Job Description The Chief Operations Officer is a Senior Manager who assists the Secretary General in the implementation of the General Secretariat’s mandate by managing the day-to-day operations and being responsible for managing Administration and Financial Services, Human Resources and IT. The Chief Operations Officer deputises for the Secretary-General in the running of the General ...
Address: Notre Dame Center, 3 Paratroopers Road, Jerusalem 91204 Israel
Mailing Address: P O Box 31426, Jerusalem 91313, Israel
Telephone: +972 2 628 7574 Fax: +972 2 628 8421
Email: caritas@caritasjr.org
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Based in the Holy Land, Caritas Jerusalem is a humanitarian and development organization that represents the socio-pastoral service of the Catholic Church in Jerusalem. It was founded in 1967 in the aftermath of the Six-Day War, to respond to the overwhelming needs of Palestinian refugees.
The number of its beneficiaries, from all religious denominations, is approximately 30 000 in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since its inception, Caritas Jerusalem has been active with responding to humanitarian emergencies caused by the ongoing conflicts in the Holy Land.
Caritas Jerusalem operates in the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem through five main departments.
- The Social Services Department provides assistance through four types of actions: family emergency support, job creation, academic and medical assistance.
- The Health Department operates 3 Health Centers in Aboud, Taybeh and Gaza and the Gaza mobile clinic serving 6 isolated areas.
- The Livelihood and Food Security Department targets projects in agriculture, infrastructure and development with the purpose of creating jobs and income generating activities.
- The Micro-Credit Department is the backbone of its development projects. It includes income generating loans, for housing, for education and emergency credits.
- The Youth Department established in 2005 aims to promote long term development of civil society in Palestine, through exchange projects, Caritas friends in schools, graduation projects, advocacy and media projects and a volunteering program.
Caritas Jerusalem also founded in 1990 a Day Care Center in Ramallah that takes care of 65 isolated and underprivileged elderly persons. The centre monitors closely the health of its members and renders regular medical check-ups to screen for eyesight, diabetes and blood pressure level. We also provide them with hot meals three times a week. In year 1999, the Old City Counselling Center (OCCC) was established with the aim of helping the increasingly impoverished population of East Jerusalem and focusing more specifically on drug abuse issues.
Caritas Jerusalem headquarters is located in Jerusalem and it employs approximately 72 people. In addition, in 2005 Caritas Jerusalem initiated a volunteer programme to empower young people and facilitate activities. Caritas Jerusalem is present in 10 parishes around Ramallah and Bethlehem and is present in schools in Ramallah, Taybeh and Birzeit.
As a member of the world-wide network Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Jerusalem works with other Caritas organisations to support the humanitarian relief at home and around the world, such as Catholic Relief Services (CRS).
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