Psychosocial Counsellor ( Female)

Position Title: Psychosocial Counsellor ( Female)

2025-07-17 Nimruz Full Time 8

Job Location:	Nimruz
Nationality:	National
Category:	Health Care
Employment Type:	Full Time
Salary:	Base on RI Salary Policy
Vacancy Number:	RI-HER-NIM-2025-41
No. Of Jobs:	1
City:	Delaram CHC

Organization:	Relief International (RI)
Years of Experience:	Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience, particularly in the field of mental health with INGOs, public hospitals or other prominent organization.
Contract Duration:	One year Extendable
Gender:	Female
Education:	BA degree in psychology, social science or any other related field.
Close date:	2025-07-17

About Relief International (RI):

Relief International (RI) is an international non-profit organization that partners with communities impacted by conflict, climate change and disaster to save lives, build greater resilience and promote long-term health and wellbeing.

Our team of more than 7,000 staff and local volunteers work in 15 countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, providing Health and Nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), Education and Livelihoods programming that creates the foundation for community resilience.

We do this by working with local actors to develop safe and inclusive local programming that is evidence based, conflict sensitive, climate smart, and reaches those in need.

Relief International is an alliance of four organizations with one shared mission, comprised of Relief International, Inc., Relief International-France, Relief International-UK and Relief International-Europe, which operate under a one-team concept under a single senior leadership team.

Job Descriptions:

The Psychosocial Counsellor is the dedicated staff to provide all sort of psycho - social counselling of the patients. He/she will be responsible to screen and identify and triaged those with mental health problems as per the different standard scales to know the severity of the patients health and provide standard number of counselling in a proper place that is comfortable for the patient and their privacy is kept.

Essential Responsibilities And Duties:

Develop field activities plan in close coordination with project medical doctor.
Assessing and identification of children, women and girls for psychosocial support in targeted communities
Schedule and conduct field meetings with CDC heads, Women leaders, Parents and other target beneficiaries
Conduct psychosocial pre-developed training plans in target communities
Familiarize with existing pathways or where necessary develop a system for referral cases and case management, which are needing further PSS support or other services.
Provide context related PSS support at the individual, family, and community members.
Conduct specific psychosocial group activities, adapted and appropriate to group’s specific needs and capacities.
When needed work in close collaboration with faith leaders and others relevant authorities to create and implement psychosocial activities in the centers and the communities.
Supporting social mobilizers to conduct awareness sessions to the project beneficiaries

Any other project related task assigned by project Supervisor.

Job Requirements:

BA degree in psychology, social science or any other related field
Minimum 3-5 years’ work experience, particularly in the field of mental health with INGOs, public hospitals or other prominent organization.
Experience in staff management, public outreach/ counseling, community mobilization, coordination with stakeholders.
Strong Command on Pashto/Dari
Demonstrated ability to work in a multi-ethnic team and take on diverse tasks.
Working experience in the targeted provinces and familiar with concerned community, geography and culture.

Safeguarding

Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.

Relief International values:

We uphold the Humanitarian Principles: humanity, neutrality, impartiality, and operational independence. We affirmatively engage the most vulnerable communities. We value:

Inclusiveness
Transparency and Accountability
Agility and Innovation
Collaboration

Sustainability

Submission Guidelines:

The interested candidates should submit their RI Application letter with a CV and with three references.
Please Mention the announced position and vacancy number in the email subject please like (Psychosocial Counsellor-RI-HER-NIM-2025-41)
Via email: vacancies.afghanistan@ri.org
Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Please download the RI application form through below link. fill and send it along with your CV without RI Application form your application will not be consider.
http://www.acbar.org/upload/1572844955489.DOCX
Uphold and promote RI’s commitment to ensuring the safeguarding and safety of the vulnerable communities we serve.
Consistent with RI’s safeguarding and protection policies, ensure all people who come into contact with Relief International are as safe as possible.