Cultural Mediator Officer

Details

Mission and objectives

The WHO Country Office is the focal point for WHO activities in Romania. It was established in January 1991 in Bucharest in order to carry out a series of priority activities. The priorities for the Country Office are set out in the biennial collaborative agreement between WHO/Europe and the host country, and the Office implements the agreement in close collaboration with national institutions and international partner agencies.

Context

WHO is a specialized agency of the United Nations that was established in July 1948 and whose objective is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. WHO’s primary role is to direct and coordinate international health within the United Nations system. WHO’s main areas of work are health systems; health through the life-course; noncommunicable and communicable diseases; preparedness, surveillance and response; and corporate services.

Task description

Within the delegated authority and under the supervision of Representative or his/her designated mandated representative(s), the UNV will: · Providing specialized interpreting and acting as linguistic agent, system agent, community agent and integration agent to support essential mental health professionals delivering services in refugee settings and in community. · Conducting peers outreach activities in the refugees’ communities to support delivery of MHPSS services. · Facilitating the activities of the MHPSS specialists in services delivery. · Act as a contact person for the refugee community addressing refugee settings when access services. · Provide cultural and basic psychosocial first aid support and training in Ukrainian or Russian to refugees in various settings (refugees integrated centers, blue dots etc.) · Foster capacity building around MHPSS for WHO staff, partner staff and refugee workers, e.g. community health workers, peer educators, peer counsellors, refugee outreach volunteers. · Provide support to the MHPSS sector partners for development of cultural sensitive training plans and materials, organise and act as resource person in workshops and training both in-service and on the job (coaching). · In collaboration with Ministry of Health, build basic psychosocial skills among all essential workers responding to crisis response in refugee settings. · Promote programme evaluation and applied research around MHPSS interventions to enable identification of gaps in service provision and to promote evidence-based programming. · Promote the use of community-based approaches, including clear involvement of persons of concern (PoC) in MHPSS programmes. · Ensure regular update and share information within WHO as well as with relevant government, UN and NGO counterparts and donors. · The UNV Peer Support Facilitator activity supervised by clinical psychologist · Perform other related duties as required. Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor. · All the activities will be conducted under the supervision of the Senior Clinical Psychologist/ WHO CO MHPSS Consultant. Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities: · Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day); · Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country; · Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities. · Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.; · Assist with the UNV Buddy Programme for newly-arrived UN Volunteers; · Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible. Results/expected outputs: · As an active WHO Country Office team member, efficient, timely, responsive, client-friendly and high-quality support rendered to WHO Country Office and its beneficiaries in the accomplishment of her/his functions, including: Results/Outputs can be modified as appropriate; should not entirely mirror the task description but serve as a basis for workplan and deliverables] · Age, Gender and Diversity (AGD) perspective is systematically applied, integrated and documented in all activities throughout the assignment · A final statement of achievements towards volunteerism for peace and development during the assignment, such as reporting on the number of volunteers mobilized, activities participated in and capacities developed