Project Officer at Corporate Staffing

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in the development of professional, effective, and appropriate psychosocial programming, including direct individual and group counseling support, and expanded mental health services. 
• Provide professional and confidential one-on-one and group counselling services to individuals with personal and social challenges such as conflict, parenting, sexual and gender-based violence, death/grief, perinatal depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. 
• Lead mental health awareness raising and/or sensitization campaigns among participants in the community and within the organization 
• Co-facilitate training on maternal and child health behaviour change communication and psycho-education. 
• Participate in and contribute to the development and roll-out of maternal and child health curriculum with modules on maternal mental health 
• Compile monthly and quarterly counselling reports on the referred cases, including analysis of behavioural trends and patterns and the identified solutions. 
• Lead psychological assessments for clients, assist with data collection on psychosocial activities, and maintain records and databases with the utmost integrity and confidentiality. 
• Undertake referrals to partner organizations as appropriate. 
• Participate in routine departmental work plan reviews and assist with preparing relevant reports for management and funders. 

Key Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Community Diploma in Counseling Studies from a recognized university or Diploma in Social Work and Development (KNEC). 
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working in a not-for-profit organization
• Prior experience working in an urban informal settlement 
• Registered member of a recognized body of counsellors and psychologists
• Excellent command of English and Kiswahili. 
• Confident user of Microsoft and Google suite 
• Be a Christian
• Aged 30 and above
• Knowledge of safeguarding and other child protection policies and protocols