Location: Benshangul Gumuz Region, Debate and Dangur Woredas

JOB SUMMARY

• Develop Community-based outreach programs to promote awareness of appropriate coping strategies in response to psychosocial issues identified Provide coaching and mentoring to social workers and community volunteers
• Ensure safety of training areas to provide community-based PSS and identify and train community focal points and Community Based Group (CBG) members to deliver GBV PSS
• Assist the community volunteers (CVs) in the identification of beneficiaries in need of counseling and ensure individual or group support for identified beneficiaries
• Safely identify and refer members of the community who require additional assistance and services to social workers with defined referral pathways and Standard Operating Procedures, with a particular focus on high risk cases
• Reporting:
• Participate in the preparation activity reporting and lesson learning Psycho-social related activities
• Ensure the proper and secure documentation of data collected (hard and soft copies) during CB PSS
• Collect monthly data and prepare narrative reports to provide project updates and submit to Protection specialist

JOB REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Social Work, or another related field with minimum of 2+ years’ direct experience on PSS and GBV related case managements in NGO environment
• Excellent verbal and written proficiency in English proficiency with the local language is a plus
• Full proficiency in Microsoft Office
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, and ability to work effectively with others within a multicultural team context.