External Outreach: Staff Counsellor United Nations at UNICEF Tanzania

External Outreach: Staff Counsellor, P-3/NOC, Rapid Response Rosters, Eastern and Southern Africa Region
External Outreach- Staff Counsellor, P-3/NOC at UNICEF May, 2024
Job no: 571804
Contract type: Temporary Appointment, Consultant
Level: Surge
Location: Angola,
Botswana, Burundi, Comoros, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho,
Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa,
South Sudan, Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), United Republic of Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mauritius, Seychelles
Categories: Ethics
Seeking external candidates only
Contract Type: Temporary Appointment (TA) or Consultancy
Duration: 3 months to 364 days
Location: Countries based in Eastern and Southern Africa

UNICEF
works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most
disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To
help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up
For every child, hope
In
the past two years, countries in the ESA region have experienced an
alarming increase in the number of new, or re-emerging humanitarian
emergencies, including public health (including Ebola, Crimean Congo
hemorrhagic fever, yellow fever, wild poliovirus, and Cholera), armed
conflicts and natural disasters emergencies.

UNICEF ESAR has
prioritized the critical need to provide effective and efficient
psychosocial counseling to UNICEF staff and their family members at
multiple locations in ESAR.

Purpose
The purpose of
this external announcement is to attract suitable Staff Counsellor
candidates interested in working in any of the countries within UNICEF’s
East and Southern Africa region to respond to emergencies for the next
36 months.
The countries within each region are listed on the following website: Where we work | UNICEF

How can you make a difference?
1. Preventative and protective psychosocial support:

• Provide individual and group counselling to UNICEF staff as needed.
• Perform
  individual assessments in the case of individual staff members
  experiencing difficulty coping and/or presenting mental health-related
  symptoms or syndromes.
• Facilitate evidence-based trauma-informed interventions for staff and their dependents.
• Identify
  adequate local resources and facilitate referrals to external mental
  health professionals for psychological/psychiatric support whenever
  necessary.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive emergency
  personnel-focused mental health programme in collaboration with the
  Regional Staff Counsellor.

2. Provide Critical Incident Stress
Management to groups and/or individual staff following critical
incidents. A holistic approach to critical incident management is used
and may include services such as practical support, psychoeducation,
psychological first aid, strategic advice to leadership, family support
and individual or group interventions.
The Staff Counsellor will be responsible for:

• Contacting the affected staff member(s) and offering information about
  typical stress reactions, support and referral information.
• Facilitating appropriate traumatic stress interventions, following a critical incident or traumatic event.
• Recommending and arranging for individual and/or group follow-up support to staff and their dependents.
• Regular follow-up contact and visits to staff in field offices.
• Coordination with UNDSS counsellors, agency counsellors and PSVs, to ensure the provision

3. Monitoring and oversight:

• Work
  closely with multidisciplinary teams to identify and address
  psychological risks at the individual, unit and organizational levels.
• Provide
  guidance/ support to managers and senior management on the management
  of staff where mental health conditions are involved and advise on
  emergency psycho-social support management for staff.
• Advise
  country office management upon request, with the aim at improving the
  working atmosphere in their offices and resolving problems of a
  work-related or personal nature that adversely affect job performance
  and productivity.
• Provide training and information sessions on crisis and stress management, problem-solving and conflict resolution as needed.
• Monitor
  environmental factors that could lead to stress, with particular focus
  on stress related to critical incidents, including emergency and crisis
  situations, with respect to staff members at the duty stations.

4. Other:

• Provide technical supervision and training to the Peer Support Volunteers (PSV) network.
• Coordinate
  with UNDSS, Regional Staff Counsellor, UN staff/stress counsellors, and
  Peer Support Volunteers to ensure adequate psycho-social support during
  emergencies.
• Contribute to policies on staff mental health and
  well-being and perform administrative duties, including participating in
  regional meetings and other activities, completing reporting
  requirements, etc.
• Maintain detailed records of activities and provide comprehensive reports to the Regional Staff Counsellor.
• Ensure the adherence to the professional standards of the UNSSCG as well as the Code of Ethics for UN Staff Counsellors.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…
Education:

• Advance
  MA University Degree in counselling, clinical psychology or related
  mental health profession. Additional training or certification in
  Trauma and Stress Management is an added advantage.

Read Also:

• NEW TANZANIAN JOBS, INTERNSHIPS AND VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES 2024 (1,475 POSTS)

• CHECK SCHOLARSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES TO STUDY ABROAD CLICK HERE!
• Download Your National ID (NIDA) Number  Here | Download NAMBA NA KITAMBULISHO CHAKO CHA NIDA. BONYEZA HAPA! 
• PAST PAPERS ZA DARASA LA 7 MPAKA FORM SIX | NECTA AND MOCK EXAMS 1988 – 2019. CLICK HERE! 
• Free
  CV Writing and Download, Cover/Job Application Letters, Interview
  Questions and It’s Best Answers plus Examples. Click Here!

Experience:

• At
  least five (5) years of national and international work experience in
  staff support, mental health, cross cultural communications, counselling
  and related areas preferably gained within the UN system or
  international development/humanitarian aid sector, more particularly in
  emergency contexts.
• Experience of in-country support to staff in emergency and high demanding working environment
• Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
• Ability to quickly negotiate effectively by exploring a range of possibilities.
• Ability
  to quickly build rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an
  effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
• Contributes and tries out innovative approaches and insights

Language Requirements:
Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of other UN Language or language of the duty station is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…
UNICEF’s
Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and
Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get
acquainted with Our Values Charter: https://uni.cf/UNICEFValues
UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)
• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)
• Works Collaboratively with others (1)
• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)
• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)
• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)
• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

Additional competencies:
Demonstrates resiliency when working under pressure and constricted working environment (1)
During
the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency
framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its
different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to
serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce
must reflect the diversity of those children.

The UNICEF family
is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity,
age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion,
nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal
characteristic.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct
that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations
and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment,
abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote
the protection and safeguarding of all children.

All selected
candidates will, therefore, undergo rigorous reference and background
checks, and will be expected to adhere to these standards and
principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic
credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be
required to provide additional information to conduct a background
check.

Remarks:
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.
UNICEF
appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by
the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by
UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to
inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2
(Covid). Government employees that are considered for employment with
UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before
taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to
withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or
medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements
are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.
Go to our Homepage To Get Relevant Information. 
Advertised: 28 May 2024 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 18 Jun 2024 E. Africa Standard Time