Provide psychological support to international mobile staff, remotely and while at home.
Support punctually in the referrals of HQ personnel presenting mental health distress.
Support punctually with the medical evacuation in cases of acute mental distress, of IMS from the region.
Support staff and their families during medical evacuations upon request.
Advise on the management and support of team members in distress.
Maintain regular contact with counterparts in other PSU.
Create awareness on mental well-being by conducting training and psycho education.
Coordination and implementation of psychosocial DBF procedures
Carry out Pre-departure briefing.
Conduct return talk (personalized debriefing).
Refer international mobile staff to an external referral network of psychologists when needed.
Identify a pool of local providers in the Eastern African Region to offer further external support to the international mobile staff when needed.
Follow up in between mission upon request.
Critical Incident support
Upon request by OCs support in major critical incidents as family liaison, calling and supporting other staff in the field etc.
Provide support to team members affected by critical incidents upon return home if needed.
Reinforce the critical incident external support team by identifying trained psychologist able to be part of this roster – with a special focus on Eastern Africa.
Upon request support teams evacuated to NAIROBI in close collaboration with the relevant team/departments.
Part of the Critical Incident management team based on role/need defined.
Building external networks
Identify and develop a network of psychologists in different countries in Eastern Africa to offer further psychosocial support to the IMS.
Organize updates and training meetings to the external network in order to ensure contextualized support is offered to the IMS upon referral.
Training
Participate in awareness and preventive programs for the psychosocial support of the IMS
Carry out context-specific briefings for coordinators and other key field managers.
Support the preparation and facilitation of training modules in the Welcome to MSF.
Participate in the Field HR days and offer training to the IMS as part of creating awareness around MH and Prevention.
Participate in the regional mental health training conducted in the region.
Other
Provide support to Missions in the region on needs basis, including training/awareness and Supervision for MH workers.
Participate in meetings of the Human Resources department, as well as in some other meetings of the Field HR.
Participate in interdisciplinary working groups of the department.
Participate in the development of the annual planning of activities and resource allocation.
Participate in the follow up and reporting of activities and budget.
SELECTION CRITERIA
Education and Experience
Essential Degree in clinical Psychology, Organization Psychology and other related field.
Psychologist with social and clinical experience with minimum 3yrs experience.
Knowledge and experience in emotional support/management of teams under crisis situations.
Knowledge and experience in group management.
Comprehension of/and work experience in the international context of MSF.
Experience in mental health interventions in conflict situation, violence and disaster.
Fluent in English – Knowledge of French & Swahili valued.
User-level IT skills (Microsoft Office applications).
Competencies:
Commitment to MSF’s Principles
Cross-cultural Awareness
Behavioral Flexibility
Stress Management
Analytical Thinking
Results and Quality Orientation
Service Orientation
Planning and Organizing
Teamwork and Cooperation
Others
Training skills.
Availability to travel and to work flexible working hours.
