Duty Station: Home based
The Position:
UNFPA is hiring a Staff Counselor to cover our East Europe and Central Asia region and to work on a team of 7 Regional Counselors at UNFPA. Each Staff Counselor will be paid via an agreed per diem based full working days. Each Staff Counselor will work remotely from their own home and needs to provide their own computer and internet access.
Job Purpose:
Working in collaboration with the wider Division of Human Resources, this consultant will provide services that promote the psychological health and well-being of employees and contribute to a healthy work environment.
You would be responsible for:
• Provide virtual (telephone or online), or in-person Psychosocial counseling for staff members and their dependents;
• Conduct online psychosocial needs assessments and prioritize plans of actions for staff members assessed, initiate psychosocial response and initiate follow up activities;
• Provide Psychological First Aid (PFA) and trauma counseling to staff members who have undergone or experienced/witnessed or exposed to traumatic events;
• Provide bereavement and grief supportive counseling;
• Carry out needs assessment, develop training material and offer contextually relevant psychosocial training to staff members;
• Promote uptake of mental health services using different platforms and strategies;
• Provide Psychoeducation to staff members in sessions and through written/audio broadcasts and mental wellness programs;
• Mandated to use official reporting lines to report abuse of power, sexual exploitation or abuse, etc.;
• Provide Missions' preparedness and post-missions' psychosocial debriefing to staff members;
• Proactively develop and tailor communication materials on emerging psychosocial/mental health related issues like conflict management, empathy training etc. as part of emergency response and preparedness effort; including for use by people managers and peer support helpers.
• Keep statistics and provide analytic reports periodically for management review and guidance;
• Liaise with high-quality local and regional mental health resources via medical insurance provider/CIGNA that can be used for referrals or in times of crisis;
• Coordinate services with UN-“family” counselors, particularly in the context of critical incident response, to deliver care.
• Expected Travel: consultant may be required to travel officially at the request of UNFPA.
Required Expertise and Qualifications:
Education:
● An advanced degree (M.A/ M.Sc) in counseling or clinical psychology is required. Must be registered to practice in the home country and present a valid license for the duration of the contract. Health promotion related training will be an added advantage.
Knowledge and Experience:
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience in either clinical or counseling psychology is required;
• Proven experience in trauma counseling and crisis intervention is required;
• Experience in providing online psychosocial support via teleconferencing modalities such as skype, zoom, google hangout or telephone is required;
• Proven experience of working in a challenging multicultural setting is required;
• Experience in the United Nations or other multilateral organization, working in the field, humanitarian and/or armed conflict situations.
Languages:
• Fluency in English and preferably a second UN language. Working knowledge of Russian would be considered a significant advantage.
How to Apply:
Please send your application and a short letter of motivation with “EECARO Staff Counselor Consultant” on the subject line and email the documents to pagel@UNFPA.org, by 7 October 2024.
