Psychologist and Mental Health Specialist

Responsibilities

As a mental health specialist with Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), you will support people suffering from post-traumatic stress related to a conflict situation or disaster, survivors of sexual violence, or people being treated for HIV / AIDS and / or tuberculosis. Your work will be mostly clinical. You will also have to recruit, train and supervise locally hired mental health professionals, who will then ensure the continuity of care. You will have to adapt tools to local cultural needs and contexts as well as to changing circumstances.

As a mental health specialist, you will be responsible for supporting the program and the team by suggesting improvements in line with MSF’s objectives and strategies, providing individual clinical consultations, organizing psycho-pedagogical activities and organizing training sessions for the team.

Requirements

• Full and current registration
• Be a certified clinical psychologist or psychiatrist, or a certified clinical social worker. Social workers must have a master’s degree in social work with clinical specialization
• Minimum two years of relevant post-qualification work experience
• At least six months of clinical experience within the last two years
• Professional experience in mental health issues associated with at least two of the following areas : – HIV / AIDS post-traumatic stress disorder sexual violence trauma tuberculosis
• Experience in individual and group counselling
• Experience in managing staff in a multicultural team (supervision and training)
• Fluency in English and French (Intermediate +, minimum level B2 in both). Refer to this

MSF Core Competencies

Behaviour flexibility :  Level 2 Adapts behaviour to the needs of the situation Teamwork and cooperation :  Level 2 Shares information and coordinates with team and others Result and quality orientation :  Level 2 Works towards objectives, preserving established standards Commitment to MSF principles :   Level 1 Demonstrates knowledge of and accepts MSF’s principles People management :  Level 2 Gives feedback and sets limits Cross-cultural awareness :  Level 3 Demonstrates an integrating attitude Stress management :   Level 2 Manages own stress Understanding of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) :  Level 1 Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context

Familiarity with EDI concepts and their application in a humanitarian context