Psychosocial Counselor

Job Description

Title: Psychosocial Counselor

Company Name: Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)

Vacancy: 01

Age: at most 40 years

Location: Rangpur

Maximum Salary: Tk. 38000 (Monthly)

Experience:
∎ At least 4 years
∎ The applicants should have experience in the following business area(s):NGO

Published: 3 Dec 2024

Education:
∎ Masters
∎ Masters degree in Social Science/psychology/Social Work/ Education/ Human Rights/ Economics or degree in equivalent subject will be priority.
∎ Masters degree in Social Science/psychology/Social Work/ Education/ Human Rights/ Economics or degree in equivalent subject will be priority.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age at most 40 years
∎ Experience and skilled in the field of Child Protection, Child rights & GBV;
∎ Demonstrated hands-on skills on MS Office packages including Microsoft Office, Excel, Power point, internet, e-mail, KOBO Toolkit etc.;
∎ Excellent project management, budgeting and organizational management skills;
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and handle difficult situations;
∎ Strong communication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills;
∎ Capacity for strategic thinking and problem-solving;
∎ Excellent verbal and written fluency in both Bangla and English;
∎ Strong leadership and team management skills.
∎ Experience and skilled in the field of Child Protection, Child rights & GBV;
∎ Demonstrated hands-on skills on MS Office packages including Microsoft Office, Excel, Power point, internet, e-mail, KOBO Toolkit etc.;
∎ Excellent project management, budgeting and organizational management skills;
∎ Ability to work in challenging environments and handle difficult situations;
∎ Strong communication, interpersonal, and advocacy skills;
∎ Capacity for strategic thinking and problem-solving;
∎ Excellent verbal and written fluency in both Bangla and English;
∎ Strong leadership and team management skills.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Assist to quality operationalization of the GUK’s PSS modules, ensuring that needs and priorities for PSS programming and standards are in line with the context, needs, and gaps on the ground;
∎ Organize and supervise PSS daily activities/ weekly plans and assist to conduct trainings for projects staff;
∎ Ensure that quality and safety standards are met in each PSS activity implementation, regular monitoring, mentorship, technical support, and capacity building of implementing partners;
∎ Prepare/review training modules and IEC materials along with project manager, prepare context specific adaptation plan to implement PSS program;
∎ Provide capacity to staffs on records of children and adolescents attendance are accurately recorded and reported. Program Implementation:
∎ Work closely with project manager to achieve project results and take support to implement field intervention through projects;
∎ Regular monitoring PSS program, providing necessary support to field team and guidance to improvement of program delivery;
∎ Ensure monitoring through projects on referral pathways; provide support to appropriately refer and document PSS cases;
∎ Support MEAL activities as requested to support quality programming, including regular field monitoring visits and weekly and / or monthly reports as required;
∎ Ensure integration and inclusion in program delivery, children and adolescent from different age, sex and ability are equally addressed in program implementation;
∎ Provide technical support to staffs for quality PSS program Implementation in accordance with GUK guidelines;
∎ Daily, weekly, and monthly and reporting of PSS activities in line with project tools, templates, and reporting schedule;
∎ Provision of individual and group technical support, joint field monitoring, and capacity building to partner staff to ensure delivery of activities in line with quality standards, guidelines, and project deliverables.
∎ Job Context:
∎ Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of ‘Psychosocial Counselor’ for ‘Bangladesh-America Maitree Project’ which is finance by USAID and supported by BRAC. The project duration is November 12, 2024 to November 11, 2027. The theme of the project is to prevention of child marriage and gender based violence.
∎ Job Responsibilities:
∎ Assist to quality operationalization of the GUK’s PSS modules, ensuring that needs and priorities for PSS programming and standards are in line with the context, needs, and gaps on the ground;
∎ Organize and supervise PSS daily activities/ weekly plans and assist to conduct trainings for projects staff;
∎ Ensure that quality and safety standards are met in each PSS activity implementation, regular monitoring, mentorship, technical support, and capacity building of implementing partners;
∎ Prepare/review training modules and IEC materials along with project manager, prepare context specific adaptation plan to implement PSS program;
∎ Provide capacity to staffs on records of children and adolescents attendance are accurately recorded and reported. Program Implementation:
∎ Work closely with project manager to achieve project results and take support to implement field intervention through projects;
∎ Regular monitoring PSS program, providing necessary support to field team and guidance to improvement of program delivery;
∎ Ensure monitoring through projects on referral pathways; provide support to appropriately refer and document PSS cases;
∎ Support MEAL activities as requested to support quality programming, including regular field monitoring visits and weekly and / or monthly reports as required;
∎ Ensure integration and inclusion in program delivery, children and adolescent from different age, sex and ability are equally addressed in program implementation;
∎ Provide technical support to staffs for quality PSS program Implementation in accordance with GUK guidelines;
∎ Daily, weekly, and monthly and reporting of PSS activities in line with project tools, templates, and reporting schedule;
∎ Provision of individual and group technical support, joint field monitoring, and capacity building to partner staff to ensure delivery of activities in line with quality standards, guidelines, and project deliverables.

