Job Title: Consultancy – Psychosocial
Support Services
Support Services
Organization: Handicap
International (HI)
International (HI)
Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda
Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Handicap
International is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation
working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work
alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs,
improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental
rights. Handicap International is outraged by the injustice faced by people
with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of
solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live
in dignity.
International is an independent and impartial aid and development organisation
working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. We work
alongside disabled and vulnerable people to help meet their essential needs,
improve their living conditions and promote respect for their dignity and fundamental
rights. Handicap International is outraged by the injustice faced by people
with disabilities and vulnerable populations, we aspire to a world of
solidarity and inclusion, enriched by our differences, where everyone can live
in dignity.
The provision of
employee assistance programs to staff commenced in 2009 following a need to
enable staff build resilience in relation to the stressors that they may face
as a result of their nature of work as humanitarian workers. The total number
of national staff are 61 (6 Kampala, with the remaining spread in the field in
Arua, Omugo & Imvepi refugee settlements) and 32 Community based volunteers
employee assistance programs to staff commenced in 2009 following a need to
enable staff build resilience in relation to the stressors that they may face
as a result of their nature of work as humanitarian workers. The total number
of national staff are 61 (6 Kampala, with the remaining spread in the field in
Arua, Omugo & Imvepi refugee settlements) and 32 Community based volunteers
Job Summary: The environment and working conditions in
which the staff have to operate often involve high workload and /or traumatic
events and other work factors such as long hours which could reduce employee
effectiveness and therefore organizational performance. The aim of this
consultancy is therefore to offer briefing and debriefing services in Kampala
or at the field station, individual and group counseling sessions to HI staff
based in Uganda, by providing them with an opportunity to talk about their
challenges with a professional counsellor and empowering them in identifying
ways of alleviating these challenges. Additional areas to be addressed may
include but not limited to:-
which the staff have to operate often involve high workload and /or traumatic
events and other work factors such as long hours which could reduce employee
effectiveness and therefore organizational performance. The aim of this
consultancy is therefore to offer briefing and debriefing services in Kampala
or at the field station, individual and group counseling sessions to HI staff
based in Uganda, by providing them with an opportunity to talk about their
challenges with a professional counsellor and empowering them in identifying
ways of alleviating these challenges. Additional areas to be addressed may
include but not limited to:-
·
Work
life balance
Work
life balance
·
Stress
management
Stress
management
·
Communication
and problem solving in the work place
Communication
and problem solving in the work place
·
Conflict
resolution and team building
Conflict
resolution and team building
·
Change
management
Change
management
By the end of the
mission:
mission:
·
The
Counsellor will have a better understanding of the context, environment, and
conditions in the field stations that affect the staff.
The
Counsellor will have a better understanding of the context, environment, and
conditions in the field stations that affect the staff.
·
Staff
will have gained coping skills in relation to the challenges faced
Staff
will have gained coping skills in relation to the challenges faced
·
Briefing
and debriefing sessions conducted
Briefing
and debriefing sessions conducted
·
HI
Uganda will be a compassionate employer offering this service
HI
Uganda will be a compassionate employer offering this service
Key Result Areas
By the end of
mission:
mission:
·
Meetings
with the HR Manager, managerial staff, team leaders and community based
volunteers conducted.
Meetings
with the HR Manager, managerial staff, team leaders and community based
volunteers conducted.
·
Discussions
and solution-seeking sessions with staff will be conducted on areas of
challenges raised
Discussions
and solution-seeking sessions with staff will be conducted on areas of
challenges raised
·
Better
understanding by Senior Management of the challenges faced by staff in the
mission
Better
understanding by Senior Management of the challenges faced by staff in the
mission
Proposed Agenda & Activities
The sessions will be
conducted on need basis average duration in field stations will be 5 days
including travel days. Sessions for the Kampala office shall be on appointment
basis and if need be conducted in house training sessions. While on field
mission HI will cater for the following:-
conducted on need basis average duration in field stations will be 5 days
including travel days. Sessions for the Kampala office shall be on appointment
basis and if need be conducted in house training sessions. While on field
mission HI will cater for the following:-
·
Meals
and accommodation in the field station
Meals
and accommodation in the field station
·
Transport
to the field station
Transport
to the field station
·
Transport
while in the field station
Transport
while in the field station
Reporting and Follow Up
·
Type of
report
Type of
report
·
Written
internal report
Written
internal report
·
Verbal
feedback (in complement to written report)
Verbal
feedback (in complement to written report)
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
·
The applicant
must hold a Masters in Counseling Psychology
The applicant
must hold a Masters in Counseling Psychology
·
Five years
of experience in trauma counselling and conducting trainings
Five years
of experience in trauma counselling and conducting trainings
·
Must be
available to be contacted on short notice
Must be
available to be contacted on short notice
·
Must be
flexible to fit in the program of the staff requiring the services, ready to
work long hours in the field stations.
Must be
flexible to fit in the program of the staff requiring the services, ready to
work long hours in the field stations.
·
The
working language will be English.
The
working language will be English.
How to Apply:
All potential
candidates who meet these requirements and are available within the time period
indicated should submit an application letter and curriculum vitae indicating
their relevant qualifications, skills and experience, their understanding of
the TOR, detailed budget as well as three recommendation letters by the current
and previous institutions where similar services are/were provided.
candidates who meet these requirements and are available within the time period
indicated should submit an application letter and curriculum vitae indicating
their relevant qualifications, skills and experience, their understanding of
the TOR, detailed budget as well as three recommendation letters by the current
and previous institutions where similar services are/were provided.
Deadline: 17th December 2018 by 5:00pm
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