Psychologist at COOPI - Cooperazione Internazionale

Scope of the Vacancy
The Psychologist will identify psychosocial support needs for the benefit of children and their families in the urban area of Maiduguri. He/she will create and develop adapted PSS and Child Protection activities in line with the priorities determined by COOPI. He/she will ensure performance tools are available for local staff, in order to guarantee smooth implementation of the programmes (case management), while taking into consideration the local cultural context. He/she will be responsible for the monitoring and follow-up of the cases.

Main Duties / Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager and the Psychology Program Coordinator, he/she:
Main responsibilities:

• Evaluates the risk factors and identifies those in need of long- term PSS (communities, vulnerable children and their families)
• Put in place assistance plans (case management), taking into consideration the concerns and coping mechanisms of the victims
• Providing technical guidance and support, ensuring best practices on advanced PSS
• Implement and ensure, often in partnership with local stakeholders (NGOs, National Society), proper follow-up of the PSS and Child Protection activities for the benefit of the children and their families
• Provide technical advice, counselling, PSS and Child Protection trainings to primary teachers within the education activities according to the project
• Reinforcing and developing local networks (school based management committees) and their PSS capacities
• Evaluate continually the patterns of violence, the victims' situation and the PSS activities.
• Submit survey on children vulnerabilities in the urban area of Maiduguri,  analyse collected information, provide a final report and study
• Profile of the Candidate (Education, Training, Competences, Skills)

Minimum Requirements:

• B.Sc. Or Master’s degree in Psychology
• Prior experience (at least 2 years) working in complex emergency context on PSS and Child protection-related programming
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing training materials
• Fluency and excellent writing skills in English
• Extensive knowledge of PSS interventions in primary schools
• Capacity to work within a multidisciplinary team (social workers), as well as team management
• Knowledge and significant experience in training and supervision processes
• Good communicator, strong listening capacity, open minded, proactive and creative
• Respectful and inclusive of individual and cultural differences
• Good analysis and problem-solving capability, and effective reporting writing skills
• Excellent Microsoft Office applications skills (Excel, Word, Power point, Emails, Skype, Web researchers)
• Knowledge of and adherence to COOPI Code of Conduct, understands other international development guidelines

Preferred:

• Good knowledge of the intervention area/s and local context
• Knowledge of the local language (Hausa)