Psychosocial Councelor at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

Job Description

• The Psychologist will identify psychosocial support needs for the benefit of children victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence in the urban area of Yobe.
• He/she will create and develop adapted PSS and Child Protection activities in line with the priorities determined by COOPI.
• He/she will ensure performance tools are available for local staff, in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the programmes, while taking into consideration the local cultural context.
• He/she will be responsible for the implementation, monitoring and follow-up of the PSS and Child Protection activities.

Main Duties / Responsibilities
Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and the Psychology Program Coordinator, he/she:

• Evaluates the risk factors and identifies those in need of longterm PSS support (vulnerable children and their families)
• Put in place assistance programs, taking into consideration the concerns and coping mechanisms of the victims
• Providing technical guidance and support, ensuring best practices on advanced PSS
• Implement and ensure, often in partnership with local stakeholders (NGOs, National Society), proper follow-up of the PSS and Child Protection activities for the benefit of the children and their families victims of armed conflict or other situations of violence
• Provide technical advice, counselling, PSS and Child Protection trainings to primary teachers within the education activities according to the project
• Reinforcing and developing local networks (school community committees) and their PSS capacities
• Evaluate continually the patterns of violence, the victims' situation and the PSS activities.
• Submit survey on children vulnerabilities in the location, analyse collected information, provide a final report and study
• Provide daily guidance on PSS activities to the Animators in locations in accordance with the standard tools and procedures
• Ensure that weekly support supervision visits for each PSS centre and structured observationsof PSS and Volunteers happen and write brief report on each visit
• Ensure there is regular review and interaction with community members
• Ensure that records of children/youth and Volunteers attendance are accurately recorded and reported
• Review comments received via the complain mechanism with PSS Volunteers
• Ensure regular communication with the child protection manager for updates on achievements and challenges

Minimum Requirements
Profile of the Candidate (Education, Training, Competences, Skills):

• B.Sc. or Master’s degree in Psychology
• Prior experience (at least 2 years) working in complex emergency context on PSS and Child protection-related programming
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing training materials
• Fluency and excellent writing skills in English
• Extensive knowledge in public mental health, as well as PSS interventions in primary schools
• Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team, as well as team management
• Knowledge and significant experience in training and supervision processes
• Good communicator, strong listening capacity, open minded, proactive and creative
• Respectful and inclusive of individual and cultural differences
• Good analysis and problem-solving capability, and effective reporting writing skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office applications skills (Excel, Word, Power point, Emails, Skype, Web researchers)
• Knowledge of and adherence to COOPI Code of Conduct, understands other international development guidelines.

Preferred:

• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local context
• Knowledge of the local language (Hausa).