Psychosocial professional supervisor- MPDL project

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development 

Terms of Reference (ToR)-Request for Mental Health and Psycho-Social Service Specialist

Name of The Project: Promote Prevention, Protection, and Response to GBV in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem (Area C). 

About PWWSD 

Established in 1981, The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) is a nongovernmental women’s, mass, developmental, and learning human rights organization that contributes to developing feminist struggle within national, social, and developmental dimensions. The organization believes that liberating women is connected directly with ending the occupation and establishing a full Palestinian democratic sovereign civil state. PWWSD is active all-over West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, and is an active member in several local, regional, and global networks and coalitions.

The Palestinian Working Woman Society for Development (PWWSD) aims for a free and democratic Palestinian society based on gender equality, respect for human rights and social justice. The organization promotes women’s empowerment, women’s participation in the national struggle against occupation, women’s contribution to the development processes, the entitlement of women to political, economic, and civic rights, women’s access to justice, and their right to a life free of violence.

About The Project: 

Promote Prevention, Protection, and Response to GBV in Bethlehem and East Jerusalem (Area C), is a project funded by AECID with MPDL and Alainza as the lead consortium, and PWWSD and YWCA as the local partners. Throughout the 18-month implementation period of the project, PWWSD along with its partner organizations seeks to achieve progress in fulfilling Palestinian women’s right to live a life free of violence by utilizing a transformative approach to gender relations. PWWSD will act in a multi-sectoral manner to prevent and respond to GBV; by conducting awareness-raising sessions for women on GBV, services provided for GBV survivors, and how to access these services through the national referral system. Additionally, PWWSD offers psychosocial support for women through individual and group counseling sessions and by creating support groups in targeted areas. Legal counseling is also provided through awareness sessions, accompanies, and court representation. Moreover, PWWSD coordinates and conducts training that aims to build the capacity of women, men, adolescent girls, and adolescent boys at CBOs on women's rights and preventing GBV; through community initiatives, which are executed in partnership with CBOs, with a focus on media campaigns that promote the prevention of GBV with its partners and AlMuntada.

To this end, PWWSD is seeking to hire a Mental Health and Psycho-Social Service Specialist (MHPSS) to assess and implement self-care sessions and technical supervision for service providers in PWWSD during the project period.

Duties and responsibility: 

The consultant will undertake the following tasks:

Prepare a self-care program every three months. (10 Hours) 

Prepare Technical supervision for service providers (for individual and group services. (40 hours) 

Prepare needs assessment for counselors in Arabic and English before completing each activity. 

Prepare a plan for the all activities after assessment. 

Prepare reports in Arabic and English after completing each activity in close coordination and consultation with PWWSD.

Required Qualifications: 

At least 5 years of experience working in the field of MHPSS, espcially in emergency settings, including child trauma, resilience & recovery, child development, work with parents & caregivers, and/or persons with disabilities, GBV Survivors. 

Experience in training and consultations  is required  

Fluency in written and spoken Arabic and English are required. 

How to Apply: 

Interested consultants are required to prepare and submit the following:

A Technical proposal including context (brief), approach, methodology, and work plan including the proposed timeframe (maximum 3 pages). 

Updated CV of the consultant.  

Financial offer: budget breakdown of the proposed costs in € including Tax.

 Applicant must provide a "Deduction at the Source "certificate. In the event that it is not available, 10% of the agreement’s value will be deducted.

Interested Individual Consultants are requested to send the above package to [email protected] and, with the subject line:” Psychosocial professional supervisor- MPDL project”