Lifting Hands International is looking for a Arts & Recreation Manager to start in September 2024 in Greece with a minimum six-month commitment.

About Us

Lifting Hands International operates a community center in Serres, a small city about an hour away from Thessaloniki in Northern Greece. We work with a population of 1000+ refugees at the local camps, providing regular aid distributions and a range of psychosocial support programs.

Role Profile

The Arts & Recreation program provides recreational activities and classes with a trauma-informed and culturally sensitive community-led approach, for and with camp residents. The program is divided into an open space for recreational activities and socialization and a schedule of sports, yoga, fitness, art, and music classes. The main participants of the program are adult men and teenage boys, with a high involvement of community volunteers.

Main Responsibilities

Managing the day-to-day running of the space and activities;
Confidently leading and supporting a team of visiting and community volunteers and ensuring respectful collaboration and communication within the team;
Leading weekly Arts & Rec meetings and preparing each week’s activities;
Providing program introductions, training, and bi-weekly individual check-ins for visiting and community volunteers;
Supporting the professional and personal development of community volunteers and encouraging their leadership in classes and activities;
Working closely with the Community Engagement Manager to develop training and strategies to better support the team of community volunteers;
Assessing the needs of program participants and community members and involving them in the planning of activities;
Ensuring the team of visiting and community volunteers have access to teaching resources and supporting them to generate new ideas and find inspiration in their work;
Working closely with other program’s managers to ensure intersectional needs of different age groups and genders are being met;
Attending and contributing to weekly coordination and team meetings;
Monitoring and Evaluation of the Arts & Rec program; overseeing the overall development while following the vision plan of LHI and adjusting structures to the current situational needs and requests;
Tracking of attendance, budget, necessary investments, and changes needed to ensure the quality of the program; work with other LHI leadership to monitor and evaluate program impact;
Referring safeguarding concerns and occasionally collaborating with external actors.
Supporting the behavior management of teenage participants.

Essential Criteria

Min. commitment of 6 months
Quick thinker, proactive, motivated, open minded, easily adaptable to a fast paced working environment
Previous experience in teaching yoga, fitness, art, music or sports
Confident and strong leadership skills
Familiarity with trauma-informed principles and experience working with vulnerable groups and/or trauma survivors
Have excellent communication skills, experience working in a team with members of different backgrounds and across language barriers

Desirable Criteria