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UNICEF is the world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, ...
Major Duties and Responsibilities
1. The Staff Counsellor will identify activities aimed at raising awareness about healthy work practices; improving the work-life balance of UNICEF staff; facilitating the provision of assistance to staff experiencing work-related and/or personal problems; facilitating the provision of immediate support following a traumatic incident.
2. The Staff Counsellor will work in coordination with the network of other UN counsellors available in the duty station. Frequent field missions and close collaboration with Chiefs Field Offices, HR Managers, Deputy Representative and Chiefs of Operations are required.
3. Under the general guidance and day to day management of the Regional Staff Counsellor and in collaboration with the Representatives and HR Managers, facilitate the provision of effective psycho-social support to staff leadership, managers and individual staff members prioritizing the most isolated locations within primarily South Sudan and secondarily Burundi and Madagascar to mitigate stress and boost protective factors by providing support and advice to the leadership and managers in offices on healthy work practices and approaches on how to effectively support staff and encourage resilience.
4. 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, psycho-education, psychological first aid, and strategic advice to leadership.
5. The Staff Counsellor will be responsible for:
6. Training and awareness raising on Staff Well-Being related topics:
7. Support to the Peer Support Volunteers (PSV) Network in country
8. Monitoring and oversight: Provide on a quarterly basis statistics and trends on issues related to staff well-being, whilst maintaining confidentiality. Alert the Representatives and HR Managers on trends that may be of concern in the office requiring targeted support or Managerial intervention. Capture lessons learnt and best practices for dissemination as appropriate
9. Any other duties, as assigned by the supervisor
Qualifications of Successful Candidate
1. Education
Advanced University degree in counselling, clinical psychology or related mental health profession. Additional training or certification in staff support and traumatic / critical incident stress as well as a broad range of related fields, such as alcohol/substance abuse, family counselling, training, stress management. A first university degree, professional certification in addition to the appropriate years of relevant experience may be taken in lieu of an advanced University degree.
*First university degree with additional two-years of relevant work experience is acceptable in lieu of an advanced university degree.
2. Work Experience
Minimum five years of national and especially international professional experience in staff support, mental health, cross cultural communications, counselling, and related areas.
3. Language
Fluency in French and English
Competencies of Successful Candidate
1. Core Values
2. Core Competencies
3. Functional Competencies
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