Samos Volunteers (SV) is an independent group of volunteers providing non-formal education and psychosocial support to displaced persons living on Samos.
The Psychosocial and Field Coordinator runs SV’s psychosocial services at Alpha Land, our main community space: English classes, recreational activities and the LGBTQIA+ support group. They coordinate the teachers and activity volunteers, with the Volunteer Coordinator, and support field coordination.
Starting date: 1st December 2026
Location: Samos, Greece
Status: Full-time, minimum 6 months commitment
Application deadline: Sunday, 15th November 2026
Key responsibilities include:
Education program
- Keeping the curriculum up to date and context-appropriate
- Supporting teachers: inductions, teaching resources, check-ins and attendance
- Opening and closing classes based on demand
- Running class registration and keeping the class list up to date
- Recruiting community teachers, with the Volunteer Coordinator
- Collecting student and teacher feedback
Alpha Land and Alpha City
- Leading field coordination at Alpha Land (by the CCAC), our main community space, and overseeing Alpha City (in town), our office and storage base
- Designing and running psychosocial activities based on community needs and volunteer capacity
- Support the development of the Woman Space and Child Friendly Space programmes
- Working with other NGOs and actors to join up services, with oversight from the PM
- Supporting activity volunteers: check-ins, activity design and liaison with the Logistics Coordinator
- Inducting volunteers, overseeing shifts and leading daily debriefs
- Keeping our spaces safe: shift guidelines, first aid kits, weekly cleaning and stock checks liaising with the Logistics Coordinator
- Leading emergency protocols when needed
- Supporting community initiatives
LGBTQIA+ group
- Planning and co-facilitating the weekly group meeting
- Liaising with the group’s volunteer and external LGBTQIA+ actors
- Taking part in the national working group
- Advocacy and awareness raising, with the Sustainability Coordinator
- Referrals to and from other organisations
Admin
- Keeping key documents current, including your handover document (passwords and access details)
- Monitoring the education and psychosocial projects and providing data and updates for the monthly report
- Attending the weekly field coordination meeting
- Keeping shared platforms organised (Google Drive)
- Attending quarterly board committee meetings
- Finance: staying within the education budget, keeping receipts and telling the Sustainability Coordinator about donations needed
- Helping keep the risk register up to date
- Providing updates and stories for fundraising and social media
Key Requirements:
- Minimum 6 months’ commitment and ability to stay in Greece without visa support
- Excellent communication, management and conflict resolution skills
- At least 6 months’ experience in psychosocial support or education, paid or volunteer
- Grassroots experience, preferably in Greece
- Flexibility: Samos changes constantly and no two days are the same. You’ll need to adapt quickly and understand the challenges of humanitarian work
- Awareness of cultural sensitivity and displaced communities
- Driving licence
- Fluent in written and spoken English
Desirable skills, knowledge, experience:
- Bengali, Farsi, Turkish, Amharic, Tigrinya, Wolof, Kurdish, Arabic, Greek, French or Somali
- Good understanding of the asylum process in Greece
- Background in education, mental health support or safe space facilitation
Equal Opportunities:
All applications will receive equal treatment regardless of the applicant’s sex, ethnic or national origin, race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, religious or political beliefs, marital status or family circumstances. Our aim is to foster a culture of inclusivity and to embrace and celebrate our differences. We therefore particularly encourage and will support applicants from under-represented backgrounds, such as people of colour, those who identify as LGBTQI+, and those from low-income backgrounds.
Further information:
The coordinator will have their reasonable living expenses refunded by the organisation in form of a stipend of 700€ per month. A private room in one of our shared houses is provided free of charge.
Leave policy: All team members are entitled to 1 week for every 2 months of work. There is a mandatory break after 4 months.
The selected candidate will have to be able to provide a criminal record check and two references.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for this position, please send your CV and cover letter to our project manager byfilling in this form.
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If you have any questions about this role or would like to find out more, please contact our project manager at projectmanager@samosvolunteers.org.