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Staff Counselor (Well-Being Officer – Part-time) – Tripoli

Position Title: Staff Counselor (Well-Being Officer).

Position Reports to: MHPSS Specialist.

Field Site: Tripoli.

Date Needed: ASAP.

Essential Responsibilities:

Tasks include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Conduct group workshops/training, raising awareness and sensitization meetings, team building or other professional forms of support.
  
• Being the first point of contact for and responding internally to staff well-being / mental health inquiries and requests from staff.
  
• Ensuring access for staff to individual external counseling (by providing referrals and information about the available resources, including staff well-being resources available via IMC headquarters) for work related issues (work-related stress, trauma, interpersonal conflicts, harassment, and job insecurity, mental health and personal issues (family, marital, children or finance related problems).
  
• Advise on mental health resources and maintain an updated list of the verified mental health resources in the country / region.
  
• Maintain systems and practices that promote forward planning to ensure the team members have appropriate notice and materials for health and well-being activities.
  
• Collect, evaluate, and present data regarding well-being activities for reporting and decision-making purposes.
  
• Use relevant contextualized literature and research findings to improve well-being programs and outcomes.
  
• Contribute to the orientation of new team members related to staff well-being.
  
• Support the MHPSS Specialist in making linkages to other I/NGOs and UN agencies operating in Libya for starting collaborations and cross-learning on staff well-being themes.
  
• Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to personal and professional development.
  
• Participate in essential or mandatory training annually.
  
• Understand and adhere to IMC Code of Conduct.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
Essential:

• Educated to degree level or equivalent relevant experience in psychology, social work, or counseling.
• Demonstrated clinical experience, including working with individuals or groups
• High levels of organizational ability
• Ability to organize multiple tasks efficiently
• High level of computer literacy (particularly Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Ability to recognize and seek assistance from other relevant team members when tasks fall outside of ability or area of responsibility.

Desirable:

• Understanding of psychological challenges facing humanitarian workers and potential mitigation.
  
• Experience or knowledge of humanitarian programming.

Language Skills:

• Fluent Arabic and highly proficient written and spoken English (required).

Note: All applications that are not IN ENGLISH will not be accepted.

Email your CV and Cover letter to libya-recruitment@internationalmedicalcorps.org indicating in the subject the position. Very Important, write the position title in the email subject before submitting.