Psychologist

Job Description

Title: Psychologist

Company Name: Samaj Kalyan O Unnayan Shangstha (SKUS)

Vacancy: 02

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

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master of Science (MSc) in Psychology, I/O psychology, Educational/counseling psychology, Clinical psychology
∎ Education qualifications may be relaxed for highly experienced applicants in relevant field
∎ Skills Required: Child Protection, Communication skill, Community Mobilization , GBV, MHPSS

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 3 year(s)
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following area(s): Humanitarian Response
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s): 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/GBV/SRH services for the Rohingya and host community at Ukhia and Teknaf Upazila under Cox`s Bazar District. This program aims to ensure that crisis-affected populations have access to high-quality humanitarian services focusing on the promotion and increase accessibility of MHPSS/GBV/SRH concerns. The project will address MHPSS/GBV/SRG issues of the refugee and host community population currently residing in Rohingya Camp and nearby the camp areas in Ukhia and Teknaf 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: Project Coordinator, SKUS.
∎ Duration of contract: 6 months Up to 31 December 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 activities
∎ Establish a service mapping in terms of MHPSS/GBV/SRH actors in Camp-15, Ukhiya and Teknaf with collaboration of team
∎ Develop and adapt Information, Education and Communication Materials (IEC) to promote MHPSS/GBV/SRH 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 MHPSS activities and recommend changes to the teams in line with program objectives
∎ Maintain coordination and communication with CIC, Local government, other NGOs, community people, and other important stakeholders for subjects related to project activities
∎ Perform such other duties as may be assigned by project Coordinator/management

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 25 to 45 years
∎ Only females are allowed to apply
∎ Skills: Disability and Inclusion, Psychotherapy
∎ Area of experience: GBV prevention and response program, MHPSS Counseling and case management
∎ Additional Requirements:
∎ 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 activities community mobilization, mental health, and psychosocial support activities in emergencies or protection-related activities
∎ A strong commitment to PSEA code of conduct, gender-sensitive, inclusive and humanitarian works
∎ Ability to work with the multi-disciplinary team
∎ Fluency in the Rohingya dialect is an asset
∎ Willingness to travel as required
∎ Flexibility to adapt to new roles, tasks, and situations
∎ Persons living with disabilities are encouraged to apply
∎ Only females are allow for the position.
∎ Working Condition:
∎ She will spend approximately 70% of his/her time in the field.
∎ She has to contact with GBV survivor, psychologically disrupted person,dissatisfied or abusive individuals.
∎ She 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
∎ As per project and organization policy

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 10 Jul 2021

Company Information:
∎ 3 Jul 2021
∎ 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.

Note : SKUS has a zero-tolerance to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone’s responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct that enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours). Familiarization with, and adherence to, the Code of Conduct is an essential requirement of all staff, in addition to related mandatory training. All staff must ensure that they understand and act in accordance with this clause.

SKUS also has a zero-tolerance policy on child protection.

Category: NGO/Development

: 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 July 10, 2021. Only shortlisted candidate will be contacted for an interview. Only female can apply for the position.