The post-holder will assist children and adults to cope with the
separation /living in camps anxiety and help care givers gain the
knowledge and skills to create a child-friendly and safe environment for
children. He/she will also provide technical support to implement the
psychosocial care and support and child protection components in the
ongoing emergency response. Facilitate psychosocial care and support for
staff of Plan and Plan partner organizations.
Skills specific to the post
· Proven capacity to train, coach staff and provide supportive supervision
· Proven effective management skills leading teams across several locations and operating in a cross cultural structure
· Willingness and capacity to be flexible and accommodating when faced with difficult and frustrating working conditions
· Excellent written and spoken English
· Experience of grants management and reporting requirements with donors such as ECHO, UNHCR, Sida, DFID etc.
· Excellent project design, participatory monitoring and evaluation skills
· Ability to work under high pressure with a great level of personal organisation
· Strong communication and reporting skills
· Ability to propose workable solutions and identify their implications
(positive and negative) adapted to the psychosocial needs of patients
and his family.
· Effective communicator using clear messages drawn from Plan’s work
· Cross-culturally adept and ability to work in emergency settings
· Ready to work to influence leaders in governments, international bodies, key constituencies in Plan, partners and communities
· A team player across the organisation and in teams.
· Supports learning and a sense of mutual purpose in diverse teams
· Remains calm and positive under pressure and in difficult situations
Qualifications and experience
· Ideally a psychosocial and child protection professional with relevant
degree in Psychology, anthropology, Social work or equivalent
· Strong understanding of general child protection issues
· Demonstrate good understanding of psychosocial in emergencies.
· Understanding of a comprehensive approach on disability issues and vulnerability in term of psychosocial consequences.
· Extensive knowledge of emergency psychosocial work, design and
implementation of feeding programs including monitoring and evaluation.
· Knowledge of international humanitarian standards and codes of conduct.
· Demonstrated effective communication, analytical and problem solving
skills. Experience in coordination and technical assistance provision at
the level of working group/task force or equivalent.
HOW TO APPLY:
Plan International Tanzania is an equal opportunity employer. Interested
and qualified Tanzanians are invited to send their applications
enclosing detailed curriculum vitae, certificate copies of relevant
education and professional qualifications together with names of three
referees, and their contact. therefore all applications should be sent
to recruitment.tanzania@plan-international.org
