Counselor Educator (Omdurman) – MSF Holland
Job Description
| Organization | Medecins sans Frontieres Holland |
| Job Title | Counselor Educator |
| Section/Unit | Medical |
| No. of Post | 1 |
| Location | Omdurman |
| Duration | 6 Months with possibility of extension |
| Supervisor | Mental Health Supervisor |
| Closing Date | 23 April 2026 |
Background:
Perform counseling and/or education sessions to patients, following different medical and mental health MSF protocols and procedures, in order to improve their psychosocial condition.
Duties and responsibilities:
- Identify the psychosocial, socio-economic and administrative needs for patients
- Actively promote the availability of counselling services and carry out, individual or in group counseling, basic psycho educational sessions, to patients, their families (when needed), in order to alleviate their psychosocial difficulties within the project scope.
- Refer patients to other specialists or other institutions for further assistance, when necessary in order to propose the best support available.
- Participate in the creation of any material needed for counseling activities and look after it,
- Keep files and statistics of daily activities and participate in team meetings to share experiences and discuss special cases with other counselors, preserving confidentiality
- Inform line manager of any problem of any kind arising during the day-to-day activities.
- Take active part in trainings, supervisions/intervisions and support the activities manager when necessary in doing sensitization for MSF staff or external partners about mental health /psychosocial issues.
- Discuss difficulties and problems in counselling with supervisor.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:
- Ensure individual and group counseling to identify the Psychological, emotional and behavioral difficulties; develop action plan and provide psychological and psychosocial support at individual, group and family level.
- Ensure the psychological and psychosocial follow-up of the beneficiaries (including Bereavement support).
- Conduct recreational or psycho stimulating play activities for the children (malnourished or other) in collaboration with the HP in the Mobile clinics and the HPC.
- Conduct group discussion with family members, community members in the field or in the center.
- Provide awareness regarding MH and the MSF MH activites, so to reduce stigma, and facilitate access to counseling sessions and other MHPSS activities for the affected population in collaboration with the HP team
- Provide psychoeducation to the beneficiaries and the community, regarding MH-related topics, among which common MH conditions (anxiety, stress, depression), common reactions after traumatic events, SGBV and MH consequences of SGBV.
- Work in close collaboration with MOH staff in PHC, with MSF staff (MD, Nurses, HP, etc) in Mobile clinics and other actors in the Community.
- Identify and refer patients with specific needs of specialized support or pharmacological treatment to other stakeholders.
- Ensure the confidentiality of patients.
- Actively attend clinical supervision from Mental Health Activity Manager or MH supervisor, evaluating the implementation of MH activities and participating in MH and other department’s capacity building activities.
- Provide regular reports on activities, assessments, follow-up and other related documents to ensure the quality of data collection and reporting of the project. in collaboration with MH supervisor
Minimum Qualification, Skills and Experience Required:
| Education | Essential: Bachelor in Psychology/ counseling degree Desirable: Master in Psychology /Higher degree. |
| Experience | 1 year experience essential. Experience with NGO desirable. |
| Languages | Local language (Arabic) essential. Mission language (English) desirable. |
| Competencies | Results, teamwork, flexibility, commitment, service |
How To Apply:
Interested candidates are requested to send their CV & copy of educational and experience
certificates directly to MSF- Holland- Omdurman office: Al Thawra 8, House no. 1226 Omdurman.
Required Documents: Motivation letter, updated CV, copy of psychology /related degree and
National ID must be uploaded directly to your application
Female candidates are highly encouraged to apply.
