Job Description
External Vacancy announcement
Vacancy No: ASDEPO/Vac/036/22
About ASDEPO:
Action for Social Development and Environmental Protection Organization (ASDEPO) is an Ethiopian indigenous, “Civil Society Organization” established in 2014. ASDEPO is mandated to operate in all regional states of the country and is engaged indifferent thematic program areas of intervention namely: Humanitarian Response, Education, Health/HIV and AIDS/RH, Women and Youth Economic Empowerment, Gender Based Violence and Child Protection, Migration/Human Trafficking, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash), NTD’s Climate Change, Agriculture, Environmental Protection and Training in Gambella, Oromiya, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar, SNNPR and Somali Region.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate and implement awareness-raising sessions at centres and community levels, particularly on child development, mothering practices, mother and child interactions and breastfeeding practices.
- Provide MHPSS for GBV survivors.
- Conduct individual support and counselling activities for the beneficiaries, according to an adapted action plan, and based on MHCP psychosocial approach of care practices.
- Be able to assess individual MHPSS skills and practices of the beneficiaries, by using recommended tools, scales and questionnaires
- Participate in elaborating key messages and adapting them according to the context and the target population
- Be able to describe MHPSS project and objectives in a clear, understandable and culturally adapted manner.
- Supervise daily the proper transmission of project information and key messages by beneficiaries to the community, by supporting them on awareness raising methods, sense of responsibility and motivation.
- Conduct group discussions and support groups with the beneficiaries on mental health, care practices and psychosocial issues, by using recommended guidelines and tools
- Conduct stimulation activities (therapeutic play sessions and others) for mothers and children according to beneficiaries needs
- Be able to observe, evaluate and analyse the content of a group session with an evaluation grid.
- Ensure the follow-up and support of beneficiaries at household level, involving when necessary the family members.
- Be able to adequately refer beneficiaries to existing available resources in case of need.
- Contribute actively to MHPSS group supervision and case management sessions, by helping to identify beneficiaries’ difficulties and action plan for the follow-up.
Contract duration: Until December 31, 2023
Required Number: 2
Job Requirements
Qualification
- Bachelor Degree.
Experience
- Minimum three to five years’ working experience.
- NGO working experience is advantageous
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants need to submit only once their non – returnable application with CV for one vacancy.
Please mention the title of the position and workplace you applied for on the subject line of your email.
CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
- Applicants can apply through asdepo.recruitment@gmail.com .
- CV’s of no more than 3 pages in length are appreciated.
- Please provide at least 3 references related to your previous employment listed in the application.
- We don’t receive hard copies
- ASDEPO strongly encourages female candidates to apply!
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for an interview and exam.
- Shortlisted candidates will need to submit other supporting documents upon request at later stage.
ASDEPO is not able to contribute towards any costs incurred by candidates during the recruitment process
For general information about ASDEPO, please visit www.asdepo.org