Referent*in (d/w/m) Schutz & Teilhabe (Fachkraft - Schutz und Sicherheit)

About Us

International Rescue Committee (IRC) is an international aid organization founded in 1933 at the suggestion of Albert Einstein. Since then, IRC has been supporting people affected by political crises, war, persecution, or natural disasters. IRC Germany was founded in 2016 and is active nationwide in the fields of education, career & orientation, as well as protection, legal advice, and participation.

In the area of Protection & Participation, IRC DE implements the project "Families Shape the Future," which strengthens families with refugee and migration experience in their integration into Germany. The core of the project consists of regular parent groups that offer a safe space to discuss questions on topics such as parenting, stress, and orientation in everyday life. Participants gain access to important information and expand their social networks. This empowers parents to create a stable and supportive environment for their children and to utilize their own opportunities for social participation. Furthermore, the project promotes encounters between families from different backgrounds. It reduces barriers to support services and improves understanding between parents and pedagogical professionals in schools and daycare centers. Professionals are also made more aware of the life realities and needs of families with refugee and migration experience.

Your Responsibilities

• Recruitment of parents with refugee or migration experience for parent groups and other project offerings.
• Planning and implementation of parent groups (min. 8 sessions), in German or, if applicable, in the participants' native language.
• Development of a local partner network (including accommodations, MSOs, neighborhood and family centers, schools, youth welfare offices).
• Participation in team supervisions.
• Support in the implementation of workshops in family centers, schools, and daycare centers.
• Contribution to regional networking and exchange meetings, as well as the development of sensitization materials.
• Assistance with reporting, documentation of best practices, and lessons learned.
• Administrative support, particularly with procurement processes.

Your Profile

• Several years of experience working with families with refugee or migration experience, ideally also in project implementation.
• Studies/training in pedagogy, social work, psychology, or similar is an advantage.
• Personal or family migration experience is desirable.
• Experience in planning and conducting workshops (in-person & digital).
• High sensitivity to diversity, multilingualism, and migration-related issues.
• Good local network, especially within migrant communities.
• German language skills at least at B2 level and English language skills at least at B1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference (https://www.europaeischer-referenzrahmen.de/).
• Independent, structured way of working and ability to work in a team.
• Willingness to work at project locations and undertake occasional business trips.

What We Offer

• A meaningful design task in a collaborative team.
• Attractive employee benefits such as gym membership, company pension plan, shopping vouchers, subsidy for childcare costs, job bike leasing, subsidy for the Deutschlandticket, and, if needed, access to timely and confidential psychological support.
• 30 days of annual leave and a generous special leave policy.
• Flexible working hours and home office options.
• Training and development opportunities, access to free language courses.
• If needed, assistance services for people with disabilities.
• A starting salary of €42,706 gross per year (full-time, 40 hours/week) and an annual salary adjustment.

We look forward to receiving your application (with CV and – if available – three references/work certificates) via our online portal (https://theirc.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/External_Careers/job/Berlin-Germany/Referent-in--d-w-m--Schutz---Teilhabe_JR00001772) – even if you do not meet all the requirements.

For questions about the position, please contact Friederike Haarbrücker (HR.Deutschland@rescue.org (https://mailto:HR.Deutschland@rescue.org)).

As an organization committed to an empowering work environment, equal opportunities, and combating all forms of discrimination, we welcome applications from people regardless of their origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, age, or other characteristics protected by applicable law. We particularly encourage people with refugee and migration experience to apply.

In cases of equal qualification, we give preferential treatment to applicants with severe disabilities.

For questions about accessible applications or inclusion, please feel free to contact our Inclusion Officer Christine Mader (christine.mader@rescue.org (https://mailto:christine.mader@rescue.org)).

To ensure equal opportunities, we ask that you refrain from including photos in your application documents.

There is no application deadline for this vacancy as it needs to be filled as soon as possible. Therefore, it will remain published until the position is filled.

IRC employees are required to adhere to the values and principles of the IRC Way standards (https://www.rescue.org/de/resource/der-irc-way). These form the basis of our policies, which ensure safeguarding (https://www.rescue.org/page/safeguarding), protection from conflicts of interest and retaliation, and financial integrity. Therefore, we request an extended certificate of good conduct upon hiring.

Further information about IRC can be found at IRCDeutschland.org (https://www.irc-deutschland.org/).