Number of Opening : 2
Reports To: Protection Specialist
Due to the urgency of the position, GPON has the right to recruit a candidate who matches the required profile before the above deadline.
ROLE PURPOSE:
The key purpose of this post is to provide psychosocial support services in compliance with the relevant GPON guidelines at the country office level in support to First Emergency Response program. Under the supervision of Response Protection Specialist, the psychologist will be responsible for providing individual/group sessions for at risk children and youth in need of psychosocial support identified through the project activities and referrals. S/he will be responsible to conduct the needed assessments and customize the session topics based on the identified needs of the target group. S/he will also be responsible for organizing group support and awareness sessions to children at risk and their families, and refer those with acute psychological needs to specialized services. The role holder might be at least 80% working in the field with frequent travels outside duty station.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Protection Specailist
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
Project implementation:
Psychological Support Services:

Contribute to the design/update of intake forms, session plans, and follow-up forms for children and their families.
Collaborate with the MEAL team to administer the psychometric assessments upon need and deliver reports accordingly.
Develop psychological intervention plans for identified cases and follow up on them regularly.
Conduct one to one and group counselling sessions with children and families referred from the project other activities and from other projects by coordination with Case management.
Identify, assess, refer severe cases to appropriate psychological/psychiatric service providers.
Prepare and submit individual case reports for all cases on their caseload and document case progress.
Attend one to one and group supervision meetings (face to face and online) to discuss the above-mentioned documents and for seeking support.
Ensure that all psychological interventions offered are informed by current scientific evidence.
Adhere to the highest standards of practice.
Work closely with the project officer and project manager to develop and implement the project work plan and activities.

Other Project Activities:

Assist the PSS project team in material development, training deliveries on topics regarding needs identified.
Collaborate with the MEAL team to administer remote follow up (By phone or online) and surveys to verify the quality of MHPSS activities.
Ensure accurate monitoring & evaluation and indicator tracking plans for the MHPSS component with support of Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team.
Work closely with the MEAL officer and assistant to ensure appropriate accountability and feedback mechanisms are established within the project.
Ensure that the activities are implemented in a full respect to the child safeguarding polices of GPON.
Support in staff well-being activities that doesn’t affect the professional relationship and confidentiality of staff (For Example: peer to peer support groups, work related stress awareness raising and stress management training).
Support in the administrative and logistics work related to MHPSS operations within the project.

Reporting and Documentation

Draft concise, useful and analytical reports, case studies, and other documents as needed on a monthly and quarterly basis and as requested by GPON, donors and other stakeholders.
Regular reporting to project Officer with projects updates.
Organize and maintain project filling system.

In case of Emergency:

Promote children\'s rights, contributing to their well-being and protection in times of emergencies, guided by humanitarian principles and code of conduct.
During emergencies, he/she should act in a way that facilitates GPONs response to emergencies, giving priority to all assigned.
Be prepared to support GPON interventions in response to emergencies and show needed flexibility

Safeguarding

Ensure that the gender component of project complies GPON’s safeguarding policies 
Work with the project safeguarding officer to ensure that all gender and inclusion activities have a safeguarding risk assessment and mitigation measure in place 

Behaviours (Values in Practice)
Accountability:

Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling GPON values.
Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same.
Widely shares their personal vision for GPON, engages and motivates others.
Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters.
Values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength.
Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions.
Willing to take disciplined risks.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

An advance degree in Clinical psychology.
3-5 years of experience in family and/or child counselling, experience in working with migrants and refugees is an asset.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including team-leading and influencing.
Extensive experience in delivering trainings.
Experience in providing MHPSS services to children, adolescents and youth is an asset.
Excellent written and oral communication skills in Hausa and English are required.
Comfortable with high levels of ambiguity and able to take decisions independently in a fluid context.
Experience with refugee/marginalized communities is desired.
Commitment to Save the Children values and Child Safeguarding.

Level Of Contact With Children
High contact- the job responsibilities of this position require the post holder to have very frequent contact with children. It is expected that children shall be protected at all times.
Salary and conditions: NGN 600,000 – NGN800,000. The income will be subject to statutory deductions as per applicable Nigeria laws. The employee is responsible for the tax returns.
The position is for Nigerian nationals only and qualified female candidates based in Kastina and Zamafara are encouraged to apply.