Psychologist - Staff Care at Action Against Hunger | ACF-International

Location: Maiduguri, Borno
Employment Type: Full time
Duration: 9 months
Start Date: 4/4/2022.

Work Context

• ACF national staff is facing a double constraint: lots of them have been directly exposed to traumatic events in their personal and professional lives, and are facing their beneficiaries suffering, in a context of intense workload.
• They may suffer from anxiety and post-traumatic disorders and burnout issues, with a high impact on their affective, cognitive and social functioning. 
• In order to prevent and deal with psychological disorders, the mission is willing to help them develop personal and professional self-care strategies, in order to help them serve ACF’s beneficiaries.
• The staff care psychologist will be responsible for designing the staff care strategy in Nigeria, aligned with ACF France principles. 

Responsibilities

• Under the management of the Deputy Country Director - support, the psychologist is responsible of strengthening ACF’s employees coping mechanisms due to work related stress factors

Your main responsibilities will be:

• To improve staff strategies regarding stress related to professional factors (burnout issues, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma) and personal factors (exposure to traumatic events).
• This implies working with groups of collaborators and managers.
• To provide psychological support and follow-up in cases of traumatic exposure
• To provide individual counseling for those asking for it, on a regular basis.
• This activity is confidential and could imply that getting refer to local medical/psychological resources when required. 
• To identify local resources for mental health, in order to facilitate psychological care in case of future needs.

Requested Profile

• You hold a Clinical Psychology Master's Degree with a relevant experience in psycho trauma and psychotherapy (BCT or EMDR training appreciated).
• You demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to work in sensitive cultural environments; you have experience and ability in workshop facilitation, you have a good capacity to organize in emergency situations.
• This position may include working occasionally during weekends (in case of a critical incident)
• Fluency in English written/spoken is compulsory.

Specific Conditions / Salary

• 9 months fixed term contract under French legislation
• Monthly gross salary from 2 010€ to 2 335€ upon experience
• Monthly per diem and living allowance: 312 + 203€ net, field paid
• Monthly country allowance: 450€
• Child allowance: 1500€ per year per child present in the country of origin (maximum 6000€/year).
• 16% of the gross monthly salary for pension insurance reimbursement for non-French citizens.
• Transportation and accommodation: Coverage of transportation costs and guest house
• Medical coverage: 100% coverage of health contributions (CFE + complementary health) and repatriation insurance.
• Leaves and RnR: 25 days of paid leaves per year, 20 RnR per year and 215 € at each RnR period
• Training: Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge.