Note: This position is open only to female candidates. Male candidates are requested not to apply.
Applications for the position of Program Officer for Mental Health (only for Females)
Location: Lucknow
We are looking for a Program officer for Mental health!
HUMSAFAR is a Lucknow-based support centre for women, youth, and queer persons in crisis to ensure a holistic response to discrimination and violence across the sexual spectrum based on gender, religion, caste, disability, sexuality, & class.
We look forward to receiving applications for the position of Program officer from women with an interest, knowledge, and experience on the issue of gender-based violence, gender justice, equity, and intersectionality.
To know more about us, visit: https://www.humsafarindia.org/
Job Status: Full Time
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Work closely with survivors of gender-based violence. Counsel the survivors and caregivers to cope with mental health trauma.
• Support survivors to get mental health support at the centre.
• Establish linkages with government and non-governmental service providers to facilitate access to mental health support services.
• Engage Sakhi Samooh leaders and youth within the communities to strengthen peer-support networks and promote community-based mental health support.
• Provide ongoing support and technical assistance to organizational initiatives; provide inputs and support for organizational development, among other activities, and uphold the organizational values, mission, and vision.
• Conceptualize, develop content, coordinate, and conduct training/meetings/capacity buildings (offline and online) on Mental health and gender-based violence.
• Develop collaborative initiatives for advocacy, identifying ways to strengthen proposed initiatives and support their successful development.
• Identify opportunities and develop proposals, and concept notes for funders.
Necessary skills:
• Comprehensive understanding of gender, mental health, gender-based discrimination and violence, and related women’s rights issues.
• Excellent writing and communication skills in Hindi and English for documentation & and communication with different stakeholders.
• Committed to grassroots work.
• Team player, Hardworking, self-motivated, good time management skills, good counselling skills implemented with empathy, sensitivity, a non-judgmental approach, and boundaries.
• Self-reflective and open to feedback.
• Ability to multitask and manage different individual, team, and organizational requirements.
Eligibility:
Academic: Post-graduation in mental health or Master’s in Psychology.
Work experience: Minimum one years of full-time work experience (preferably in related fields within the social or development sector).
Salary and work experience are negotiable.
How to apply:
Please send your CV and cover letter to humsafar25nov@gmail.com.