Master 's Degree

I have advanced Degree in Mental Health and Psychotherapies

Social Behavior Change Officer/ Risk Communication and Community Engagement ( SBC -RCCE)

1. Provide technical capacity building, coaching, mentoring and supervisory support to partner staff engaged in the implementation of Mpox response activities. Conduct rapid qualitative assessments and context-specific research to generate a solid evidence base for the community engagement programme and support advocacy for the response to the epidemic;
2. Supporting the development of the community engagement strategy by proposing precise modalities
(target groups, approaches, techniques) and guiding the interventions of our partners defined on the basis
of the results of rapid qualitative surveys which include community dialogues, encouragement
of success stories, discussion groups, interactive theatres, mass communications ……
3. Lead and support the design, development and strategic context analysis of new project documents focusing on protection and quality assurance and technical support to other projects with SBC / RCCE and gender, child protection, disability inclusion, accountability to affected people (AAP), SGBV and PEASH components;
4. Encourage partnership and collaboration between other sections of UNICEF Burundi, cross-cutting programmes and operations, education and skills, child protection, WASH and climate, health, nutrition, as well as economic recovery, in order to improve the quality of programming and a holistic approach to meeting the protection needs of target populations;
5. Carry out regular monitoring visits to the field in order to assess progress and identify technical quality issues and/or other implementation problems by the partner, provide solutions in collaboration with the Mpox RCCE coordinator and implement corrective measures/modifications if necessary;
6. Proactively identify, assess, monitor and implement measures to reduce or control risks that may impact on the delivery, quality or compliance of social science research, community feedback and SBC/RCCE programmes;
7. Proactively assess the quality of SBC/RCCE partners’ programmes and identify, propose and implement measures to improve programme quality, including capacity building, training, development of tools and technical resources;
8. Coordinate, monitor and document the work of RCCE implementing partners, collecting, compiling, coding and analyzing data trends from weekly reports submitted by implementing partners and making recommendations to strengthen monitoring at community level;
9. Provide technical support to build the community risk communication and engagement (RCCE) capacity of frontline community actors involved in the Mpox response and contribute to the development and updating of the Mpox RCCE training modules.
10. Participate in RCCE orientation/training sessions for Mpox response actors and organize formative supervision of RCCE interventions carried out by actors whose skills have been strengthened.
11. Coordinate with colleagues in other sections such as child protection, planning, monitoring and evaluation, and education, the integration of Mpox RCCE activities to enable the operationalization and multi-sectoral nature of prevention and response interventions and support the monitoring of activities in the field for implementing partners, including the organization of programmatic monitoring visits for partners.
12. Support the coordination of the implementation of SBC/RCCE Mpox activities and assist partners in ensuring the implementation of RCCE Mpox activities in accordance with the programme documents developed: technical support, formative supervision, provision of RCCE tools/materials, etc.
13. Complementary social and behavioral change actions are carried out, depending on the urgency of the situation.

