Job Title: Assistant Counselling Programme Coordinator
Location: Kakuma, Kenya
Closing Date: 7th June 2012
Incorporation date: 1st July 2012
This is an unaccompanied post with regular Rest and Recuperation (every 10 weeks)
Organizational Context:
Organizational Context:
Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organization, with a
mission to accompany, serve and defend the rights of refugees and
forcibly displaced people.
JRS has a priority to work wherever the needs of displaced people
are urgent and unattended by others, and offers a human service to
refugees and the communities through a wide range of rehabilitation and
relief activities, many of which center around formal and informal
education needs.
Description
This is a position based in Kakuma Refugee Camp.
The holder will be actively involved in planning, monitoring,
implementation and evaluation of the Counselling Programme including
Community Counselling, Alternative Healing Therapy.
Key Responsibilities
- In close collaboration with Counselling Coordinator, be actively involved in planning, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of the Counselling Programme including Community Counselling, Alternative Healing Therapy.
- Organize and monitor individual and group counselling among refugees in the refugee community.
- Work in conjunction with the Counselling Coordinator to develop and implement training programmes in counselling and alternative healing therapy for refugees in Kakuma.
- Offer counselling services as required and make referrals or home visits and follow-ups as necessary.
- Carry out weekly and monthly monitoring and evaluation of the programme and produce monthly statistics and reports and submit them to the Counselling Coordinator.
- Upon consultation with Counselling Coordinator, recruit, train and monitor incentive staff to assist in the implementation of program services.
- Recruit and actively engage in training participants in Basic Skills in Counselling and Alternative Healing Therapy trainings as well as any other training offered within the department.
- Represent JRS in interagency meetings and relevant public functions when requested.
- In collaboration with Counselling Coordinator, develop/update training modules.
- Contribute to project proposals, reports, needs assessments, newsletter articles and other project documents as needed.
- Ensure services are offered in a professional and ethical manner.
- Ensure that proper client’s records are updated regularly and exercise discretion, tact and accuracy in handling confidential information.
- Be actively involved in advocacy on behalf of refugees.
- Participate in any other programme activity as agreed with the Counselling Coordinator or the Project Director.
Qualifications:
- Higher diploma qualification in a related field e.g. psychology, counselling, or related field and at least two years practical working experience preferably in project management, together with relevant professional experience.
- Ability to build effective partnership and collaborate with other team members.
- Experience in working in the field of mental health.
- Experience in managing people/teams
- Ability to work sensitively with refugee population of different ethnic background and/or demonstrated experience and commitment to working with marginalized communities.
- Excellent communication skills in English (written and oral) and Good knowledge of MS word/Office.
- Flexibility, resilience to stress and ability to adapt to working in remote area with adverse climatic and environmental conditions.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking and planning skills and monitoring and evaluation skills/experience.
- Patience, perseverance, proactive, self motivated and ability to work in stressful environment
How to apply:
Please send your Cover Letter and CV that should include contacts for three referees to kenya.director@jrs.net
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