FLOCK Wellbeing Activator (Sport)
Organizational Context
The World Food Programme (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian organization, dedicated to saving lives and building a pathway to peace and prosperity. In Palestine, WFP provides life-saving food assistance and logistics support to vulnerable populations amidst a complex humanitarian crisis, contributing to wider humanitarian efforts.
Job Purpose
The FLOCK Wellbeing Activator (Sport) will report to the Staff Counsellor for Palestine and is responsible for developing children's physical and psychological abilities through a combination of kickboxing training and sports psychology techniques. This role involves creating safe, age-appropriate, and inclusive activities for various age groups (5-22 years), focusing on improving fitness, strength, and endurance while instilling positive values like teamwork, respect, and discipline. The Activator will also support children's social growth by encouraging friendship and communication skills. Additionally, the position entails providing sports and recreational activities for WFP staff and their families, maintaining the highest ethical standards, and ensuring confidentiality in all activities.
Responsibilities
The Family Liaison Outreach Community (FLOCK) Wellbeing Activator (Sport) role involves developing children's physical and psychological abilities through a combination of sports training, specifically kickboxing, and sports psychology support. This includes improving fitness, strength, and endurance in age-appropriate groups (5-12, 13-15, 16-22 years old). A key responsibility is ensuring all activities are conducted safely, inclusively, and in compliance with safeguarding requirements. The role also focuses on instilling positive values such as teamwork, respect, discipline, and cooperation, while fostering social growth by encouraging friendship and effective communication skills among children. The Activator must maintain high ethical standards, particularly regarding confidentiality, as per the Wellness Code of Ethics. Additionally, the position includes providing sports and recreational activities for WFP staff and their family members. The role requires a specialist sports qualification or equivalent training, with a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in kickboxing or a related martial art. Strong coaching skills, communication abilities tailored for children and adolescents, and sensitivity to diversity and inclusion are essential. Fluency in Arabic is required, with working knowledge of English being an asset.
Work Experience
Requires 2-3 years of experience in kickboxing, martial arts, or a related field. Must possess strong practical knowledge of coaching techniques and sports safety. Excellent interpersonal and verbal communication skills are essential, particularly for engaging children and adolescents. Demonstrated sensitivity to safeguarding, confidentiality, diversity, and inclusion is crucial. The ability to work effectively across organizational boundaries and build relationships in multicultural environments is also necessary.
Skills
Kickboxing, Martial Arts, Sports Coaching, Youth Development, Psychological Support, Communication Skills, Teamwork, Interpersonal Skills, Safeguarding, Confidentiality, Diversity and Inclusion, Cross-cultural Communication, Problem-Solving, Creativity, Patience