Mental Health Early and Childhood Development Project Assistant

1. Coordinating the entire process of preparing, carrying out, Ensure coordinated implementation of the program at different levels with all relevant stakeholders; Supervise competition activities for talented young people, innovation events, mainly organized during vacation periods by implementing partners in refugee camps.
2. Ensure the implementation of strategies to improve the quality of mental health and early childhood development services through Formative supervision, Clinical mentoring, Evaluation of health facilities and quality of care;
3. Plan, organize and facilitate advocacy and consultation workshops with key stakeholders and local authorities (including government, NGO partners, decision-makers, civil society, religious leaders, etc.)
4. Initiate and develop Child-Friendly Spaces (CFS) by promoting the installation of child-stimulation tools and materials at repatriation transit sites and refugee camps.
5. Support implementing partners in identifying appropriate community mechanisms and frameworks for the development of better mental health among teenagers and young people
6. Raise awareness of mental health and psychosocial support among refugees and vulnerable people in neighboring communities.
7. In collaboration with institutional partners ( UNHCR, WFP, World Bank, HNTPO,IOM,WHO, HoM…,) organize and run awareness-raising and promotion sessions on mental health and psychosocial support(MHPSS) on Early Childhood Development( ECD) for beneficiaries.
8. In collaboration with Child Protection colleagues in refugee camps, support the monitoring of the use of digital communication platforms aimed at strengthening innovation for adolescents and young people in order to reinforce their engagement and participation for their empowerment.
9. Promote longer-term psychological support based on tools and methods developed or modules aimed at their personal development, in the areas of intervention Support the MoH in Scenario planning and trend analysis to capture the pressing needs of vulnerable children and families in the area of operation. Identify and support opportunities for CP & MHPSS/ECD assessments, in close coordination with partners and per security/access approvals, to inform responsive program design.
10. In collaboration with the Health Districts, organize training for trainers workshops and training for Light Parents on the mental health module. Mobilize internal and external capacity-building opportunities based on clear development goals for respective line reports and strategic directions of the overall CP & MHPSS portfolio;
11. Provide coaching and guidance to staff as required and lead initiatives to develop staff capacity.
12. Develop a gender capacity building and support plan for all staff and Gender focal points. This should include working with Child Protection and CSG colleagues to deliver training on Safe Identification and Referral of risks to children in the Camps of refugees and in the centre of transit of rapatriement people;
13. Work with Child Protection and other technical colleagues at the field to assess SGBV/MHPSS programming needs, internal and external capacity to respond to needs and potential risks to children, communities and our presence in responding. Use this as a basis to identify prevention, mitigation and response activities;
14. In collaboration with Child Protection, and Health colleagues, establish or develop referral pathways for GBV in programme locations. Support setting GBV Case management systems, and building capacities of case workers on caring for child survivors ;
15. Receive reports, lessons learned and good practices from project activities and psychosocial support. Support also communications and advocacy teams to promote relevant advocacy messages on MHPSS and CP/GBV and ensure our communications are child-sensitive and promote Childhood development ;
16. In collaboration with the MEAL officer, help to develop the monitoring and evaluation tool for project activities,Oversee the documentation of evidence of change in terms of figures and success stories to better document the per-formance of the program;
17. Draft reports on project activities.

Social Behavior Change Officer Polio ( SBC -Polio) Consultant

1. Support the implementation of the polio project in accordance with the planning of activities validated by the supervisor, the SBC specialist, the technical referee and the head of the SBC Section, UNICEF Burundi;
2. Support the Provincial Doctors and the Chief Doctors of the Health Districts in capacity building activities in the area of Social and Behavior Change programmers and provide daily advice in terms of capacity building/coaching for district agents and communities in the field (Health Promotion Technician / TPS) in the context of communication and community mobilization activities in the fight against polio.
3. Support the Provincial Doctors and Chief District Health Officers in organizing advocacy, social mobilization and community engagement meetings in support of the campaign.
4. Develop a monthly work plan for the detailed implementation of activities in collaboration with field supervisors and partners involved in implementation at local level, in line with the response project’s action plan.
5. Support the technical supervision, quality assurance and effectiveness of community mobilization and outreach activities for social and behavioral change (SBC) as part of the polio campaign;
6. Support the management teams of the Health Districts (BDS) and the managers of the Health Centers (CDS) in the organization of community dialogue meetings for the preventive management of cases of refusal/ reluctance to vaccinate; support in the mapping and management of cases of refusal;
7. Facilitate, stimulate and encourage, coach and boost the motivation of the Provincial Doctors and the Chief Doctors of the Health Districts in the mobilization of local resources and support the consolidation of micro- planning for the campaign;
8. Support the planning, coordination, monitoring and evaluation of routine immunization project activities and the supervision of team supervisors assigned to project sites;
9. Contribute and provide technical assistance to health districts and communities for the programming and development of communication strategies for social and behavioral change in vaccination matter;
10. Support the organization of reinforcement of capacities and training for the staff health and members of the community function of needs identified;
11. Work in close coordination with the team of partners (WHO, USAID, GAVI) in the response and the target health districts in an integrated approach to meet the needs of the health centers and target communities;
12. Ensure the effective collection of community data from activities in the health regions and districts, analyze the results and indicators, propose monitoring plans or adaptations/improvements to the intervention strategy if necessary;
13. Support quality assurance and effectiveness of community mobilization and social and behavioral change activities;
14. Identify, capitalize on and document knowledge (good practice, lessons learned and case studies) resulting from the implementation of the project in the intervention areas
15. Develop consultancy reports on field missions based on deliverables.

