.ESFull TimeHuman ResourcesGENERAL CONTEXTMédecins Sans Frontières is an international independent medical-humanitarian organization, which offers assistance to populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed or political affiliation.MSF is a civil society initiative that brings together individuals committed to the assistance of other human beings in crisis. As such MSF is by choice an association. Each individual working with MSF does it out of conviction and is ready to uphold the values and principles of MSF.The MSF movement is built around five operational directorates supported by MSF's 21 sections, 24 associations and other offices together worldwide. MSF OCBA is one of those directorates. The operations are implemented by field teams and the mission coordination teams; together with the organizational units based in Barcelona, Athens and decentralized in Nairobi, Dakar and Amman. The field operations are guided and supported by 5 Operational Cells, the Emergency Unit and other departments supporting operations, including the HR Department.GENERAL OBJECTIVE AND JOB ENVIRONMENT1) General scope. The general objective of the Psychologist OCBA Staff Care is to contribute to the improvement of the psychosocial health of the field teams and its members, guaranteeing mental health support by:Providing psychosocial support in case of critical incidents.Providing psychosocial support during acute stress situations and individual distress.Developing and implementing strategies and interventions aimed at improving the mental health of the field teams.Developing policies related to mental health of field teams.2) Place in the organizationPart of the OCBA Staff Care Team in the HR department.Reports to the Head of Staff Care Area.Manages the psychosocial mobile implementing officer.Works closely with the Operational Cells and with the "Country Management Team" of missions, to analyze the psychosocial situation of the teams as well as to prepare proposals and implement them.Coordinates a network of external professionals who provide support to the field teams, both at national and international levels.MAIN TASKS1) Critical Incident support:Participates in the on-call service for critical incidents (under the lead of the psychologist in charge of coordination of critical incident support).Back up as member of the Crisis Team set up for major critical incidents.Participate in critical incident field visits.Provide remote support to team members affected by critical incidents.Reinforce the critical incident external support team by identifying trained psychologists able to be part of this roster – with a special focus on regional support networks.Support OCBA teams evacuated and ensure their psychological follow up during the evacuation in close collaboration with the operational cell and other relevant team/departments
