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Wellington Refugees as Survivors TrustThe Wellington Refugees as Survivors Trust (WNRAS) provides mental health services to refugees who have experienced torture or trauma. WNRAS is currently one of six service agencies forming a "one-stop-shop", within the Multicultural Services Centre (MSC). The MSC supports refugees and migrants with a wide variety of programmes and services.
This page will not only list any vacancies within WNRAS, but also within in the other agencies in the MSC. There are currently approximately 50 staff within the other agencies.
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Part-time Community Development Worker (Economic Independence)
22.5 hours per week ($25 per hour) Based in Wellington city Five months contract till July 2012
ChangeMakers Refugee Forum has a vacancy for a Community Development Worker to work with communities and help build economic independence.
You will be working with former refugees and their communities, as well as refugee organisations and government agencies such as Work and Income. You will need to have experience working with different refugee-background communities and organising, facilitating, and running workshops. You will need good oral and written communication skills, including computer literacy.
For a job description call Tim on
04 801 5812; email tim@crf.org.nz or
download it from
www.crf.org.nz.
General Manager ChangeMakers Refugee Forum PO Box 9186 Marion Square
Wellington 6141.
1. Greater Wellington Intake CoordinatorRefugee Services is looking for an Intake Coordinator for the Greater Wellington area. The Intake Coordinator provides a smooth resettlement process for refugee clients to Greater Wellington through provision of basic resettlement needs, and to manage information flows to staff and key agencies.
Applications close on Tuesday, 7 February. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday, 15 February. Shortlisted applicants will have to set aside a full day to participate in the process interview. For more information, a full job description and details on how to apply, please click here. 2. Volunteer Supervisor (Lower Hutt)Refugee Services operates a nationwide network of trained Volunteer Support Workers (VSWs) to help welcome and provide practical support, friendship and advocacy for refugee clients during their initial months of resettlement in New Zealand. Our volunteer supervisors:
Applications close on Tuesday, 7 February. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday, 15 February. For more information, a full job description and details on how to apply, please click here. 3. Burmese Speaking Cross Cultural Worker
Refugee Services is looking
for a fluent Burmese Speaker to work with newly arrived families in the
Wellington area as a Cross Cultural Worker. It is preferred that the
candidate has lived in New Zealand for two years or more. The work
includes helping clients from Myanmar/Burma resettle in New Zealand. We
are looking for someone who is able to relate to and support people from
different cultural and religious backgrounds, and who can work both
independently and as part of a team. Refugee background or membership of
the Myanmar/Burmese community would be strongly preferred.
Interpreter Trainees WantedAre you a proficient speaker of English and another language? We need fluent speakers of a wide range of languages. We are short of speakers of Chin, Khmer, Amharic, Oromo, Somali and Tamil. You should be
If selected, you will join our training course. Successful trainees will be employed on a casual basis at an excellent rate of pay.
For more details and to apply online visit www.interpret.org.nz or phone 04 9162462 for an application form.
Applications close Friday, 27 January 2012.
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