Senior Counsellor

Job Description

Title: Senior Counsellor

Company Name: Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS)

Vacancy: 8

Age: 24 to 35 years

Location: Cox's Bazar (Teknaf, Ukhia)

Experience:
∎ At least 2 years

Published: 24 Jun 2025

Education:
∎ Bachelor/Honors, Masters in any discipline
∎ Required academic Background: Graduate/ Post graduate studies in clinical/ counselling/ developmental/ general psychology.
∎ Required academic Background: Graduate/ Post graduate studies in clinical/ counselling/ developmental/ general psychology.

Requirements:

Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 24 to 35 years
∎ Age: Minimum 24 years and Maximum 35 years. Age limits can be considered on the basis of experience candidates.
∎ Experience:
∎ At least 2 years of previous experiences in clinical psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions in emergencies.
∎ At least 1 years of previous experiences in providing services to displaced populations, migrants, refugees or conflict affected populations
∎ Significant experience in providing clinical supervision, coaching, and mentoring to national staff and non-specialists
∎ Experience in capacity building activities and curriculum development is an advantage.
∎ Additional Job Requirement: Perform any other duties that may be assigned by management.
∎ Age: Minimum 24 years and Maximum 35 years. Age limits can be considered on the basis of experience candidates.
∎ Experience:
∎ At least 2 years of previous experiences in clinical psychological and psychotherapeutic interventions in emergencies.
∎ At least 1 years of previous experiences in providing services to displaced populations, migrants, refugees or conflict affected populations
∎ Significant experience in providing clinical supervision, coaching, and mentoring to national staff and non-specialists
∎ Experience in capacity building activities and curriculum development is an advantage.
∎ Additional Job Requirement: Perform any other duties that may be assigned by management.

