Job Description

Title: Psychosocial Support (PSS) Officer

Company Name: Terre des hommes

Vacancy: 1

Job Location: Cox's Bazar (Ukhia)

Employment Status: Full-time, Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Professional Diploma/ University degree in Social Work/ Social Studies/ Psychology/ Education/ Management/ Political Science/ Fine Arts/ Literature/ Counselling or other related discipline

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 2 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ About Terre des Hommes:
∎ Terre des Hommes Foundation (TdH) is the leading Swiss INGO focusing on child rights. It is active in more than 30 countries with development and emergency projects. TdH interventions are focused on the three programs: Health, Migration and Access to Justice particularly for vulnerable children. TdH Foundation has a transversal approach towards Child Protection programming and it cuts across all the thematic areas while also has been considered as one of the key value propositions in its business model. The Child Protection expertise within TdH Foundation aims to develop high quality, evidence-based knowledge and know-how adapted to fragile contexts, conflict zones, and development to improve the protection of children’s rights and their right to protection from all forms of violence (art 19, 34 CRC) in collaboration with and in support of the three core programs. The TdH Foundation global strategy 2021-2024 specifies that the rights-based participation, empowerment, and active involvement of children and communities in defining and implementing responses are essential to improve child protection.
∎ Context:
∎ TdH is working in Bangladesh since 1974, with operations in Kurigram district, Dhaka district and Cox’s Bazaar district. Currently, TdH is implementing programs on Health, Access to Justice (social cohesion and conflict resolution) and Migration, integrated by the transversal expertise WaSH and Child protection. TdH interventions in Bangladesh are both in development and emergency context.
∎ Following the massive displacement of more than 800,000 people into Bangladesh since the end of August 2017, TdH has put in place an important emergency response plan to provide relief to the Rohingya refugees, notably on Health, WaSH, Child Protection and Social cohesion. Alongside, TdH is implementing the CLARISSA project in Dhaka slums aiming to build a strong evidence base and generate innovative solutions to the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) and will explore how to take these solutions to scale.
∎ TdH in Bangladesh has started the process of integration of emergency and development approaches and aims to capitalize its institutional learning for further programme expansion and to create critical pathways for evidence-based advocacy.

Job Responsibilities:
∎ General Description of the Role:
∎ The PSS Team Officer is responsible for providing structured and non-structured, static, and outreach, age, gender and needs-appropriate PSS activities to children, adolescents, and caregivers in the assigned Camps/ Host community area along with the Multi-purpose Community Centre (MPCC) in addition to the camp setting. S/He will work under the supervision of PSS Team Leader and in close collaboration with CP Activity Coordinator.
∎ Key roles and responsibilities:
∎ PSS Supervision:
∎ - Contribute to Needs Assessment, including child-led safety mapping and community consultations;
∎ - Conduct outreach to identify most vulnerable children (with a focus on inclusion of children with disabilities) and their caregivers and encourage their participation in PSS activities;
∎ - Document registration, consent, referrals and attendance in TdH’s databases;
∎ - Implement structured, non-structured, static, outreach PSS activities for well-being and building resiliency;
∎ - Facilitate Problem Management Plus (PM+) session for the persons in need;
∎ - Facilitate Pre-vocational, Life Skills and Transferable Skills and Photography Home and Skills Curriculum sessions;
∎ - Facilitate Positive Parenting skills sessions and support the establishment of parent support groups;
∎ - Prepare weekly/monthly work-plans with clear objectives setting short-term, mid-term and long-term targets priorities;
∎ - Facilitate internal and external referrals of children in need of additional support, care or protection;
∎ - Conduct participatory M&E activities to collect beneficiaries’ feedback and opinions on the quality and satisfaction with the activities and ensure this feedback informs implementation;
∎ - Provide effective supervision, mentorship, coaching and guidance to PSS volunteers;
∎ - Provide support to Case Management Officers and Community-Based Protection Officers to implement project activities effectively, and achieve the project goal efficiently;
∎ - Collect quantitative and qualitative PSS data, data entry and the safe and confidential documentation storage;
∎ Coordination and representation:
∎ - Establish and maintain efficient coordination and collaboration with target beneficiaries, community members, TdH partners, CP and non-CP actors, formal and informal authorities, Site management, CiCs and other key actors;
∎ - Participate in fora and meetings held at the Camp level in Her/ His field of expertise, when relevant and necessary;
∎ Child Protection/ Safeguarding:
∎ - Promote inclusion and equal access for every child, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable and at-risk children and children with disabilities;
∎ - Always maintain strict confidentiality regarding information and data sharing of beneficiaries;
∎ - Report serious cases of abuse committed against children to the CP Project Manager; strict confidentiality must be respected;
∎ - Promote, and ensure project activities are in line with the Child Protection Minimum Standards and humanitarian principles;
∎ - Ensure that project activities are well-integrated in the Bangladesh Child Protection System and humanitarian coordination practices and guidelines;
∎ - Ensure TdH Global Code of Conduct is respected at all times, cases of abuse are reported through established reporting channels in a timely and confidential manner;
∎ - Fully comply with TdH Global Code of Conduct and ensure Child Safeguarding Standards are upheld at all times;
∎ - Adhere to and ensure the team/s under Her/His responsibility follows TdH administrative and logistical regulations and procedures;

Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 02 years’ experience in the field of child protection/ protection/ PSS/ SGBV/ Social Work/ Education.
∎ Basic IT knowledge (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet), and Data Collection skills.
∎ Knowledge of child protection systems in Bangladesh/ Excellent facilitation and non-formal education skills/ Previous experience in drafting PSS activity plans and structured plans of recreational activities is highly desirable / Previous experience in working with youth target groups is of benefit.
∎ Report writing, facilitation and interpersonal communication skill.
∎ Languages: Fluent in Bangla and Chittagonian Dialect/ Rohingya Dialect and good mastery of English is a plus.

Salary: Tk. 55400 (Monthly)

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Weekly 2 holidays
∎ Health Insurance, Group Life Insurance

Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.

Application Deadline: 11 Jul 2022

Company Information:
∎ 30 Jun 2022
∎ Terre des hommes
∎ Business : Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh) is an International Non-Profit Private Organization operating in Bangladesh since 1974 in the fields of Child Protection, Healthcare, Nutrition, Emergency Relief, Water/Sanitation and Hygiene.

Category: NGO/Development

: Tdh is committed to Gender balance & inclusion and these will be important selection criterias.Tdh and Tdh employees are required to abide by the values and principles outlined in Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies.Fully complies with Tdh's Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistle-blowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff.Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including:Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse, and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies.Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene.Gender Equality & Equal Opportunity:We are committed to narrowing the gender gap in all positions. We welcome and strongly encourage qualified female professionals to apply.We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our organization. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.We offer exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children. Are you interested to join our committed team to face this challenge?