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Other admissible benefits as per organizational policy.
∎ Other admissible benefits as per organizational policy.

Workplace:
∎ Work at office

Employment Status: Contractual

Job Location: Rangpur

Job Highlights:
∎ Prevention of child marriage and gender based violence.
∎ Prevention of child marriage and gender based violence.

Read Before Apply:

Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of ‘Psychosocial Counselor’ for ‘Bangladesh-America Maitree Project’.

Interested candidates are requested to send their complete CV along with application through the email [email protected]

* Only short listed candidates will be contacted through cell phone/ SMS/ Email.

*Female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

* No TA/DA would be provided for recruitment test.

*Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) strongly believe that all associated with the organization including staff and programme participants have rights of protection of any kinds of abuse, exploitation, harassment and negligence. The organization considers violence against women and children as zero tolerance.

Application Deadline: December 12, 2024.

Apply Procedure:

Email your CV:
∎ Send your CV to the given email [email protected] or Email your CV from My Bdjobs account

Company Information:
∎ Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK)
∎ Main office : Nashratpur, Gaibandha-5700
∎ Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) started its journey in 1985 as a community-led non-government Organisation with the aim to establish a poverty-free equitable society. Initially, the organisation launched its programme operation in the northern district Gaibandha, however, gradually expanded scope of work and now covering around 225000 families in 15 districts. Since its inception, GUK has been working with poor and underprivileged people for last 38 years to bring a sustainable improvement in their lives.
Focus areas of GUK are Livelihood and Food Security, Education and Child Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response, Climate Change Adaptation, Safe Migration, Inclusive Financing, Women Empowerment & Gender-based Violence, Human Rights, Good Governance, Skill Development and Job Placement of Youths, Health, Nutrition and WASH, Disability Inclusive Development, Agriculture and Market Linkage, Research and Policy Influence etc. Different integrated programmes are taken by the organisation to achieve its objectives.

Address::
∎ Main office : Nashratpur, Gaibandha-5700
∎ Gana Unnayan Kendra (GUK) started its journey in 1985 as a community-led non-government Organisation with the aim to establish a poverty-free equitable society. Initially, the organisation launched its programme operation in the northern district Gaibandha, however, gradually expanded scope of work and now covering around 225000 families in 15 districts. Since its inception, GUK has been working with poor and underprivileged people for last 38 years to bring a sustainable improvement in their lives. Focus areas of GUK are Livelihood and Food Security, Education and Child Protection, Disaster Risk Reduction and Emergency Response, Climate Change Adaptation, Safe Migration, Inclusive Financing, Women Empowerment & Gender-based Violence, Human Rights, Good Governance, Skill Development and Job Placement of Youths, Health, Nutrition and WASH, Disability Inclusive Development, Agriculture and Market Linkage, Research and Policy Influence etc. Different integrated programmes are taken by the organisation to achieve its objectives.

Application Deadline: 12 Dec 2024

Category: NGO/Development