Temporary Office Assistant
Introduction
- HIAS is an international not for profit
organization with a vision for a world in which refugees, displaced
persons and asylum seekers find welcome, safety and freedom. HIAS
operation in Kenya was established in 2002 with the mission to serve the
most vulnerable refugees through protection, resilience, economic
inclusion and provision of durable solutions.
- Organizationally, HIAS is guided by its Refugee
Rights Framework. This rights-based approach, based on international human
rights, humanitarian and refugee law and practice, provides a programming
framework for HIAS’ focus on refugee protection. This framework
prioritizes programming impact that ensures forcibly displaced people
realize their potential and become contributors to society, with this
impact being achieved through the realization of legal and civil rights
and social and economic rights including through 1) the right to
protection from harm, violence and discrimination, 2) the right to
recovery from the shock of displacement, and 3) the right to economic
self-sufficiency and inclusion.
- The overall goal of HIAS’ global GBV Prevention
and Response programming is for forcibly displaced refugee women, girls,
sexual and gender minorities to pursue their potential and to access their
human and legal rights, free from violence and oppression.
This means HIAS GBV
programming works to ensure;
- Forcibly displaced women, girls, sexual and gender
minorities face a reduced risk of GBV,
- Survivors of sexual and physical violence have
access to coordinated psychosocial, health, and legal services,
- Family, community, and institutions support
refugee women, girls, sexual and gender minorities in accessing and using
their rights.
- HIAS uses a survivor-centered, community-based
approach. Our programs consider the voices and needs of survivors and
prioritize their leadership in program design and implementation. HIAS
works with communities’ natural systems in order to optimize support for
survivors, building partnerships to promote and protect the rights of
survivors, women, girls, sexual and gender minorities. This approach
enables HIAS to meet the safety, psychosocial, economic, and justice needs
of survivors; facilitate their access to appropriate care; and empower
communities to lead efforts that challenge beliefs, attitudes, and
behaviors that perpetuate or condone violence against women, girls,
sexual and gender minorities in the community.
- HIAS seeks to recruit an Office Assistant who will
be responsible for ensuring high standard of hygiene and cleanliness
throughout the premises. This position is on a temporary basis, as the
person will be filling in for the drivers/dispatch officers who are not
available because of either; vacation leave, illness or busy schedules.
Main Duties &
Responsibilities
- Develop routines to ensure all common areas of the
safe house are maintained to a high standard of cleanliness.
- Assist in the general cleanliness of the offices
- Ensuring the availability of cleaning supplies in
all sanitary places
- Use cleaning materials and consumables
economically
- Disinfect drains and dustbins regularly
- Empty general waste refuse bins and make sure all
refuse is disposed of promptly and using proper disposal methods.
- Any other duties assigned.
Job Specification
- Minimum of secondary school education
- Certificate in house keeping
- Experience as a cleaner/Office Assistant for not
less than 1 year
Skills and
Competencies
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize and perform
multiple tasks simultaneously
- Outstanding customer service skills
- Proven ability to work effectively individually
and with a team
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions
How to Apply
- Please send a cover letter and resume to
- recruitment.kenya@hias.org indicating the Vacancy
Number HRTK/T-OA/01/2021 on the subject line.
- Closing Date: 22nd January 2021 5.00pm
- Applications not bearing this subject label will
not be considered.
- Important: Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
- HRTK is an equal opportunity employer, does not
charge candidates or recruitment and dissociates itself from any entity
defrauding candidates