Associate Physiotherapist Trainer

Required experience, competencies, education, certificates or licenses:

• University Degree in physiotherapy (2 year or 4 year degree).
• Practicing license provided by the Ministry of Health or Syndicate of Health Workers.
• Fluency in Kurdish, Arabic and English.
• Computer literacy in Email & Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).
• Extensive experience working as a physiotherapist with a strong orthopedic background and experience in trauma and/or managing clients with mental health conditions.
• Experience working with biopsychosocial approaches.
• 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 the effects of war trauma.
• Experience developing curriculum and providing training for physiotherapy 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:

• Master’s degree or higher degree in physiotherapy or physical therapy.
• Experience supervising physiotherapists.
• Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Work experience with survivors of war trauma.
• Skilled at carrying out needs assessments and program evaluation.

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

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

Application deadline:  December 7^th, 2024.

Only short-listed applicants will be invited to interview.