PSS Technical Coordinator

Job Description

Title: PSS Technical Coordinator

Company Name: Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar

Vacancy: 01

Job Location: Anywhere in Bangladesh

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Professional diploma or University degree in psychology, social work or other relevant field
∎ At least 3 years of professional experience working in child protection in emergencies and/or mental health and Psychosocial support in emergencies, including staff supervision
∎ Significant experience adapting, designing and implementing PSS interventions and curricula with children and caregivers
∎ Significant experience in capacity building and designing, facilitating and assessing trainings
∎ Experience in community consultations, child participation and monitoring and evaluating PSS interventions.
∎ Excellent knowledge of IASC MHPSS standards and CPMS PSS Standards
∎ Experience designing and implementing PSS interventions with a GBV focus is a plus
∎ Professional experience and knowledge of the Rohingya Response context is a plus.

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ More than 745,000 Rohingyas have fled from Myanmar since August 2017 and are now in camps in Bangladesh. In Cox`s Bazar, the needs of the refugee families are enormous. Tdh provides services of primary health care for the most vulnerable people and fights against malnutrition. We distribute hygiene supplies, construct latrines and wells, and treat the water to make it drinkable. In order to give a comprehensive response to the needs of the Rohingya children, we aid the most vulnerable with community-based child protection, psychosocial support and case management.
∎ The PSS Technical Coordinator provides technical support and guidance on psychosocial support in child protection to children, adolescents and caregivers.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Design community and staff consultations on MHPSS gaps and needs and lead on MHPSS needs analysis.
∎ Feed into project design, development and implementation through holistic, mental health and psychosocial support programmes for children, families and communities in line with identified priorities.
∎ With the guidance of the PSS Consultant, support the review of Tdh's PSS intervention model, existing curricula, modules and tools to ensure their alignment to global inter-agency and internal standards.
∎ Develop, contextualize and adapt new PSS resources based on findings from community consultations including with children, adolescents and caregivers that are gender, age and ability sensitive.
∎ Collect feedback from implementers and modify, incorporate into content accordingly.
∎ Assess PSS and child protection capacity building needs within Tdh and its' partners and support the development of a capacity building plan and its roll-out.
∎ Provide training and capacity building to child protection staff and other stakeholders on: Basic supportive listening skills and psychological first aid (PFA); Signs of mental health conditions and distress; Referral mechanisms and information-sharing protocols; and global guidelines.
∎ Implement work-plans for PSS curricula, modules and approaches including review and feedback workshops for new materials, testing and piloting new content/interventions, designing training modules and training implementers and their supervisors on PSS concepts, Tdh's approach and the content itself.
∎ Monitor the implementation of PSS interventions to ensure quality, effectiveness and relevance of interventions. Modify approaches and content on an on-going basis.
∎ Provide coaching and mentoring to PSS facilitators and their supervisors.
∎ In coordination with the M&E department and PSS Consultant and in line with global guidance, adapt an M&E framework for PSS interventions, with a particular focus on qualitative indicators of wellbeing.
∎ In coordination with M&E and Information Management teams, ensure safe and confidential management of PSS information, including managing PSS resources as well as regular analysis of PSS trends and needs to inform programing.
∎ Represent Tdh at the MHPSS Working Group, share information and action plans with the CP team.
∎ Ensure that all PSS interventions are designed in line with Tdh's 2019 CP strategy
∎ Support the establishment of strong linkages between case management, PSS, and community-based CP teams.
∎ Ensure PSS interventions are informed by sector identified priorities and integrate key messages from all sectors for a holistic approach.
∎ In collaboration with the Psychologist, ensure the PM+ Approach is mainstreamed into all PSS interventions.
∎ Contribute to reporting on PSS interventions whether to donors, internally or at inter-agency level.

Additional Requirements:
∎ Ability to design relevant and impactful PSS interventions building on knowledge and expertise
∎ Experience designing and implementing PSS interventions with a GBV focus is a plus
∎ Excellent coaching and monitoring skills
∎ Leadership skills
∎ Basic IT skills
∎ Fluent in English and Bangla.
∎ Knowledge of Chittagong is mandatory
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Salary: Tk. 123650 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays

Application Deadline: January 19, 2020

Company Information:
∎ Terre des hommes - Cox's Bazar
∎ Address : Sayeman Heritage, (floor 2), Building no - 01, Sayeman Road, Baharchara, Cox's Bazar
∎ Web : www.tdh.ch/en
∎ Business : Terre des hommes is the leading Swiss child relief agency, improving the lives of millions of the world`s most vulnerable children. TDH is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organisation (INGO). TDH working in Bangladesh since 1974 and its work focused on Health, Nutrition and Child Relief. The Organization is considering interventions in Nutrition at Coxs Bazar among the displaced people from Myanmar

Category: NGO/Development