Psychologist (Female)

Job Description

Title: Psychologist (Female)

Company Name: Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)

Vacancy: 1

Age: At least 29 years

Job Location: Cox`s Bazar (Ukhia)

Salary: Tk. 65000 (Monthly)

Experience:

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Bachelor/Honors
• Masters

• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, or Educational Psychology from a recognized university.

• At least 3 years
• The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): NGO, Development Agency

• Age At least 29 years
• Only Female

• At Least 3 years’ experience in Development & Humanitarian programs .

• MS in Clinical/Counselling/IO/Developmental/School Psychology from any reputed public or private university. Any kind of certification course on EDD and ECD will be added as an advantage. Ability to communicate in local dialect (Chittagonion Dialect).

• Ability to prepare different programmatic report writing in English and Bangla

• Essential and conversant in common IT applications (MS Word, MS PowerPoint, internet browsing & e-mail communications)

• Interested to work with Rohingya community.

• Ability to prepare a different programmatic report in English and Bangla

• Ability to write clear and concise reports and case stories in English and Bangla

• Excellent planning and analytical skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to establish and maintain an effective working atmosphere

• Good working relationships with colleagues, partners, external actors, and allies

• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Knowledge, Skills & Competences:

• Strong technical knowledge and practical understanding of humanitarian education, early childhood development, play-based learning, caregiver engagement, and psychosocial support, particularly in the Rohingya refugee context.

• Demonstrated experience in field-level programme coordination, community mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and relationship building with communities and relevant government and camp-level authorities.

• Strong supervision, mentoring, coaching, and capacity-building skills, with the ability to guide and motivate field staff, volunteers, facilitators, and community-based teams.

• Good understanding of safeguarding principles, including child protection, prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA), prevention of harm, and safe programming practices.

• Ability to monitor programme quality, identify operational challenges and risks, provide practical solutions, and ensure activities are implemented in line with project standards and objectives.

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, coordination, and negotiation skills, with the ability to work effectively with children, caregivers, community members, colleagues, government representatives, and multiple stakeholders.

• Strong ability to respect and respond sensitively to differences in culture, opinions, backgrounds, and lived experiences while promoting children's rights, education, dignity, and well-being.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in challenging field environments while maintaining a positive, professional, and solution-oriented attitude.

• Strong listening, empathy, adaptability, problem-solving, facilitation, and creative-thinking skills, with a child-centred and community-focused approach.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise sound judgment, and promote ethical, inclusive, respectful, and safe practices in all programme activities.

Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) <www.ypsa.org> is an organization for sustainable development, working in the greater Chattogram division including Hill Tracts (CHT) since 1985 (International Youth Year). YPSA is going to implement the project " Advancing Scalable Solutions to Transform the Lives of Children on the Move: Play to Learn 2.0”. LEGO Foundation is funding the project through BRAC Bangladesh till November, 2027.

Job Title: Psychologist (Female)

Duration: 15 Months.

No. of Position: 01

Job Description/Responsibilities:

• Conduct psychological assessments & conducting individual counselling support for FDMN, staff, play leader of HPL centers learner and their caregivers

• Provide capacity-building support to para counsellor, Play Leaders, Host/FDMN teachers and other frontline staff by delivering relevant trainings as guided by the Sector and organizational standards

• Design and develop training modules, content, on play based and mental health topics, tailored to the needs of frontline staff, caregivers, and community members

• Provide regular supervision, mentoring, and technical guidance to Para-Counsellors to ensure quality, ethical, and effective psychosocial service delivery.

• Field visit & monitoring the Humanitarian Play Lab, Govt. Primary School(GPS), Father and Mother caregiver’s pockets

• Provide psychosocial support to the GPS Teachers/FDMN teachers and the Staff.

• Collaborate with the project team to design and integrate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into play-based learning and nutrition programs.

• Provide psychological first Aid (PFA) services in emergency situation

• Prepare, Compilation & Submit of daily/bi-weekly MIS/KoBo data, monthly & 4W reporting.

• Work as PSEA & Safeguarding focal of HPL Programme.

• Strong understanding of child psychology, developmental milestones, and trauma.

• Proficiency in data collection, analysis, and reporting.

• Ensure the safety of team members from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment and exploitation to achieve the program’s goals on safeguarding implementation. Act as a key source of support, guidance and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.

• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.

• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

• Perform any kind of responsibilities assigned by the supervisor.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to technical officers and program organizers.

• Staff counselling

• Facilitate necessary translation of documents with YPSA team for use in the field and education stakeholder Serve as training focal point for training play leader professional development.

• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor to enable and develop YPSA programs.

• Monthly Consolidated Salary: BDT 65,000/-