Social Worker in Premiere Urgence Internationale

Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI)is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious humanitarian non-governmental organization. PUI launched a humanitarian intervention in Ukraine in February 2015. The goals of the mission are to improve or restore equal access to primary medical care for the local and displaced population affected by the military conflict and to improve their living conditions by covering their basic needs. font-style: normal">QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education:Higher education in social work, social protection, social services, integration of persons with disabilities, sociology, law, humanities, humanities, social sciences or other relevant field.

Experience jobs:

• At least 2 years of practical experience working in public or private social services for vulnerable populations or similar experience.
• Experience working with public service providers and public authorities preferred.
• Experience in referral and service mapping would be an advantage.
• Experience working/volunteering with charities is preferred organizations.

Knowledge of languages: Fluency in Ukrainian and Russian. Knowledge of English will be an advantage.

Knowledge and Skills:

• Knowledge of bureaucratic procedures for accessing public services including registration, accessibility, availability, legal issues etc.
• Knowledge of vulnerability, disability and intersection of needs.
• Excellent communication skills and strong social and consultation skills.
• Knowledge of technical guidelines and standards related to humanitarian action and protection will be an advantage.
• Experience in protection and psychosocial support during emergency response will be an advantage.
• Ability to monitor and report, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines, work independently, proactively and collaborate with team members.
• Strong humanitarian convictions, sense of responsibility and respect for confidentiality personal data.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.

PC Proficiency: 

• Confident user of Microsoft Office (with an emphasis on Excel and Word).

OBJECTIVE:

Supervised by Senior Security Specialist, Social the employee will support the implementation of social and protection projects, including as part of an integrated mobile unit (IMP).

This position involves direct interaction with the affected population in need of social assistance/protection. The aim is to ensure that a people-centred and needs-based approach is implemented when providing assistanceand services to people who need them, with special attention to particularly vulnerable population groups, such as persons with disabilities and senior citizens.

TASKS AND DUTIES:

1.Implementation of social and protection projects

• Provide personalized social support and protection support, following a protection consultation approach, and activities complementary to PUI's protection consultation activities..
• Interact with community members, public figures, institutions and other organizations to track progress and successes in meeting needs, identify service gaps, quality, mapping and safe referrals.
• Conduct community protection activities, including, but not exclusively, group informational and educational sessions on protection issues for the affected population with the aim of proactively reducing risks in the field of protection and building resilience.
• Support outreach activities - activities in (in the field of) community mobilization. 

2. Internal and External Referral

• Conduct and support internal and external referral processes for individuals or households in a safe, timely and efficient manner in accordance with the PUI referral system.
• Act as a contact person for referrals.
• Maintain contact with relevant sectoral staff within the PUI, as well as with humanitarian organizations and external government agencies or non-governmental services.
• Ensure coordination, referral and follow-up of complex cases requiring humanitarian protection to the case management team to ensure appropriate case resolution.
• Contribute to the development and improvement of the network of social services and protection services for referral and partnership building. 

3. Assessment, monitoring, reporting

• Register and track case information, following international protection standards as well as PUI data management procedures and principles, as well as carefully fill out all necessary forms.
• Implement tools and means for monitoring and make sure of the expediency and effectiveness of completed projects.
• Participate in monitoring the technical quality of social and protection projects and their compliance to the PUI protection system.
• Ensure internal and external reporting.

4. Teamwork and Coordination

• Participate in project team field activities, including as part of Integrated Mobile Units (IMUs)
• Contribute to the identification, selection and delivery of social and protection services, and ensure a people-centred and needs-based approach to integrated and cross-sectoral assistance and services provided by IPUs.
• Participate in working group and mission meetings and provide security information.

 Other Duties

• Always follow safety rules.
• Always adhere to the policy of ZSEN and the code of conduct of the PUI.
• Notify the senior protection specialist of any problem, difficulty or change, especially regarding the quality implementation of the project.
• Interact with managers to ensure the necessary logistical arrangements for field activities (transportation, materials, etc.).
• Ensure a two-way communication process with beneficiaries, as well as implement a complaint and feedback response mechanism that beneficiaries should be aware of.
• Participate in project capitalization by providing any documents created to the Senior Security Officer for review (trainings, performance reviews, evaluation tools, etc.).

TERMS JOB:
Start date: February 15, 2026

Official employment under a fixed-term contract.

Place of work:cmt. Novoaleksandrivka

Working hours: according to the established schedule

Candidates who meet the qualification requirements and are interested in the job should send a resume and a cover letter, specifying at least 2 contacts for recommendations.
PUI reserves the right to conduct interviews with candidates on an ongoing basis, so the candidate may be selected before the vacancy closing date.

