Turkish Language Trainer

General Description of the Organization:

Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of conflict-affected populations.

Orange partners directly with affected Syrian populations by delivering humanitarian and development programs, Livelihood, Education, and Protection, to enable them to improve their living practices and sustainability mechanisms.

Orange also collaborates with national and international non-governmental organizations and local initiatives responding to the Syrian humanitarian crisis with capacity development programs to be better equipped with the skills they need to prepare and respond to the affected population’s needs and to ensure that these communities where we work in are ready for any future disasters.

Job purpose:

Orange’s livelihoods programming aims to build the capacities and assets of vulnerable Syrian and host community individuals to enhance their social and economic self-reliance. Program activities include counseling, vocational and Turkish Language training courses, job referrals, and home-based small business grants.

Orange has identified Turkish language skills as a priority need for refugees to be able to enhance their social self-reliance and access to jobs in Turkey.

The Turkish Language Trainer will deliver professional Turkish language skills to interested beneficiaries at Orange’s training centers to improve their Turkish language skills to prepare them to be integrated into the labor market.

Duties, objectives, and competencies:

Overall Responsibilities

• . Provide long-term professional Turkish Language training courses to all interested beneficiaries and prepare them to pass the official Turkish Language certificate TOMER up to the B1 level.
• . Coordinate with the Livelihood team, especially the Counselling team and Admin, to organize the courses and provide the required documents
• . Prepare and administer a pre-test to evaluate the level of training participants.
• . Prepare and distribute a post-test at the end of the course, to measure progress.
• . Provide signed attendance sheets, training evaluations, syllabus, pictures, and a short narrative report, following the completion of each session.
• . Support the Livelihood team in conducting the counseling session with the vulnerable beneficiaries.
• Supporting the development of the livelihood program and Conducting outreach about the services provided in livelihoods
• -Conduct field visits to the local authority agencies in collaboration with the center coordinator to facilitate the process flow
• -Follow-up procedures related to protocols and communications with service providers.
• Conducting counseling sessions and iskur registration for the BNFs
• Conducting outreach activities (market mapping, market studies, other NGO visits …. etc.)
• any other duties may request by line manager.

Additional Duties:

Complete any additional tasks identified by Supervisor

Requirements:

• University degree in Turkish Teaching or Turkish Literature departments
• . Registered in the Ministry of Education database as a formal Turkish language trainer.
• . hold a certificate of teaching the Turkish language to foreigners.
• At least two years of relevant professional experience
• An understanding of humanitarian/civil society issues in Turkey and the region
• Experience in humanitarian NGOs
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships in a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary environment.
• Good ability to communicate with the trainees using the Arabic language
• Flexible, enthusiastic, and willing to learn from others.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation, with a commitment to teamwork

Orange’s Values and Principles:

We believe that:

• Maintaining a positive, healthy, and trusting relationship are central to making the partnership a success.
• Appropriately trained and resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service and program delivery in the development sector.

We are committed to:

• Shared responsibility, accountability, and decision-making in any partnership.
• Providing access to high-quality learning empowers people and professionals in the development sector, particularly in the developing world.
• Learning from each other strengthens and enhances the long-term sustainability of our services and programs for the benefit of the children and communities we serve.

Child safeguarding policy

Orange aims to create a safe organization for children but is also aware of the need to keep child protection concerns proportionate and to guard against over-zealous attitudes. Child abuse thrives in closed and secretive atmospheres. Orange’s best protection is to create an open and aware culture where people are not afraid to speak about their concerns.

Any employee, consultant, contractor, or supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange must sign the Child Safeguarding – Declaration of Acceptance Form and comply with the Orange Child Safeguarding Policy, which is a statement of Orange’s commitment to preventing abuse and protecting children with whom it comes into contact.