migrants in Italy: mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), assistance to unaccompanied children, information provision and legal support. IRC established a small presence in Italy to respond to the identified gaps. Programs in Italy include Refugee.Info web-based information platform, child protection programming targeting unaccompanied children and victims of trafficking, mentoring programs for the socio-economic inclusion of refugee youth, WPE, and education (social, emotional learning, and healing classrooms). With the onset of the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Ukraine, IRC Italy is ramping up its capacities to respond to the protection and MHPSS needs of newly arrived Ukrainian refugees in several locations in Italy.

Are you a multifaceted and creative person with experience in participating in projects in the field? Join us!

Job Summary

The Cultural Mediator will be included in the project team Comprehensive, trauma-informed support for women and children fleeing Ukraine aimed at refugees from the Ukrainian conflict. The purpose of the function will be to carry out linguistic and intercultural mediation activities in support of the project team.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Under internal supervision, the job holder will have to ensure:

• The accurate oral language translation from Ukrainian to Italian and vice versa to ensure proper understanding between the team and the project clients.

• Intercultural mediation during 1:1 counseling sessions and group activities to facilitate and support the psychologist's interaction with clients.

• The written translation from Ukrainian to Italian and vice versa of any documents should they be necessary.

• Participate in meetings, supervision sessions, training opportunities, and any other relevant task requested by the line manager.

Experience and Qualifications

• Ukrainian citizenship or confirmed knowledge of Ukrainian culture.

• Excellent knowledge of Ukrainian and Italian languages (at least equivalent to a C1 level);

• Knowledge of Russian and English language are an added value.

• Qualification as an intercultural mediator is an added advantage.

• Experience in mental health and emergency psychology-related activities is an added value.

• Excellent ability to establish interpersonal relationships and negotiation skills and a proven ability to provide excellent client service in a cross-cultural context

• Ability to integrate into work teams.

• Adherence to the values and goals pursued

Skills Required

• An independent person with experience working in emergency settings, possibly with expertise in health, mental, and emergency psychology issues.

• A person with excellent communication skills, able to build relationships and relate to a very broad and diverse range of subjects, willing to perform several tasks simultaneously

• A person with excellent communication skills, able to build relationships and relate to a very broad and diverse range of subjects, willing to perform several tasks simultaneously

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with us to request accommodation.

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