Comitato Collaborazione Medica – CCM (www.ccm-italia.org) is an Italian NGO founded in 1968 implementing health-related projects in Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya, Mali, South Sudan and Somalia.  CCM is active in Ethiopia since 1998.In the frame of a 15 months project funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), CCM is seeking for qualified candidates for the position of:

Responsibilities and tasks:

The Psychologist, with the support of the Project Officer, is responsible of the following activities:

• Organizing the trainings on Psychosocial support and counseling for the Health Center’s and Youth
  Centers in collaboration with the Project Officer;
• Assessing the needs of the beneficiaries and identify the suitable support;
• Conducting counseling and psychosocial support meetings for Health Center’s and Youth Center’s
  together with the project staff;
• Monitoring the counseling activities organized within the Health Center’s and Youth Center’s
  together with the Project Manager and Project Officer;
• Facilitating the participation of the target youth in all the project activities.
• Supporting the Project Officer in the preparation of reports, case studies, project documentation.

Length of Employment: 15 months, possibility of renewal

Report to: Project Coordinator/Country Health Advisor/Country Representative

Qualification and Experience:

• Degree in Psychology, Social Psychology, Community Psychology or similar
• 3 years’ experience in counseling and psychosocial support for vulnerable groups.
• Very good social and relational skills
• Availability of traveling in remote areas
• Good knowledge of English (written and spoken), excellent Tigrigna (a must) and Amharic.
• Informatics knowledge (Office).
• Ethiopian citizenship or permanent residential lD.