Responsibilities & Context:
∎ Provide individual and group counselling to the affected population in need.
∎ Coordinate with the Project Assistant and other members of the team the integration of mental health considerations in community-based activities along the full spectrum of the intervention pyramid.
∎ To set up an ethic and confidential service and formalize inclusion of IOM levels 3 and 4 services (e.g. psychological first aid, stress counselling, brief therapies, solution focused therapy, trauma focused psychotherapy, PM+, group IPT) in relevant referral pathways and networks, customize it to local context and sensitize partners to the service ToRs, modalities of referral and methodologies.
∎ Work in close collaboration with the health and protection team to ensure ongoing needs of at-risk groups, women and girls are being met in the prevention related activities.
∎ Ensure the psychological follow-up of the beneficiaries in regular basis.
∎ To maintain appropriate records/database of assessments and any clinical/casework undertaken, and collect and collate statistics for analysis.
∎ To conduct clinical supervision sessions for other team members of MHPSS team and community volunteers.
∎ In collaboration with other team members to design psychoeducation sessions for the communities, based on identified and emerging needs.
∎ Provide training sessions in PFA and basic counselling skills to humanitarian actors, community focal points and volunteers and other team members.
∎ Identify and refer people with severe mental disorders, in coordination with the referral team.
∎ Coordinate with the MHPSS social worker and other team members the inclusion of people with mental disorders in other activities promoted by the teams.
∎ Develop awareness messages/campaigns related to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to be disseminated to communities.
∎ Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys, researches in the concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community based psychosocial services and specialized mental health care for the affected population, if needed.
∎ Map existing support provisions at the microlevel and design together with the supervisor initiative to reinforce their capacity.
∎ To proactively assess and analyse the context and propose interventions to enable expansion of both IOM geographic coverage in Ukhiya and Teknaf (Main camp sides) (e.g. psychosocial support in IOM health facilities livelihood interventions for youth and women, Educational Psychology for children etc.).
∎ To be ready to provide services in Covid-19 Isolation Treatment Centres, if needed.
∎ Support emergency responses after critical incidents (fire incidents, cyclones, etc.), if requested.
∎ Prepare weekly reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing treatment and results data and trends based on MHPSS tools.
∎ To perform and other duties as may be needed and agreed with the Project Assistant and MHPSS Officer.
∎ Those who have involved in the Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse they are unfitted to apply for this position.
∎ Others:
∎ Regular user of Computer, E-mail & Internet with skilled and confidentiality.
∎ The incumbent is expected to have excellent fluency in written and oral communication skills both Bangla and English.
∎ If any complex found that, then as early as possible communicate with senior management. Besides this maintain organization rules and regulation and encourage to other staffs.
∎ Key Duties and Responsibilities:
∎ Provide individual and group counselling to the affected population in need.
∎ Coordinate with the Project Assistant and other members of the team the integration of mental health considerations in community-based activities along the full spectrum of the intervention pyramid.
∎ To set up an ethic and confidential service and formalize inclusion of IOM levels 3 and 4 services (e.g. psychological first aid, stress counselling, brief therapies, solution focused therapy, trauma focused psychotherapy, PM+, group IPT) in relevant referral pathways and networks, customize it to local context and sensitize partners to the service ToRs, modalities of referral and methodologies.
∎ Work in close collaboration with the health and protection team to ensure ongoing needs of at-risk groups, women and girls are being met in the prevention related activities.
∎ Ensure the psychological follow-up of the beneficiaries in regular basis.
∎ To maintain appropriate records/database of assessments and any clinical/casework undertaken, and collect and collate statistics for analysis.
∎ To conduct clinical supervision sessions for other team members of MHPSS team and community volunteers.
∎ In collaboration with other team members to design psychoeducation sessions for the communities, based on identified and emerging needs.
∎ Provide training sessions in PFA and basic counselling skills to humanitarian actors, community focal points and volunteers and other team members.
∎ Identify and refer people with severe mental disorders, in coordination with the referral team.
∎ Coordinate with the MHPSS social worker and other team members the inclusion of people with mental disorders in other activities promoted by the teams.
∎ Develop awareness messages/campaigns related to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support to be disseminated to communities.
∎ Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys, researches in the concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community based psychosocial services and specialized mental health care for the affected population, if needed.
∎ Map existing support provisions at the microlevel and design together with the supervisor initiative to reinforce their capacity.
∎ To proactively assess and analyse the context and propose interventions to enable expansion of both IOM geographic coverage in Ukhiya and Teknaf (Main camp sides) (e.g. psychosocial support in IOM health facilities livelihood interventions for youth and women, Educational Psychology for children etc.).
∎ To be ready to provide services in Covid-19 Isolation Treatment Centres, if needed.
∎ Support emergency responses after critical incidents (fire incidents, cyclones, etc.), if requested.
∎ Prepare weekly reports by collecting, analysing, and summarizing treatment and results data and trends based on MHPSS tools.
∎ To perform and other duties as may be needed and agreed with the Project Assistant and MHPSS Officer.
∎ Those who have involved in the Sexual Harassment, Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse they are unfitted to apply for this position.
∎ Others:
∎ Regular user of Computer, E-mail & Internet with skilled and confidentiality.
∎ The incumbent is expected to have excellent fluency in written and oral communication skills both Bangla and English.
∎ If any complex found that, then as early as possible communicate with senior management. Besides this maintain organization rules and regulation and encourage to other staffs.

Skills & Expertise:

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Salary and Benefits: Salary Fixed Taka 60,000/- (Sixty Thousand) per Month.
∎ Salary and Benefits: Salary Fixed Taka 60,000/- (Sixty Thousand) per Month.

Employment Status: Full Time

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

Apply Procedure:

Hard Copy:
∎ BGS believes that everyone we work with including our staff, program participants, partners, and the communities have the right to be protected from all forms of harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation including sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA). We uphold human dignity and inclusion for all, regardless of age, race, religion, gender, disability, ethnic origin, or socio-economic condition. As an equal-opportunity employer, we actively encourage applications from gender-diverse individuals and people with disabilities.
∎ BGS has a non-negotiable policy of ZERO TOLERANCE towards discrimination, harassment and abuse. All employees are expected to abide by the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) & Child Protection Policy of BGS.
∎ Women are particularly encouraged to apply.
∎ Interested candidates are requested to send their application before 28th June, 2025 to the address below: "Executive Director" Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS), 4/16 (1st Floor), Block # B, Humayun Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka-1207 or via Email: [email protected]

Company Information:
∎ Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS)
∎ Baitul Islam Bhaban, 4/16 (1st Floor), Block - B, Humayun Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka - 1207, Bangladesh
∎ Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS) a national level development organization.

Address::
∎ Baitul Islam Bhaban, 4/16 (1st Floor), Block - B, Humayun Road, Mohammadpur, Dhaka - 1207, Bangladesh
∎ Bangla-German Sampreeti (BGS) a national level development organization.

Read Before Apply: Please apply only who are fulfilling all the requirements of this job

Application Deadline: 28 Jun 2025

Category: NGO/Development