Job description
This is a joint role involving two branches: Volunteer Co-ordination and Health Education Co-ordination. Combining these creates a full post, with a more or less equal division of time between the two functions, but requiring a great deal of flexibility and adaptability!
1) Volunteer Coordination
Are you someone with great people skills, experience in the humanitarian sector, and a (academic/professional) background relevant to our medical project in Northern Greece e.g., medicine, public health, psychology, social work, etc.?
Then you might be Volunteer Coordinator we seek to manage our medical volunteer team on the ground in Northern Greece! This role focuses on recruiting qualified volunteers, composing a compatible medical team, supervising volunteer wellbeing in the humanitarian field, and managing the project’s HR tasks. This role is a great opportunity to gain project management experience in the medical humanitarian field and further hone your leadership skills.
2) Health Education Coordination
Are you interested in improving the health of asylum seeker and refugee communities through education and empowerment? We are seeking a person with an interest in training and education to coordinate the health education branch of our medical project in Northern Greece; where we provide first aid training sessions for NGO volunteers and health education sessions to displaced communities across Northern Greece. This role is a great opportunity to develop your coordination and education skills and use your experience to deliver preventative health measures.
As a key position, we ask for a minimum of 6 months commitment. The starting date is beginning of June 2026 with 2 weeks of handover with the current coordinator.
This is a volunteer position with a stipend - we cannot facilitate entry into Greece or obtain a visa.
Job description:
Volunteer Coordination
- Advertise new positions with recruitment partners
- Implement existing processes for recruitment and on-boarding of new (medical) volunteers; registration and evaluation of applications, holding interviews, composing the volunteer team, organising travel and accommodation logistics, conducting volunteer inductions on the ground, evaluate trial periods, conduct check-in chats and exit chats, etc.
- In liaison with Medical Coordinator and Field Coordinator, organize volunteer schedules
- Look out for the well-being and functioning of all our volunteers
- Ensure professional behaviour and respect of MET code of conduct by all volunteers
- Ensure the confidentiality of all HR data and information according to MET’s processes
- Ensure the reception of every third clinic (approx.): register patients, manage clinic translation and medical volunteers
Health Education Coordination
- Plan and coordinate first aid trainings and health education sessions with NGO partners across Northern Greece.
- Lead in developing and delivering sessions with support of the medical volunteer team; designing of training materials (presentations, leaflets etc.), overseeing translations, conducting focus groups, etc.
- Work with the medical coordinator to shape the strategy of health education and training
- Implement service evaluation protocols by gathering and processing feedback from attendees of sessions to improve the service
Required experience and skills
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Driving licence B
- Experience working in multicultural settings
- Strong communication (written & verbal)
- Strong interpersonal and intercultural skills.
- Strong interest in public health
- A high degree of personal organization and the ability to manage multiple workflows concurrently.
- Capable of working independently, while knowing your professional limits and asking for help if needed
- Commitment to humanitarian principles and to MET’s mandate
- Strong commitment to humanitarian principles and an understanding of the challenges faced by refugees in an international migration context.
- Proficiency on computer (Office pack, PowerPoint, Canva)
Desired experience and skills
- Experience in HR and in working with volunteers
- Healthcare professional (or student in a health field)
- Previous experience working or volunteering with displaced or vulnerable people
- Previous work experience in NGOs/INGOs
- Experience providing education/training sessions
- Fluency in Greek
- Ability to communicate in key languages such as Arabic, Farsi or French are an asset
Further information
Benefits:
- Accommodation in Thessaloniki in a shared flat, transport to the mission site and emergency health insurance provided.
- Please note that this is a voluntary position, which comes with a basic stipend to cover living expenses. Unfortunately, we cannot offer a salary.
If interested, please send cover letter and CV to hr-greece@medequali.team
