The Regional Staff Counsellor provides strategic, clinical, and organizational leadership for the staff wellbeing and counselling function across the ECAMENA region. The role serves as a senior advisor on staff wellbeing and psychosocial risk, ensuring the provision of confidential counselling and region-wide wellbeing strategies.
A minimum of eight (8) years of progressively responsible national and international professional experience in staff support, mental health, counselling, psychosocial support, cross-cultural communications, or related areas is required. Relevant professional experience should include: Counselling and mental health support in multicultural settings, Staff wellbeing support in international organizations, humanitarian contexts, or development settings, Trauma-informed practice and critical incident support, Advising managers and leadership on staff wellbeing and organizational stress, Designing and facilitating wellbeing, resilience or psychologically safe workplace interventions, Supervision, mentoring, or professional support to other counselling staff. Experience in psychosocial risk management, organizational wellbeing, or mental health governance systems is required.
Advanced university degree (Master’s degree or equivalent) in counselling, clinical psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, mental health counselling, or another related mental health profession is required. A Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in a relevant area combined with 2 additional years of relevant work experience may be accepted in lieu of an advanced university degree. This is applicable to internal (FT, Continuing and Permanent) staff only.
