Netherlands: Advisor Psychosocial Support

‘A hands-on advisor with proven experience in psychosocial support in conflict settings’

You

As the Advisor Psychosocial Support you are an expert in one of the key content areas of the work of War Child Holland: Psychosocial Support. You are responsible for strengthening capacity, learning and sharing of expertise, knowledge and information. You will provide technical support to the organization, especially the country teams. You will create and maintain a technical network on psychosocial support within the organization and outside. Therefore you are in close contact with all psychosocial support experts/focal points in the Country Offices and with the Advisor Psychosocial Support within the Research & Development (R&D) department.

This role requires a high level of flexibility as you will spend a substantial part of your time in the programme countries. You are part of International Programmes Support and you report to the Head of this department. You work in close collaboration with programme staff and management in both Head Office (HO) and the Country Offices.

Your challenge

Capacity building of staff and partners

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  Advice, support and guidance to staff at Head Office and countries on psychosocial support in all phases of a project cycle: assessment, development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation;

  
  


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  Advise and provide input (content) for development of learning tools and methods;

  
  


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  Support and/or provide training to partners and other War Child affiliates (War Child UK, War Child Canada) on psychosocial support;

  
  


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  Co-develop training of facilitators (ToF) and training of trainers (ToT) and deliver training to ensure skill development and quality implementation of War Child Holland interventions, methods and tools.

  
  

Support country teams or head office departments

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  Contribute to the development of projects with psychosocial support components and advise on project design and monitoring for area of expertise;

  
  


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  Provide input in area of expertise to colleagues in fundraising to support the submission of high quality projects to external donors;

  
  


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  Support the development and/or review of methods and tools.

  
  

Representation of War Child

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  Represent or ensure representation of War Child Holland in relevant networks, groups, fora, and provide feedback to the rest of the organization;

  
  


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  Support and advise on advocacy work in consultation/coordination with the advocacy advisor.

  
  

Temporary assignments

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  Temporary replacement of colleagues in country (gap filing) in a programmatic position when relevant and appropriate.

  
  


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  Step in when there is a need for new or additional project activities;

  
  


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  Temporarily replace or support the Senior Psychosocial Support Advisor within the Research & Development Department as needed.

  
  

Your profile

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  Relevant academic (Masters) degree, preferably in psychology, social work or a related field;

  
  


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  Extensive knowledge of war affected emergency, post-emergency and developing countries;

  
  


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  At least 5 years’ experience in psychosocial support in a (post) conflict setting;

  
  


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  Experience in developing, methods, tools, programs/interventions and delivering training;

  
  


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  Knowledge and experience in Monitoring & Evaluation;

  
  


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  Strong advisory skills, understanding of (learning/capacity strengthening) needs;

  
  


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  Good facilitation skills & intercultural sensitivity required;

  
  


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  Good communicator, willing to share knowledge and experience;

  
  


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  Strong project management experience;

  
  


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  Good knowledge and understanding of children’s rights;

  
  


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  Flexibility in picking up different types of tasks and willingness to travel extensively;

  
  


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  Fluency in English required and preferably good working knowledge of Spanish, French and/ or Arabic

  
  


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  Available on short notice for 40 hours per week.

  
  

  The organisation

  
  

  War Child is a young and dynamic organization. We try to keep an informal ambiance within our office, with a lot of room for creativity, inspiration and self-initiative from employees. We practice what we preach: dynamic, innovative, integrity focused and a drive to reach the highest possible results against the lowest possible costs. War Child offers a challenging job in an inspiring workplace in Amsterdam.

  
  

How to apply:

Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before 29 August 2016. Make sure to upload your English CV and cover letter by using the following hyperlink: http://warchild.onlinevacatures.nl/en/Vacancy/Apply/63948

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