Psychosocial Support Field Officer- North (8 Positions)

Position                            Psychosocial Support Field Officer   Reports to:                      Psychosocial support Coordinator/Project Manager   Working area:                              Tripoli   Deadline for applications:    Contract: Full time position – 11 months     About RI:          Relief International (RI), an international relief and development agency with cross-sectoral programs bridging relief and development currently seeks Psychosocial Support Field Officers for RI’s Psychosocial support department -  offering Psychosocial intervention in health and nutrition, education and SGBV programming in Lebanon in response to the Syria crisis.     Position Summary:    Psychosocial Support Field Officers will be responsible for creating, planning and implementation of psychosocial support intervention, with collaboration of all RIs departments for the target population as needed integrated in the services being offered through in health and nutrition, education, SGBV programming.   Responsibilities:   To attend trainings of Psychosocial support    To detect more serious forms of distress and other mental health conditions Ensure that the target population of RIs programs have access to mental and psychosocial support services Coordinate and collaborate with other departments and RI programs in implementing PSS consultations to beneficiaries Collect and track weekly data at community level, including the results of basic PSS consultations to beneficiaries during PSS interventions, in accordance with RI standard  statistical reporting forms Submit weekly  reports to the Monitoring & Evaluation Officer on  (a)# of children accessing PSS activities; (b) # of children accessing specialized PSS services Perform basic PSS consultations to beneficiaries to address underlying distress. Report any problems in a timely manner to the supervisor Participate in the field work of nutrition, education and SGBV programs Perform any additional duties as requested by supervisor, such as to assist RI teams during regular visits to the locations To participate in mass campaigns conducted by RI   Assists in the psychosocial trainings to be conducted for the Education, Health and Nutrition and SGBV program actors. Create and guide psychosocial activities in Education, Health and Nutrition and SGBV programs. Follows up on the implementation of the psychosocial activities in the RIs programs. Assists in the pre and post evaluation tests of the psychosocial intervention Assists in the preparation and follow up on the psychosocial publications Assists in the individual psychological support sessions in Education, Health and Nutrition and SGBV programs. Translates from English to Arabic and vice versa when needed Other program related tasks as agreed upon with the Supervisor.         QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS   Share the humanitarian mission of the organization Good communication skills Ability to communicate with vulnerable populations Proven experience in related field Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team Accuracy and promptness in performing duties Advanced knowledge in psychosocial / psychological interventions (Child protection, SGBV, positive discipline, art therapy...) Readiness to learn and adapt to new techniques and approaches. Awareness of refugee context following a context-sensitive approach. Compassionate while working with refugees. Maintains confidentiality and respect towards beneficiaries. Experience in working with children and vulnerable populations. Good interpersonal and written and oral communication skills Team player and adaptable to working under pressure and handling multiple tasks. Ability to maintain quality performance in sensitive contexts. Comfortable in conducting trainings. Good reporting skills. Takes initiatives and creative. Able to work independently in an organized way. Computer skills in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Native Arabic speaker with fluency in English.