Music Instructor – External Provider At Lighthouse Relief

Department: Psychosocial support

Location: Ritsona Long-term Refugee Accommodation Center

Start date: Early November 2021

Duration: 2 months (one session per week, with possibility of extension)

Context

Lighthouse Relief (LHR) was founded on the island of Lesvos in 2015, mobilising to provide an emergency response to arriving refugees. Thereafter, LHR expanded to support vulnerable groups such as children, women and youth on mainland Greece. In Ritsona Long-term Refugee Accommodation Center, LHR aims at providing psychosocial support to the community, by opening safe spaces, fostering resilience, and offering development opportunities, in a respectful and diverse environment.

The Youth Engagement Space (YES) is a youth-friendly drop-in centre where people from the age of 15 years old upwards can engage in unstructured leisure activities as well as structured workshops, including those focusing on arts, writing, music, life skills and sport. It is a safe space in camp for people to come and engage in different activities, receive informal support, talk with a member of the team/their peers, or just have a break from camp life. The YES provides a safe space for young people with the opportunity to engage in meaningful challenges as well as to participate in games and leisure activities in a positive and social environment that welcomes all genders, religions, and ethnicities.

Position Summary

LHR is looking for a highly motivated Music Instructor who has experience in delivering music group sessions, available from November 8th to December 23rd (with possibility of extension), to implement one weekly session for residents of the Ritsona LTAC (2 hours engagement time per week)

Required:

• Greek citizenship or living in Greece with legal permission to work (AFM, AMKA)
• Experience in playing and/or teaching music (instruments preferred: Guitar and Piano);
• Previous experience working with youth, refugee youth, or vulnerable youth;
• Previous experience in leading group music sessions for vulnerable young adults;
• Ability to adapt to a multicultural context and work cross-linguistically including leading music sessions using non-verbal clues;
• High level of cultural sensitivity and ability to navigate cultural differences while facilitating music sessions for individuals who come from diverse backgrounds;
• High level of flexibility regarding changes including scheduling and participation of youth;
• Excellent understanding of and ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with youth and program participants; and
• Conversational English language proficiency.

Desired:

• Volunteering / Working Experience with NGO(s)
• Previous experience working with forcibly displaced persons in refugee camps
• Arabic / Kurdish / Farsi / French language skills

LHR will provide compensation based on level of experience and transportation costs