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• Formulate a strategy, priorities and a
  detailed work plan for Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and workplace
  PSS components within the URCS.
• Identify community Psychosocial Support
  needs arising from substance abuse, and design appropriate strategy for
  URCS interventions.   
• Implement Psychosocial Support in
  emergency (PSSiE) situations and workplace PSS components activities.
• Develop tools for monitoring and
  evaluation of PSS interventions and train URCS beneficiaries, staff and
  volunteers on their utilization
• Tasked with training all URCS staff
  (national and refugee) on how to talk with distressed refugees and
  identifying refugees with PSS problems that are in need of referral.
• Acting as the liaison with other
  psychosocial support services partners.
• Planning regular meetings with partners
  and stakeholders.
• Representing URCS in Psychosocial
  Support Working Group meetings and sharing the key outcomes with other
  departments.
• Ensuring effective communication among
  partners, organizations and the community and beneficiaries.
• Supporting capacity development of
  psychosocial counsellors.
• Identifying training needs of
  psychosocial volunteers, counsellors, and conducting training based on
  training plan and module validated by HR & Admin Coordinator, and
  other technical advisers.
• Providing continuous mentorship and
  coaching for refugee psychosocial counsellors.
• Adapt materials on psychosocial support,
  including PSSiE materials, staff and volunteers’ training/guidance
  materials, to suit local contexts and priorities
• Prepare program/project reports and
  reports on training outcomes, with recommendations.
• Provide requisite psychological first
  aid (PFA) services to affected URCS beneficiaries, staff and volunteers
  (precise programming depending on identified needs, existing services and
  capacities and actions of other agencies)
• Train selected staff and volunteers in
  key aspects of community psychosocial support skills/psychological first
  aid and relevant aspects of Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
  guidelines
• Design and establish PSS standard
  operational procedures (SoPs) and criteria when setting up the PSSiE and
  URCS workplace PSS components; in line with in IASC Guidelines
• Conduct community outreaches and
  awareness-raising as part of psychosocial support in emergency (PSSiE)
  interventions 
• Support the integration of Psychosocial
  support intervention in all URCS programs and projects.

• The ideal candidate for the Uganda Red
  Cross Society (URCS) Psychosocial Support Officer job opportunity should
  preferably hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Mental Health,
  Counselling, or Social work but with Post Graduate qualifications in
  Counselling or Psychology from a reputable institution.
• Postgraduate qualification in
  Psychology, Mental Health, Counselling, or Social work but with Post
  Graduate qualifications in Counselling or Psychology will be an added
  advantage.
• Three years of experience providing
  psychological support with vulnerable children, families and communities
• Familiarity with international Mental
  Health and Psychosocial Support, Child Protection and Gender based
  violence standards and guidelines.
• Experience working in INGOs/NGOs an
  added advantage
• Extensive knowledge and understanding of
  emergency response, familiarity of the Sphere Project’s Humanitarian
  Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response.
• High levels of integrity
• Strong interpersonal and communication
  skills, with good understanding of relevant cross-cultural issues.
• Positive, respectful attitude and
  collaborative approach to diversity.
• Demonstrated attention to detail;
  ability to follow procedures, meet deadlines and work independently as
  well as cooperatively with team members
• Team player, self-motivated and
  proactive on own initiative to set and achieve goals
• Highly motivated, self-starter able to
  lead a process, engage others and create ownership.

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