Vacancy title:
6 Psychosocial Counselor

Jobs at:
American Refugee Committee (ARC)

Deadline of this Job:
July 20, 2018 at 17:00hrs

Duty Station:
Uganda

JOB DETAILS:

The American Refugee Committee (ARC) works with its partners and constituencies to provide opportunities and expertise to refugees, displaced people and host communities – to better survive conflicts and crisis, and to rebuild lives of dignity, health, security and self-sufficiency. ARC presently works in and with partners in ten countries globally. ARC has been operational in Uganda since 1994, and today has a strong and committed team of over 130 regular, full time national staff and partners. The overall goal of the Uganda program is to improve the well-being and self-reliance of the displaced refugee populations by ensuring the provision of basic services (Water, Sanitation & Hygiene; Community Services; SGBV/Protection; Child protection; Mental Health & Psychosocial support), currently in six refugee settlements - Nakivale, Oruchinga, Kyaaka II, Kyagwali, Bidi Bidi and Palabek - in Uganda. ARC is looking for competent, qualified, self-driven and committed individuals to be part of and contribute to accomplishing our ambitious and exciting 2018/2019 programming – several challenging full time positions, across the various refugee settlement sites as well as at the ARC main office – Kampala, Uganda:

Job Title: Psychosocial Counselor
Location: Kyaaka II- 4 Positions, Kyangwali - 2 positions.

Job Summary
The Psychosocial Counselor will be responsible for providing the day-to-day psychological support to the beneficiaries as well as providing specialized counselling support to SGBV cases and general information to community.

Minimum qualifications

• A University degree in Social Sciences, Community Psychology, and/or Social Work; and a Certification in Counseling.
• At least 3 years working experience in GBV issues in a humanitarian setting.
• Knowledge of the local language and the population is an added advantage.

Job application procedure
Submit 1 page Cover letter, an updated CV (maximum three pages) and names, title and contacts of three professional referees, to include your most current employer/supervisor - via email to UGjobs@arcrelief.org  with the POSITION applied for clearly indicated in the subject line. The deadline for submission of applications is July 20, 2018 at 17:00hrs. However due to urgency to fill these positions, applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted on a rolling basis. Only applications received through the above stated email address will be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.