Result of Service

The incumbent will be responsible for the following: - Easy access to counseling services to staff in participating organizations; - Comprehensive resilience building programme including psychological education; - Ongoing improvement in the working environment and monitoring mechanism of the stressful factors and provision of technical advice to senior managers based on psycho-social Risk Assessment.

Work Location

ESCWA & Other Participating UN Entities

Expected duration

6 Months

Duties and Responsibilities

The Stress Counsellor will work under the direct supervision of the Head of Joint Medical Services- ESCWA, in coordination with DHMOSH/DOS. As this is a post jointly funded by the participating organizations, it is planned for the Stress Counsellor to operate from the ESCWA offices as well as other selected offices. Responsibilities: 1. Counseling and Training Activities for UN Staff from the participating UN Entities: • Provides individual and group counseling sessions. • Organizes and conducts training sessions on stress prevention and stress related issues. • Promotes, plans and implements welfare activities. 2. Participate in implementing UN Mental Health Strategy: • Develop and perform a wide range of activities for the participating UN Offices in the country. • Ongoing Psycho-Social risk assessment at the workplace, identifying the determinants of stress in the participating UN Offices. • Develop and perform tailored activities based on risk assessment. 3. Reporting and Advising on Stress Management Activities: • Advises the UN Management on stress mitigating strategies, decisions and activities. • Liaises with local experts and institutions in the country for referral, as well as with UN line managers, medical doctors, and local physicians in order to build a network of professionals ready to support and intervene in case of need.

Qualifications/special skills

An advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in clinical psychology or clinical psychiatry or related area is required with clinical license to provide psychological counseling and/ or psychotherapy. Additional training or certification in a broad range of related fields, such as alcohol/substance abuse, stress management, traumatic stress, cross-cultural communication, conflict resolution, etc is desirable. A minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible professional experience is required, of which 3 should be at the international level. Experience in Employee Assistance Programme or Organizational Intervention is desirable. Prior experience in large enterprises and/or NGOs is desirable.

Languages

English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat; and Arabic is a working language of ESCWA. For this position, fluency in English and Arabic is required. Note: “Fluency” equals a rating of ‘fluent’ in all four areas (speak, read, write, and understand) and “Knowledge of” equals a rating of ‘confident’ in two of the four areas

Additional Information

Not available.

No Fee

THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CHARGE A FEE AT ANY STAGE OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS (APPLICATION, INTERVIEW MEETING, PROCESSING, OR TRAINING). THE UNITED NATIONS DOES NOT CONCERN ITSELF WITH INFORMATION ON APPLICANTS’ BANK ACCOUNTS.