Trainer on Psychological First Aid (PFA), Survivor-Centred and Trauma-Informed Approaches, and Safe Referral Procedures

Required Qualifications

• University degree in psychology, counselling, social work, public health, protection, human rights, sociology, or another relevant field.
• Proven experience delivering trainings on Psychological First Aid, psychosocial support, trauma-informed practice, protection, safeguarding, or related topics.
• Demonstrated understanding of survivor-centred approaches, confidentiality, do-no-harm, and ethical referral practices.
• Practical experience working with trauma-affected, vulnerable, or conflict-affected communities.
• Strong understanding of how first-line psychosocial support links to protection and referral pathways.
• Experience developing training materials and facilitating participatory learning processes.
• Fluency in Arabic is required and Assyrian (also known as Syriac and Chaldean) is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with Nineveh context, faith-linked actors, and Christian communities in Baghdeda (also known as Hamdaniyya/Qaraqosh is highly desirable. The proposal also indicates that focal points may include women and youth with relevant educational grounding, so the trainer should be able to work effectively with such participant profiles.

Preferred Skills

• Excellent facilitation and communication skills.
• Ability to explain sensitive psychosocial and protection concepts in clear, practical language.
• Strong skills in scenario-based and experiential learning.
• Ability to handle sensitive discussions with professionalism and cultural sensitivity.
• Experience working in community-based protection or MHPSS programming.
• Experience engaging women leaders, youth mentors, and faith-linked actors.
• Strong interpersonal and mentoring skills.
• Good reporting and documentation skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with programme and technical teams.
• Sensitivity to faith-based, culturally grounded, and stigma-aware approaches to help-seeking and community protection.

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and motivation for the role to [email protected]. Please include “Trainer MHPSS – Baghdeda” in the subject line of your email. Please note applications without cover letters will not be considered and female candidates are highly encouraged to apply. Furthermore, please note this position is subject to signing the contract with the donor.

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