Cleaner At GOAL

General Description of the Programme:

GOAL an International Humanitarian Organisation has had a presence in Turkey since 2013 and has been contributing to the migrant response since 2016 with a focus on responding to needs in health service delivery, social safety nets and the protection of vulnerable and marginalised migrants in southern Turkey.

GOAL has been working in Syria since 2013, responding to the acute needs of conflict-affected communities. GOAL is working in Idleb Governate, both through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, and provision of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) through support to Water units, as well as emergency support to recently displaced households.

GOAL has been working in North Aleppo Governate since 2019, through direct implementation and through partners, delivering food, non-food programming to highly vulnerable populations, as well as emergency support for recently displaced household.

GOAL has two projects (ECHO funded LINK and PRM funded GREEN) in Turkey, LINK program targets refugees from nomadic / semi-nomadic backgrounds and those engaged in seasonal agricultural labor. LINK has been designed to address and mitigate protection concerns of the vulnerable / marginalized refugees through provision of critical information and raising their awareness on their rights, obligations and services available in Turkey, by sensitization/advocacy (targeting key stakeholders and service providers, etc.) activities, and Individual Protection Assistance (IPA) services to enable highly vulnerable refugees to access to basic, social and protective services available under the provisions of Temporary and International Protection regulations in Turkey. On the other hand, Green program aims to improve socioeconomic inclusion, resilience and self-sufficiency of highly vulnerable/excluded women and girls from host and refugee communities (Syrians as well as those living in program locations under the international protection regulation) including nomadic communities and seasonal agriculture workers from both communities through integrated and market driven livelihood opportunities and protection services, including language courses and vocational skills training on greenhouse production and agriculture; case management (CM)/coaching services, establishment of a women cooperative, protection outreach, information provision and awareness raising; and provision of special needs and individual protection assistance services.

Job purpose:

The Cleaner will be responsible for cleaning the properties (offices/premises) on regular basis in Antakya/Hatay. This is a manual job to have the physical stability and skills to perform the duties. Cleaner will be responsible of keeping the Antakya/Hatay SSC (Social Support Service) Office clean by tidying areas and removing dust, spills, and garbage.

Duties, objectives and competencies

• Always adhere to GOAL policies and procedures.
• Cleaning the frequently touched surfaces (such as door handles, desk surfaces etc.) by disinfectant materials and paying extra attention due to Covid-19
• Wiping and do dusting of the office furniture (desks, shelves, chairs, bulbs etc.) on daily basis.
• Sweeping and wiping all floors including wet areas in Antakya/Hatay offices on daily basis.
• Ensure that the GOAL premise in Antakya/Hatay are kept clean and tidy the all office, kitchen, terrace, windows, doors, entry, corridors, toilets, and meeting rooms at all the times.
• Cleaning,polising, washing wiping all surfaces,terraces,floors and other materials according to the job, repeating the celaning activities during the day.
• Clean and edit all internal items, kitchen materials, dishes, oven and clean the fridge regularly.
• Removing litter and ensuring that it is thrown into the trash can on the street.
• During the day refresh cleanliness in all offices, desks, kitchen, bathrooms and toilets.
• Keep a check on cleaning and kitchen materials and needs and refresh them.
• Complete other specific cleaning tasks and structured by the manager.
• Monitor the supplies and condition of the consumables/cleaning materials tools and materials and report to Office Manager on needed supplies and replenishments; Report on the stock status of toilet rolls, soaps, washing liquid etc.
• Prepare and ensuring that tea, coffee, water and refreshments are served and provided to the staff members, guests during official meetings.
• Conduct preparation, serving and clean-up of refreshments for official meeting and visitors.
• Assisting with set-up of office furniture and equipment arrangements for regular or special activities.
• Verifies that cleaning is up to proper standards and liaises with the logistics department concerning scheduling of tasks.
• Run office errands, specific cleaning tasks and other duties as may be assigned when required by office manager
• Execute simple repairs in the office and perform necessary maintenance procedures; problems with the fittings in bathrooms, toilets, public areas and inform the office manager for the need of extensive repairs as necessary.
• Ensuring the office is kept clean and tidy always.

Requirements (essential)

• Turkish Citizenship
• Knowledge of cleaning materials and supplies.
• Locally based in Antakya/Hatay
• Secondary school degree.
• Similar position experience
• Strong communication skills, dynamic and positive
• Meticulous and Careful
• Team player and ability to work within a multicultural team.

Requirements (desired)

• Proven working experience as a cleaner in an NGO/INGO
• At least 2 years of experience in similar position

General terms and conditions

Safeguarding

Children and vulnerable adults a must be safeguarded to the maximum possible extent from deliberate or inadvertent actions and failings that place them at risk of abuse, sexual exploitation, injury and any other harm. One of the ways that GOAL shows this on-going commitment to safeguarding is to include rigorous background and reference checks in the selection process for all candidates.

Accountability within GOAL

Alongside our safeguarding policy, GOAL is an equal opportunities employer and has a set of integrity policies. Any candidate offered a job with GOAL will be expected to adhere to the following key areas of accountability:

• Comply with GOAL’s policies and procedures with respect to safeguarding, Code of Conduct, health and safety, data protection and confidentiality, do no harm principles and unacceptable behaviour protocols.
• Report any concerns about the welfare of a child or vulnerable adult or any wrongdoings within our programming area.
• Report any concerns about inappropriate behaviour of a GOAL staff or partner.

This Job Description only serves as a guide for the position available. GOAL reserves the right to change this document. Any published closing dates are estimated. Due to the nature of GOAL’s work we aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close adverts as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

Thank you.