Clinical psychologist / Mental Health Officer

1. Identification, assessment and analysis of mental health needs and People with Specific Needs (PSN)during morning medical staffs, structured clinical visits and establish a care plan.
2. Psychological support and psychotherapeutic sessions for admitted patients through individual and/orfamily clinical interviews;
3. Confidential holistic care for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) following MSFprotocols and principles and ensure a follow-up plan and strategy for patients;
4. Organize, facilitate and conduct therapeutic, discussion, psycho-educational or occupational groupsfor children,

adolescents and adults as well as psycho-social occupational activities
5. Confidential care for victims of direct or indirect violent trauma and torture (sensitive cases), organize,accompany and involve psychosocial protection partner NGOs for needs not covered by the project.
6. Participate in the process of creating and implementing mental health services in the structuressupported by MSF
7. Maintaining the database, collecting, checking, statistical analysis, recording and encoding of files;
8. Maintain the collaborative relationship with the medical staff and ensure good communication ofsensitive interventions with the hospital hierarchy and the Project coordination;
9. Participate in the drafting of monthly (Sitrep), quarterly, half-yearly and annual activity reports
10. Participation and contribution in the elaboration of the annual operational and strategic plan of the Mental Health Department / Logical Framework (ARO) and elaboration of support tools, different circuits / Protocols of the Hospital in collaboration with different care units;
11. In collaboration with the health promotion team, contribute to the creation and dissemination of communication tools for the medical team, provide training support to the staff.
12. Assist in the strategic development of the mental health and sexual violence component in harmony with other project activities, organize the planning of activities and supervise the interim team throughintervision, Supervision and structured clinical case studies; To feed the reflection on the strategy and positioning of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) department and the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) component.
13. Participation in the development of the strategic plan for identification and strengthening of cooperation through meetings and visits with protection partners, follow-up and referral of patients as needed.
14. Organize emotional debriefing sessions for staff after the management of the Catastrophic Plan (MCP)
15. Monitor and evaluate the impact of the delivered psychosocial support activities by the Mental Health staff.
16. Support the development of a policy framework on trauma, resilience and psychosocial support for conflict affected communities , from a peace building approach;
17. Contribute to the quality, accountability, capitalization and impact measurement processes of the Mental Health program.
18. Provides technical advice to allow for optimal assistance to the people affected while reinforcing and developing local networks and their MHPSS capacities to ensure sustainable humanitarian action.

Manager for the Community Health Workers Groups

1. Organize, coordinate, monitor and evaluate the activities of the community health workers;
2. Plan, organize ,coordinate and supervise in collaboration with the District Health Office the health surveys and immunization campaigns in the area of responsibility;
3. Participate in the process of identifying psychosocial partners and the Vulnerable in collaboration withCommunity Family Development Centres (CDFC); strengthen the capacities of CHWs on social cohesion and inclusion mechanisms; strengthen the capacity of CHWs on mechanisms of social cohesion and inclusion, prevention and peaceful resolution of conflicts.
4. Collecting, encoding, sharing data from outreach activities, research and recovery of dropouts;
5. Participation and contribution in activity planning meetings with stakeholders
6. Develop, maintain and establish excellent working relationships with a wide range of humanitarian stakeholders (civil society, NGO partners, etc.), raising awareness of the project and its objectives andpotential collaboration;
7. Contribute to the production of products that present analysis of rumours and misinformation and sociological research activities to promote understanding of the behavioural drivers behind rumours
8. Participation and organization of meeting and exchange sessions with technical and financial partnersand financial partners (Caritas Burundi and Red Cross), collect documents, project action plan.
9. Provide a training on Promoting skills for mainstreaming gender, applying a human rights-based approach and support to vulnerable groups into reform priorities of and services provided by trauma awareness, resilience and community-based justice mechanisms;
10. Support community-based organizations and groups, state government, traditional authorities and vulnerable

groups to participate, engage in and benefit from trauma awareness, resilience and reconciliation and justice processes and mechanisms.
11. Representing the structure with the administrative authorities, writing and carrying out minutes of meetings, activity reports, etc.

Delegate of religious denominations

1. Coordination of HIV/AIDS activities, conducting home visits to beneficiaries.
2. Conducting training for religious leaders on conflict prevention and protection strategies;
3. Ensure protection, advocacy, and accompaniment for orphaned and other vulnerable childrenidentified with Specific Needs (PSN).
4. Organize meetings with religious leaders and local government officials and key project partners
5. Organize and plan training workshops/seminars for peer educators, religious leaders, community leaders on income generating activities (IGA) modules
6. Organization and planning of training of trainers workshops/seminars for peer educators, religious leaders, community leaders on the modules of income generation and Village Saving and Loaning Associative (VSLA ).
7. Drafting of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reports of activities carried out