Psychologist

Job Description

Title: Psychologist

Company Name: Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

Vacancy: 02

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology
∎ Master of Science (MSc) in I/O psychology, Educational/counseling psychology, Clinical psychology
∎ University degree in Psychology or a related field from an accredited academic institution with relevant professional experience
∎ Education qualifications may be relaxed for highly experienced applicants in relevant field
∎ Skills Required: Communication skill, Community Mobilization , Disability Inclusion, GBV, Motivation to others

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Counseling, Humanitarian Response, MHPSS service, Psycho Therapy
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): Clinic, NGO

Job Context:
∎ Samaj Kallayan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS) envisions a peaceful, prosperous, and poverty-free society that ensures everyone`s basic needs and rights. SKUS has since the 2017 Rohingya refugee influx worked in Cox`s Bazar district with children adolescents, women, and men. Based on children`s, adolescents`, women, and human rights. SKUS has established quality learning and protection centers with support from different international donors, including UN agencies. SKUS has an agreement with MdM-F for the project of MHPSS services for the Rohingya community at Rohingya Camp in Ukhia Upazila under Cox`s Bazar District. The mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) program aims to ensure that crisis-affected populations have access to high-quality humanitarian services focusing on the promotion and treatment of mental health concerns. The project will address the mental health needs of the refugee population currently residing in Rohingya Camp in Ukhia Upazila under Cox`s Bazar District. SKUS is looking for a suitable candidate for the immediate appointment of a Psychologist for the project as mentioned above, supported by MdM-F.
∎ Reportable to: MHPSS Project Coordinator, SKUS.
∎ Duration of contract: 6 months Up to 31 May 2021 (with the possibility of extension).

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Support the provision of participatory, comprehensive, goal-based, and individualized/community-based support and guidance, as well as care planning through the joint development of a care plan that matches needs, resources, and goals to available assistance, support systems, and mental health and psychosocial support services, aimed at ensuring basic needs are met and to enter at the lowest possible MHPSS service
∎ Provide MHPSS Case Management activities which are initial assessment to identify needs, develop a care plan and objectives according to the identified needs, conducting follow up sessions, making referrals for external services to be followed up
∎ Design, developed, adapt, and conduct Psychosocial Support activities
∎ Prepare a monthly MHPSS activity plan in coordination with the Project Coordinator.
∎ Monitor and evaluate the center-based group activities conducted by facilitators in terms of quality of the services and facilitators' performance
∎ Participate in global/regional/local coordination meetings such as MHPSS Working Group and its sub-working groups ( Children and Adolescent, Suicide Prevention, Integration of MHPSS) to represent SKUS MHPSS activities
∎ Establish a service mapping in terms of MHPSS actors in Camp 15 with MHPSS Social Worker
∎ Develop and adapt Information, Education and Communication Materials (IEC) to promote MHPSS services among the community
∎ Develop monitoring and evaluation tools by undertaking field visits and activity review actions monitoring project activities to identify shortfalls in delivery of PSS activities and recommend changes to the teams in line with program objectives
∎ Working alongside SKUS partners in design, plan, adapt, and implement MHPSS interventions to align with the project objectives and international standards.
∎ Maintain coordination and communication with CIC, other NGO, community people, and other important stakeholders for subjects related to MHPSS
∎ Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action-oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
∎ Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge, and innovate.
∎ Perform such other duties as may be assigned

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 40 years
∎ Both males and females are allowed to apply
∎ Previous experience in MHPSS in the Rohingya Response is highly desirable as well as sound knowledge of global guidelines of MHPSS services such as IASC and UN Agencies.
∎ Experience in community-based interventions, outreach, mental health, and psychosocial support activities in emergencies or protection-related activities
∎ A strong commitment to gender-sensitive, inclusive and humanitarian works
∎ Ability to work with the multi-disciplinary team
∎ Willingness to travel as required
∎ Flexibility to adapt to new roles, tasks, and situations
∎ Persons living with disabilities are encouraged to apply
∎ Fluency in the Rohingya dialect is an asset
∎ Working Condition:
∎ S/he will spend approximately 70% of his/her time in the field.
∎ S/he may have contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals.
∎ S/he has to work to ensure a conducive participatory approach in the center.
∎ Person with disability are encouraged to apply

Salary:
∎ Tk. 70000 - 80000 (Monthly)
∎ Salary negotiable based on qualification and experience

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Mobile bill
∎ Other benefits as per project

Application Deadline: 28 Oct 2020

Company Information:
∎ 20 Oct 2020
∎ Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)
∎ Address : 110 Shantinagar, Nilufar Building (1st floor), Dhaka-1217.
∎ Web : www.skus-bd.org
∎ Business : SKUS is a non-profit, non-government voluntary organization working since 1995 to improve socio-economic condition of poor and marginalized people to improve socio-economic conditions and remove discrimination and exploitations. SKUS has implementing multidimensional projects on Education, Malaria, HIV/AIDS, Health, Nutrition and family planning, Life skills Education, Women empowerment, Water, Sanitation and hygiene, Safe Motherhood, Vulnerable Group Development, EPI and Primary Health Care Project, Safe migration, Emergency relief, early recovery and livelihood support on various disasters, Emergency Rohingya Response, MHPSS, GBV, Technical and vocational training in different part of Bangladesh with assistance from the government, national and international donor agencies.


Category: NGO/Development

Read Before Apply: The person fulfilling the above criteria should send their Resume/ CV along with scan copy of the last educational qualification certificate and recent passport size colour photograph to [email protected] by October 28, 2020. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted for an interview. Female are encouraged to apply.