Temporary Appointment: Staff Counsellor, P4, UNICEF Global Shared Services Centre (GSSC), Budapest, Hungary (Not for Hungarian nationals), # 00138515
Overview
Support the overall well-being of UNICEF staff and their families by raising awareness about mental health and healthy work practices, and improving work-life balance.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate the development, implementation and coordination of a framework aiming at improved Staff Well-Being.
- Facilitate effective psycho-social support to staff leadership, managers and individual staff to mitigate stress and boost protective factors.
- Provide Critical Incident Stress Management to groups and/or individual staff following critical incidents, such as Psycho-education, psychological first aid.
- Training and awareness raising on Staff Well-Being.
Required Experience
Minimum eight (8) years of professional experience in staff support, mental health, cross cultural communications, counselling, and related areas, preferably gained within the UN system or international development/humanitarian aid sector. Track record showing resourcefulness and keen social awareness and sound judgement pertaining to common counselling caveats, e.g. overzealous client advocacy, burnout, the need for self-care and personal counselling. Evidence of previous experience in adhering to professional boundaries, e.g. administrating only those services for which supervised training has been administered. Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
Advanced University degree in counselling, clinical psychology or related mental health profession is required.