Psychosocial (PS) delegate, Ukraine

Danish Red Cross is looking for a highly qualified Psychosocial (PS) delegate to be stationed in Chernivtsi, Ukraine.

DRC’s main partner in the Ukraine is Ukrainian Red Cross Society (URCS) and a psychosocial component was introduced in the URCS in the aftermath of the crisis in 2015 and DRC has supported PSS capacity development since 2018, becoming a core service of the URCS.

The URCS needs to continue to increase its technical capacities to ensure qualitative services, as well as to define a sustainable strategy for the long-term development. During the emergency phase, however, the focus is on supporting URCS to mainstream psychological first aid and protection gender and inclusion minimum standards into other sectors e.g., Relief and CASH, conduct assessments and train volunteers on providing basic psychosocial support in emergencies to adults and children.

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

The PS Delegate works under the supervision of the Head of Programme and major responsibilities include:

• Increase the capacity of URCS to respond effectively within PSS and mainstreaming of PGI and conflict sensitivity, enabling them to meet the immediate needs of conflict affected and vulnerable populations in a timely and effective manner.
• Develop new programme ideas and concepts together with URCS and partners.

• Provide technical inputs to development of programme documents and ensure PGI analysis informs new programmes.

• Support the immediate DRC response in case of a disaster.

• In collaboration with the URCS PSS department, maintain a mapping of existing services and referral pathways to address MHPSS and protection issues in affected areas including identifying community capacities and structures for potential partnership.

• Support needs and protection risk assessment, stakeholders and URCS capacity analysis.

• Conduct needs and capacity baseline in target areas, in close coordination with URCS, other RC Movement partners, and other actors, and monitor trends throughout the project period.

• Monitor programme progress including regular field-visits with URCS counterparts.

• Monitor implementation of Minimum Standards on PGI and MHPSS (incl. CEA and PSEAH).

About You

You have a minimum of 6 years relevant experience in providing PS training, supervision and development of training materials and manuals. Furthermore, your profile match most of the following:

• Previous experience managing PSS projects with strong technical, programme mentoring, and management skills;
• Experience in capacity building and providing supervision to staff and volunteers, preferably within a setting of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies;
• Experience in working with partners at national and sub-national levels;
• Work experience in in measuring and reporting on indicators through innovative qualitative data gathering techniques and other type of surveys;
• Experience in utilizing the following internationals tools: IFRC PSS toolboxes and IASC MHPSS Guidelines;
• Fluency in written and spoken English language, knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian an advantage;
• Experience within the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.

We expect that you are confident in situations of stress, and able to handle a heavy but varied workload. You understand that process and ownership are key to achieving results in culturally and politically sensitive environments. As a person, you are an excellent diplomat and have strong communication, coordination, negotiation, networking, and facilitation skills. You must be self-supporting in computers and possess a valid international driving license.

Employment conditions

The ideal starting date is as soon as possible and the length of the contract is 12 months with the possibility to extend. Your duty station will be Chernivtsi, Ukraine. The position is a non-family duty station.

Travelling to the programme areas will take place to the degree that the security situation in-country allows.

The salary including all allowances and pension will be between DKK 43,800 to 46,300 pending on qualifications and experience.

Further information

For more information on the position, please contact DRC Senior MHPSS advisor and matrix coordinator Louise Kryger at [email protected]

Please send you application as soon as possible as interviews for the position will be conducted between April 19^th and April 21^st 2022.