Country: Switzerland
Closing date: 19 Aug 2018
Purpose of the post
Being a humanitarian worker is an extremely rewarding activity, and ICRC staff have chosen to work for this Institution because they feel highly motivated by the purpose of what they do. Humanitarian workers live and work in physically and psychologically difficult conditions. They are in close contact with victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence, and may themselves face life-threatening situations. They can be confronted to several psycho-social risks, including concerns about their security, confinement, lack of privacy, cultural adaptation, long working hours, intense workload, job security, internal conflicts, mobbing, and sexual harassment.
The ICRC has adopted a Staff health strategy and a Stress policy. Additionally the Code of Conduct compliance office has developed a Policy on the prevention of harassment and sexual harassment in the workplace and on the Prevention and response to sexual violence and other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse. In accordance with the institutional duty of care towards all staff members our aim is to sharpen the psychological support provided to our global workforce within the frame of the above policies. The demand for psychological support is also increasing, which is an important and crucial cultural shift. We want to be in a better position to answer the needs that people allow themselves to verbalise.
The overall responsibility for mental health and psycho-social wellbeing of ICRC staff remains with the Institution, the managers and the staff. The Staff health center of expertise acts as an institutional link between all the parties, with a capacity of direct support and orientation. The Staff psychologist is attached to the Staff health center of expertise and maintains a strong link with HR and Operation Departments, the Security and Crisis Support Unit, the Learning and Development Division, the Code of Conduct compliance office, and the Ombuds office.
Main duties and responsibilities
- Individual case management: direct (and indirect) requests, referral by staff health doctors and nurses
- Specific end of mission conversation/debriefing
- Post-incident support, from Geneva or through field missions
- Support missions on stress management & resilience
- Technical support on MHPSS for the global staff health network
- Development of existing global referral network of mental health specialists
- Training on stress management & resilience, as determined by ICRC stress policy
- Development of standard operation procedures on post-incident support and on psychological assistance to victims/survivors of sexual violence and other forms of sexual exploitation and abuse and victims of harassment.
Education and experience required
- Graduate degree (equivalent to Master’s) in clinical psychology
- Valid license to practice in your country of residence
- At least six years of post-graduate professional experience in clinical psychology
- Experience in post-incident support
- At least two years field experience in the humanitarian sector in at least two different contexts
- Experience in team management
Desired profile and skills
- Strong motivation to work on support of humanitarian workers
- Ready to be deployed on short notice for a field mission, including in a conflict area
- Excellent command of English and French
- Additional language (Arabic, Spanish or Russian) is a preferential asset
Additional information
- Location : Geneva
- Type of contract : Open-ended
- Activity rate : 100%
- Length of assignment : 4 years, extendable
- Estimated start date : ASAP
- Application deadline : Sunday, 19th August 2018
How to apply:
To apply, please visit: https://bit.ly/2OcgJyv