Job Responsibilities

• The Staff Counsellor will be based in Gaza and will be expected to travel for short missions where possible to support Staff and families. This position will report functionally and administratively to the Deputy Country Director for Palestine, based in Gaza and technically to the international Staff Counsellor. The following duties are included in this role:
• Support the Staff Counsellor in identifying psychosocial hazards by assessing the needs, including ongoing and anticipated needs.
• Provide culturally sensitive and trauma informed individual and/or group counselling for WFP employees and direct dependents.
• Provide pre and post deployment briefings to staff deployed through briefings, counselling sessions and other activities to ensure proactive support is extended to staff.
• Participate in crisis response, provide crisis counselling to individuals and/or groups during emergencies and after critical incidents, and ensure follow up support.
• Provide active psychological support including during emergencies and/or after critical incidents to ensure continued staff well-being and that managers & staff are provided with the effective support to manage change.
• Support and maintain the WFP Wellness Support Volunteer Network (WSV) through ongoing supervision and oversight. Work collaboratively with WSV’s to create events and initiatives designed to promote staff wellness.
• Contribute to the design of guidelines, as well as information materials to increase awareness and promote staff wellness in times of crisis.
• Contribute to building a mental health referral network of professionals to facilitate culturally appropriate psychosocial support for WFP employees. Refer to external mental health professionals and relevant services when needed.
• Maintain at all times the highest ethical standards related to the provision of psychological services consistent with the Wellness Division Ethical Guidelines and Standards of Practice.
• Complete administrative duties, such as maintaining statistics on implemented activities and completing reporting requirements as per requirements of the Wellness Division. Providing comprehensive report at end of assignment.
• Other as required.