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Experience
Mid Level(3-5 years)
Salary
Not specified
Posted
about 1 month ago
Deadline
Expired (10 days ago)
Job Description
Position Title: Psychologist
Project/Program: Protection Project
Duty Station: Arsi zone, Marti, Seru, Shirka woreda
Reports to: Protection Program Manager
Employment Type: Full-time
Contract Duration: One year with possibility of extension
Required Number: Three (3)
- Job Purpose
The Psychologist will provide professional psychological and psychosocial support to children, adolescents, women, survivors of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and other vulnerable or at-risk individuals affected by protection concerns. The position will contribute to the delivery of safe, confidential, survivor-centered, and age-appropriate Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) services within the protection program.
The Psychologist will conduct psychological assessments, provide individual and group counseling, facilitate psychosocial support activities, identify individuals requiring specialized mental health services, and ensure appropriate referrals in accordance with established protection, safeguarding, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
- Key Responsibilities
A. Psychological Assessment and Counseling
- Conduct psychological and psychosocial assessments of individuals presenting with emotional, behavioral, or psychological concerns.
- Provide individual and group counseling to children, adolescents, women, survivors of GBV, and other vulnerable populations.
- Provide psychological first aid and other appropriate psychosocial interventions during emergencies and protection incidents.
- Develop appropriate support plans based on identified needs and risks.
- Monitor clients' progress and adjust interventions as appropriate.
- Identify cases requiring specialized mental health or medical services and facilitate safe referrals.
B. Protection and GBV Response
- Provide psychological support to survivors of GBV using a survivor-centered and trauma-informed approach.
- Ensure that psychological services respect survivors' dignity, safety, confidentiality, informed consent, and choices.
- Support case management teams in identifying and addressing psychosocial and mental health needs.
- Participate in multidisciplinary case discussions while maintaining appropriate confidentiality.
- Provide psychosocial support to individuals experiencing abuse, neglect, exploitation, violence, displacement, loss, or other protection concerns.
- Contribute to prevention and response activities related to GBV, child protection, and other protection risks.
C. Psychosocial Support Activities
- Design and facilitate age-appropriate psychosocial support sessions for children, adolescents, women, and communities.
- Facilitate group discussions, life-skills sessions, stress-management activities, and other structured psychosocial interventions.
- Support the establishment and strengthening of safe spaces and child-friendly spaces where applicable.
- Conduct community awareness and sensitization sessions on mental health, psychosocial well-being, GBV, child protection, and available support services.
- Promote positive coping mechanisms and community-based support systems.
D. Referral and Coordination
- Establish and maintain effective referral pathways with health facilities, mental health professionals, protection actors, GBV services, child protection services, and other relevant service providers.
- Ensure timely and safe referrals for individuals requiring specialized services.
- Follow up on referrals while respecting confidentiality and informed consent.
- Participate in protection coordination meetings and relevant technical working groups when required.
- Maintain updated information on available protection and mental health services in the project area.
E. Case Documentation and Reporting
- Maintain accurate, confidential, and secure psychological and psychosocial case records.
- Document services provided in accordance with organizational procedures and ethical standards.
- Prepare regular activity reports and contribute to project reporting.
- Ensure that personal and sensitive information is handled according to data protection and confidentiality requirements.
- Contribute to monitoring, evaluation, learning, and quality improvement of MHPSS and protection interventions.
- Safeguarding and Ethical Responsibilities
The Psychologist must:
- Adhere to professional psychological and counseling ethics.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and respect informed consent.
- Apply a survivor-centered, child-sensitive, gender-responsive, and trauma-informed approach.
- Follow organizational safeguarding, Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA), Child Safeguarding, and Code of Conduct policies.
- Immediately report safeguarding concerns through established organizational reporting mechanisms.
- Avoid discrimination and ensure services are accessible to individuals regardless of gender, age, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.
- Maintain professional boundaries and ensure that services do not cause further harm.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, or a closely related field.
- A Master's degree in Clinical Psychology, Counseling Psychology, Mental Health, or a related field is an advantage.
Professional Experience
- At least [2–3] years of relevant professional experience in psychological counseling, MHPSS, protection, GBV, child protection, or humanitarian programming.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations, including children, adolescents, women, survivors of violence, refugees, internally displaced persons, or other at-risk groups.
- Experience in NGO/INGO or humanitarian settings is an advantage.
- Experience with psychological assessment, counseling, case management, and referral systems is highly desirable.
- Required Skills and Competencies
- Strong counseling and interpersonal communication skills.
- Knowledge of psychological assessment and evidence-informed psychosocial interventions.
- Understanding of protection principles, GBV, child protection, and safeguarding.
- Strong understanding of confidentiality, informed consent, and professional ethics.
- Ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong case documentation and report-writing skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
- Strong facilitation and training skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and in challenging humanitarian environments.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Commitment to the principles of Do No Harm, confidentiality, dignity, and non-discrimination.
- Fluency in English and the relevant local language(s) is preferred.
- Professional Ethics
Required Skills
Level
Mid Level(3-5 years)
Location
Arsi zone
How to Apply
Interested applicants who fulfil the requirement can send their updated CV and copy of all necessary credentials to sikewda@gmail.com and HR hanagebeyehu703@gmail.com before the deadline. Shortlisted applicants are notified by a reference telephone and email address to appear for a written exam and interview as deemed necessary.
Note: SWDA is committed to safeguarding, protection from sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA), child protection, gender equality, confidentiality, and non-discrimination in all its programs and recruitment processes.