Nigeria Psychologist Health staff BORNO - NIGERIA- M/F at Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA)

Mission Location: Nigeria, Maiduguri and Mongono (Borno State)

Management lines:

• The psychologist is a member of the coordination and is under the direct responsibility of the project Medical coordinator and the project coordinator when he/she is on the field.
• He/she collaborate with the medical, administrative and logistic teams of the ALIMA mission.

MISSION AND MAIN ACTIVITIES

• Staff psychological care activities
•  Identifies with the medical team, the different problems and needs of the teams.
• Stress Management
• Organizes discussion groups, to present its missions and the organization of the follow-up
• Facilitation of workshops and training sessions (psychological first aid) for staff.
• Provides psychological care and emotional debriefing for the team, collective and/or individual. He/she ensures the individual and confidential follow-up of the staffs.
• Wellness activities: Monitoring, analysis and reporting
• To trace the acts of the follow-up of the staff
• Weekly activity report of the follow-ups - anonymous -
• Monthly activity report that outlines the main issues and proposed solutions.
• Work in conjunction with COMED if specific situations are referred to it.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

• Experience and diploma: Master of Clinical Psychology
• Previous experience in humanitarian work
• Training in EMDR therapy is an asset
• An ability to problematize and summarize the main psychological problems and be able to set priorities.
• A good ability to work in a team
• A good part of autonomy and ability to create one's position in coherence with the objectives and means of the association.
• Good writing skills
• A good knowledge of psycho-trauma
• ability to work in a volatile security environment

Languages: Fluency in English (read, written, spoken) is essential. Local language (will be an asset)

CONDITIONS

Contract term: contract under French law, 3 months.

Salary: depending on experience + per diem

ALIMA pays for:

• travel costs between the expatriate’s country of origin and the mission location
• accommodation costs
• medical cover from the first day of the contract to a month after the date of departure from the mission country for the employee
• evacuation of the employee