Futbol Mas Kenya: Arabic translators

Futbol Mas is a not-for-profit organization with 13 years of experience across 10 countries in designing and implementing sport for development programmes founded in theories of change around resilience and positive psychology. Governed by the values of creativity, responsibility, respect, joy and teamwork, Futbol Mas seeks to promote the wellbeing and mental health of children and youth by strengthening their resilience and creating meaningful connections and relationships at community level through sport and play.   

Founded in 2008 in Chile, Futbol Mas has grown to diversify its programme in different contexts ranging from disadvantaged communities and schools to emergency response programmes and refugee camps. Futbol Mas has been recognised for its methodology with various awards across the football and development sector and working with public, private and international cooperation stakeholders such as FIFA, Coca Cola, UNICEF, UNHCR, Expo 2020 Dubai UAE (Global Best practice Program) and others.

In Kenya, we work in several communities in Nairobi, with strong roots in Mathare and Kibera, where we started in 2017 with 400 children. We currently reach 1,130 children every week. Through partnerships with the UN, we have also worked with refugee communities in Nairobi, Kakuma and Dadaab.

Our vision is to become sustainable, scale up current programs and convince partners around Kenya and beyond to include more communities in the Futbol Mas family. Bringing in your passion, creativity and skills, you will take the lead in this position in a key programme as part of a strategic partnership with UNHCR, working with refugee and internally displaced communities in Libya. The project focuses on mental health and psychosocial support through our sport methodology, working with children and youth in Tripoli. 

This challenge is for you if you want to coordinate and work with a multidisciplinary and diverse team. For this role, we need someone who is inspired, flexible and organized. In this role, you will work as a team to support the project coordinator with efficient task and people management, as well as to design social sport sessions and work with local partners in Libya to adapt the project accordingly. The Futbol Mas Kenya leadership team will train, assist and advice you throughout the journey. 

Key roles, responsibilities and competencies

• Learn about the Futbol Mas methodology through experience and training
• Support with meeting and document translations. This includes recording of minutes of meetings and acting as a link between Arabic speaking partners and the Kenyan project team
• Support with translation of inspiring community journeys for Libyan scouts, and conduct individual follow ups and mentorships
• Participate in session plannings and write-up translations
• Support in translation of meetings with UNHCR, local organizations and scouts
• Work as a team to report on weekly meetings by translating where necessary
• As a team, work on a launch of the program, league preparations and implementation of the program with the scouts.  
• Attend and participate in weekly team and partnership meetings
• Carry out any other duties that may be assigned from time to time by the team leader

View the attached job description for more details on the position and how to apply.