Psychologist (GBV)

Job Description

Title: Psychologist (GBV)

Company Name: Relief International

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Full-time

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master's degree in Psychology (clinical psychology preferable)

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 1 year(s)

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Provide standard mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) care and non-drug treatments to Gender Based Violence (GBV) survivors with complicated mental disorder.
∎ Conduct MH assessment to GBV survivors with complicated mental disorder which is required by RI case management officers.
∎ Provide MPHSS care and non-drug treatment to GBV survivors who present complicated mental health and psychological distress as required by RI Case Management Officers.
∎ Closely collaborate with RI Case Management Officers.
∎ Maintain confidentiality of case filing system
∎ Ensure all case information are kept confidential
∎ Ensure safety in case information sharing
∎ Maintain all case filing in locked system
∎ Conduct training to RI protection staffs and volunteers on topics relevant to MHPSS
∎ Provide to Protection Manager a biweekly report and monthly report or as reqquired
∎ Represent RI in interagency coordination working groups (e.g. MHPSS working group).

Additional Requirements:
∎ Experience working with INGO/NGO in Cox's Bazar is preferable
∎ 1 years' experience in mental health and psycho-social programming (in refugee context is preferable)
∎ Experience working in the Humanitarian context and emergencies
∎ Good knowledge of and experience in using established inter-agency and Donor standards and guidelines in MHPSS.
∎ Cultural awareness and sensitivity, prior experience in Rohingya camps is preferable
∎ Strong background and skills in facilitating trainings, coaching and mentoring others
∎ Familiarity with Child Protection minimum standard and GBV guiding principle
∎ Competency in Microsoft Office suite, including Word and Excel
∎ Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively in written and spoken English. Chittagonian speaking capacity will be a strong plus.
∎ Enthusiasm to learn
∎ Optimistic and friendly
∎ Flexibility

Application Deadline: September 19, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Relief International
∎ Business : Relief International, hedquatered in USA, is a leading international non government organization working in 16 countries to relieve poverty, ensure well-being and advance dignity. We specialize in fragile settings, responding to natural disasters, humanitarian crises and chronic poverty.

Relief International combines humanitarian and development approaches to provide immediate services while laying the groundwork for long-term impact.

Our signature approach which we call the RI Way emphasizes local participation, an integration of services, strategic partnerships, and a focus on civic skills. In this way, we empower communities to find, design and implement the solutions that work best for them.
Relief International has been working in Bangladesh since 2004. The Bangladesh portfolio of Relief International has strong focus on emergency response, economic opportunity and livelihoods rebuilding, traficking in persons, sustainable tourism, human rights and protection, refugee crisis response and public health. RI maintains a country office in Dhaka with multiple field offices in Cox`s Bazar. RI currently employs over 1000 local and international staffs in Bangladesh.

Relief International is currently implementing large scale refugee response program in Cox`s Bazar in Bangladesh in collaboration with multiple partners including UNHCR, UNICEF, USAID/OFDA, EU ECHO.
For more information on Relief International: www.ri.org

Category: NGO/Development