Project co-coordinator

The context of the project

Since March 2022, nearly 76,000 Ukrainian war refugees have found refuge in Belgium, including around 12,000 in Brussels. Faced with the saturation of the rental market, both public and private, collective accommodation has been set up thanks to the regional scheme "Brussels helps Ukraine". These temporary reception places aim to offer safe accommodation and accompany refugees in their integration in Brussels, providing them with support tailored to their needs.

The position in a few words 

In collaboration with the other co-coordinator and the team, you will participate in the management of the reception programs on the Emil, Tritomas and Cailles sites. Your role will consist of supporting the operational management of the sites, supporting the autonomy of the inhabitants and developing a network of partners to promote the socio-economic integration of the people accommodated in Brussels.

As such, your missions will be to:

• Participate in the observation of living spaces and their collective dynamics in order to develop the project according to the needs and desires of the people accommodated.

• Contribute to the analysis of the needs of the field teams and support requests in terms of organization, training, recruitment, etc.

• Contribute to the planning of community activities and collective social support.

• Support the team in charge of socio-community mediation in the management of the issues/tensions/problems identified at the individual and collective level.

• Participate in "conciliation committees" and conflict management with project partners.

• To promote the strengthening of links with associative and institutional partners in the psycho-medico-social, housing and employment sectors in the Brussels region.

• Participate in "monitoring committees" and meetings with the Region with a view to improving the policy of welcoming people in precarious situations with a view to mixing the public.

• Represent the project within the governance of Communa in coordination with the "1st links" roles of the sites (participation in meetings, cooperation with the Communa poles, etc.).

• Ensure the budgetary monitoring of the programmes and the justification of subsidies in collaboration with the general coordinator and the administration-finance department.

• Contribute to the writing of activity reports in collaboration with the other members of the team.

The person's mission framework may have to evolve according to the experience of the project. In view of the particular context of the implementation of this project, the team's missions could indeed be required to adapt to the reality on the ground and to the challenges identified

• Have a strong background in project management

• To be willing to join Communa's Shared Governance, i.e. to have a strong interest in the principles and methods of participatory management (sociocracy/holacracy, collective intelligence)

• Have the desire to be part of a work environment that is qualified as much by urgency as by the experimentation of alternative approaches

• Knowing how to support multidisciplinary teams

• Listening and empathy

• Have good stress management, and responsiveness in unexpected situations and emergencies

• Have the desire to participate in the development of a social innovation project in the field of accommodation

• Knowing the social support sector and the institutional landscape in Brussels is an advantage

• Having a higher education related to the position (humanities, social work, etc.) would be ideal

We invite you to a meeting of about 45 minutes, to listen to you tell us about your background, your experiences, and above all why joining Communa makes you want to join us, why the role offered motivates you! Usually, we have prepared a series of questions for you. Our objection is to get an idea of the possible match between you, the position, and the team already present.

We will invite some people to a meeting that will take place starting on September 9, 2024

Desired start date from 1 October 2024, to be discussed together.

Whether negative or positive, we will send a response to everyone who contacts us.