Job Title: Intern (paid internship)

Funded by: Caritas Switzerland

Implemented by: Jesuit Refugee Service in Kosovo

Place(s) of work: Prishtinë

Contract Duration: 10 months (part time, 20 h per week)

Expected starting date: July 2023

Date of the advertisement: 15 June 2023

About JRS:

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organization with a mission to accompany, serve, and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons, that they may heal, learn, and determine their own future. JRS programs are currently found in 56 countries, serving refugees and other forcibly displaced persons in conflict zones and detention centers, on remote borders and in busy cities. JRS in Kosovo was established in 2001 and through its program supports refugees with psycho-social activities, capacity building activities, humanitarian relief and sport and cultural activities.

Partnership with Caritas Switzerland in Kosovo:

JRS Kosovo and Caritas Switzerland in Kosovo have in place a partnership under the project MARDI – Municipal Action for Reintegration and Diaspora.

In January 2022, CACH in Kosovo started implementing the Project “Municipal Action for Reintegration and Diaspora” – MARDI, seeking to address the challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic for RPs. The MARDI project aims to enhance coordination amongst multiple stakeholders to address the underlying and longer-term needs of people returning and integrating. At the same time and under the lens of diaspora cooperation, the project aims to make use of the untapped potential of the diaspora to see back-migration as something positive, that can be combined with investment and economic development in increasingly attractive communities in Kosovo. In particular, the MARDI project will reach to a total of more than 400 returnees and provide them with psycho-social and economic support based in a holistic approach that is increasingly practiced in municipalities and is being implemented consistently. Additionally, to ensure sustainability, capacity building will be provided to psychologists and social workers living and working for the municipalities; as well as, to all front-line responders/staff of Kosovar municipalities, including MOCRs, CSWs, education departments, MIA regional coordinators and Employment Offices (EOs) etc.

The project consists of three main components:

1. Capacity Development: MARDI aims to strengthen the capacities of governmental and non-governmental actors, and coordination to better address challenges in the field of migration and (re) integration management.

2. Psychosocial, Legal and Economic (Re) Integration Support: MARDI aims at development of local capacities to provide tailor made individual support, to facilitate the sustainable (re) integration of migrants and to improve the overall welfare of repatriated persons and their families through psycho – social counselling, legal advice and implementing economic (re) integration measures (on-the-job training, job placement);

3. Diaspora Engagement: the project aims the utilization of diasporas know – how and financial capital for economic development of Kosovar Municipalities.

Main tasks and duties:

• Intern will perform the duties of a project assistant and is under the direct supervision of the Project Manager.
• He/she will do research related to the project components and offer administrative support to the project team.
• He/she facilitates the team in the documentation of the project activities, and assists in the visibility of the project in public events e.g. workshops, forums, and meetings as foreseen with the project and per donors’ requirements.
• He/she collects invoices from the activities, events, workshops, cash payments, and does the proper filing electronically and physically, creates and names folders accordingly.
• Ensures the existence of a complete set of required documents to be attached to each type of request.
• File all financial documents to the appropriate files according to the established rules and in proper order.
• Drafts text for the web page and Facebook page
• Performs other duties as assigned from the Project Manager and JRS team.

Education and qualification:

• Students in the last year of studies or newly graduated in the field of social sciences or similar.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Albanian and English, other languages would be an advantage.
• Knowledge of migration issues is an advantage.

Technical skills:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, capacity for effective teamwork, as well as the ability to work independently.
• Computer literacy, including facility with Word, Excel, and other Microsoft Office applications.
• Personality and skills to work proactively and under tight deadlines and as part of a team.

Interested candidates are invited to email their documents in English.

Please send your updated CV along with a Cover letter to kosovo@jrs.net by 29.06.2023 using the title of the Position in the headline: Intern – Re/Integration project.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.