Premiere Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a non-profit, non-political and non-religious humanitarian NGO. PUI started humanitarian intervention in Ukraine in February 2015. The mission's objectives are to improve or restore equitable access to primary health care for the local and displaced population affected by the military conflict and to improve their living conditions by covering their fundamental needs.

Place of work- Novooleksandrivka, Donetsk region

Qualifications

Education Degree:University Degree in social work, protection, community services, disability inclusion, sociology, law, humanitarian action, humanities, social sciences or another relevant field.

Work experience: 

• At at least 2 years of practical experience in public or private social services to vulnerable persons or equivalent experience.
• Experience in dealing with public service providers and state authorities is desired. 
• Experience in referrals and service mapping would be an asset.
• Work/Volunteer experience with charities appreciated.

Language Skills:Fluent in Ukrainian and Russian. Knowledge of English would be an asset.

Knowledge &skills: 

• Knowledge of the bureaucratic procedures to access to public services, including registration, accessibility, availability, legal issues, etc.
• Knowledge of vulnerability, disability and intersectionality of needs.
• Excellent communications skills and strong social and counselling capacities.
• Familiarity with humanitarian and protection related technical guidelines and standards would be an asset.
• Experience in protection and psychosocial support during emergency response would be an asset.
• Capacity to implement monitoring and reporting, ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently, proactively, and cooperatively with team members.
• Strong humanitarian commitment, sense of responsibility and respect for the confidentiality of personal data.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to work under pressure.

Computer skills: Confident user of Microsoft Office (with focus on Excel and Word).

GENERAL OBJECTIVE

Under supervision of the Deputy Protection Project Manager, the Social Worker will support the implementation of social/protection activities, including as part of the Integrated Mobile Unit (IMU).

This position has a strong focus on the direct interaction with affected populations in need of social/protection assistance. The objective is to ensure the implementation of a people-centered and needs-based approach in delivering assistance and services for people in need, with a specific focus on particularly vulnerable individuals with a specific focus on particularly vulnerable individuals, such as people with disabilities and older people.

TASKS AND DUTIES

1. Implementation of social/protection activities

• Provide personalised social and protection support, following protection counselling approach and PUI’s protection counselling complementary activities. 
• Interact with community members, leaders, institutions, , and other relevant organizations to keep track of the progress and achievements in the fulfilment of the needs, identification of service gaps, quality, mapping and safe referrals.  
• Conduct community protection activities, including but not exclusively, group protection awareness raising to affected population in order to proactively mitigate protection risks and build resilience.
• Support outreach – community mobilization activities.

 2. Internal and external referral 

• Conduct and follow-up on internal and external referral processes of individuals or households in a safe, timely and effective manner in accordance with PUI’s Referral framework.
• Work as focal point  for referrals.
• Liaise with the relevant sectoral staff within PUI and with humanitarian organizations and external public or private services. 
• Ensure the coordination, referral, and follow-up of complex cases in need of humanitarian protection to case management team to guarantee the proper management of the case. 
• Facilitate the development and the efficiency of a social and protection services network for referral and partnership building.

3. Assessment, monitoring, reporting

• Record and track cases information, following the international protection standards and PUI’s data management procedures and principles, and complete accurately all necessary forms .
• Implement tools and methods to monitor and ensure adequacy and effectiveness of activities.
• Contribute to the monitoring of technical quality of the protection/social activities and compliance with PUI’s protection framework.
• Support internal and external reporting.

 4. Teamwork and coordination

• Participate in the field activities of the project team, including as part of the Integrated Mobile Units (IMUs).
• Contribute to the identification, selection and service provision of social/protection activities and ensure a people-centred and needs-based approach to integrated and multisectoral assistance and services provided by PUI.
• Participate in operational team and mission meetings and provide contribution about protection issues.

Other duties

• Follow the security rules at all times.
• Comply to PUI PSEA policy and code of conduct at all times. 
• Report to the Deputy Protection PM any problem, challenge or need, especially regarding the quality implementation of the project.
• Communicate with the hierarchy to ensure the necessary logistic arrangements for field activities (transportation, materials etc.)
• Ensure a two-way communication process is established with the beneficiaries, and that the complaints and feedback response mechanism is implemented and known by the beneficiaries.
• Participate in the capitalization of the project by sharing any documents created with the Deputy Protection PM for validation (training, activity overviews, assessment tools etc.)

CONDITIONS

Starting time: 15 February, 2026

HOW TO APPLY:

Interested candidates should submit their CV and cover letter including at least 2 reference contacts.

Only candidates shortlisted will be contacted. PUI reserves the right to close the vacancy prior last day of application submission.