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Job Description: Child Friendly Space Animator
Position: CFS Animator
Location: Samos
PositionCode: SMS/CP/CFSA
Purpose of the Role: The Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) Animator implements activities at the Child Friendly Spaces.
Reports to: CFS Supervisor
Key Roles and Responsibilities:
- Supervise and support children’s play activities for a minimum of 6 hours per day/week, at the agreed times
- Ensure a safe and child-friendly atmosphere within the Child Friendly Space
- Conduct a daily visual assessment of the children and ensure a variety of structured games and activities within the Child Friendly Space, catering to the needs of children of different ages, genders, and abilities
- Ensure that children feel comfortable, safe, and respected
- Ensure that children’s participation and input form the basis of the Child Friendly Space and the activities
- Establish a rotation system to promote the sharing of equipment and games between children
- Be a positive role model and demonstrate conflict-solving behaviors
- Ensure that all games and equipment are accounted for and stored securely at the end of the day
- Liaise with parents and the community regularly to keep them informed of any developments or problems within the Child Friendly Space and surrounding areas
- Screen for and monitor protection needs and gaps in and around the Child Friendly Space
- Ensure presence of at least one parent of each child/siblings in the CFS or near surroundings
Qualifications, Experience and Skills:
- At least two years of experience in Education (formal or non-formal), Pre-school, After-School and/or Psychosocial support for young children and/or adolescents
- Interest in working with migrant/refugee children
- Ability to carry-out activities for children on the move in transit
- Ability to engage with children/ adolescents from different cultural backgrounds
- Good communication skills, team player, and flexibility
- Capacity to work in difficult, stressful and intensive contexts
- Good knowledge of children’s/adolescent’s rights and related matters.
- Good oral and verbal communications skills
- Good knowledge of English and/or Arabic/Farsi will be an asset
Application Forms
Interested candidates please forward your English CV to [To send your CV please click here] Please mention the Position Code at the subject of the e-mail in any of your correspondence SMS/CP/CFSA. All CVs will be treated with the strictest of confidentiality. We will only contact candidates matching our criteria.