Associate Psychotherapist Trainer

Required experience, competencies, education, certificates or licenses:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Clinical Psychology, Counseling or related discipline.
• Fluency in Kurdish, Arabic and English.
• Computer literacy in Email & Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Experience providing psychotherapy to children, adults, families and groups.
• Experience working with biopsychosocial approaches.
• Experience working with individuals and families in situations of risk, including domestic violence, suicide ideation and/or attempts.
• Experience implementing culturally appropriate mental health interventions, including individual, group and community-based approaches for people who have suffered war trauma.
• Experience providing training and awareness raising on transitional justice/justice mechanisms and the effects of human rights violations.
• Experience developing curriculum and providing training for survivor led organizations, civil society, and mental health professionals using interactive methodologies.
• Experience managing and supervising staff.
• Skilled at working as a member of a diverse team.
• Adequate interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills and demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with individuals at all levels.
• Demonstrated flexibility to adapt to changing program requirements, beneficiary needs, and political climate.
• Must consistently promote and represent a humanitarian and human rights understanding of their work internally and externally, including promoting acceptance of differences and non-discrimination.
• Commitment to and role modeling of human rights approach including: maintaining respect regarding any sensitive issues such as religion, minority or political affiliation and treating colleagues equally regardless of differences. Strong commitment to serve beneficiaries of CVT’s project regardless their religion, gender, minority affiliation or political background.
• Commitment to the ethical and sensitive implementation of project activities, including a commitment to confidentiality, diversity, equity, and inclusion, quality service provision, and the prevention of sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment (including online).

Preferred experience, competencies, education, certificates or licenses:

• Certification or licenses as a Psychologist or therapist.
• Experience supervising mental health counselors.
• Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Work experience with survivors of war trauma.
• Skilled at carrying out needs assessments and program evaluation.
• Experience with transitional justice mechanisms and principles.

Interested candidates must submit an updated CV with a Cover Letter to: [email protected]

Please put “Associate Psychotherapist Trainer” in the Subject line.

Application deadline:  December 7^th, 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be invited to interview.