Psychologist Team Leader — 2

Job Vacancy: Psychologist Team Leader — 2 Positions

Location: Deir Alzour, Syria

Organization: Orange (Non-Governmental Civil Society Organization)

General Description of the Organization

Orange is a non-governmental civil society organization devoted to alleviating the suffering and improving the sustainability mechanisms of conflict-affected populations. Since its establishment, Orange has partnered directly with affected Syrian populations, delivering programs spanning multiple sectors, including:

• Humanitarian & Development Programs: Early Recovery and Livelihoods, Food Security and Agriculture, Education and Protection, WASH, and Shelter.
• Long-Term Impact Interventions: Economic empowerment and local value chain improvements to enable targeted communities to improve their living practices and sustainable mechanisms.

Orange collaborates with various national and international non-governmental organizations, as well as local initiatives, to adopt a community-based approach that improves response impact and provides sustainable, alternative solutions.

Job Purpose

The purpose of this position is to lead the mobile Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) team within the mobile mental health clinic, ensuring the provision of integrated, safe, and high-quality services.

The Team Leader is responsible for directly supervising team members—including psychologists, psychosocial workers, doctors, and case managers—and ensuring effective field coordination. The role involves providing technical and supervisory support, organizing clinical files, monitoring intervention plans, managing internal and external referral pathways, and coordinating administrative and logistical workflows with management.

Key Responsibilities

1. Technical Supervision: Collaborate with the psychiatrist, mhGAP doctor, and psychologist to provide technical and administrative supervision to the mobile MHPSS team through individual and group sessions.
2. Clinical Case Support: Provide direct technical guidance to psychologists and PSS workers handling severe or complex cases to ensure interventions align with approved protocols.
3. Reporting & Data Collection: Collect, review, and compile qualitative and quantitative reports from team members to prepare consolidated final reports for management.
4. Team Management: Ensure team adherence to working hours, assigned field schedules, outreach plans, and duties within required timeframes.
5. Activity Planning: Organize monthly and quarterly planning for mobile clinic activities, including psychosocial support services, group sessions, awareness campaigns, and community outreach.
6. Quality Assurance: Monitor the implementation of field plans, schedules, and outcomes, providing corrective technical guidance to maintain high service standards.
7. Referral Pathway Activation: Facilitate effective internal coordination among team members and external coordination with other humanitarian service providers to optimize referral mechanisms.
8. Documentation & Tracking: Oversee the proper documentation, execution, and follow-up of all internal and external referrals for beneficiaries requiring specialized care.
9. Capacity Building: Identify the team's professional training needs and contribute to organizing and facilitating capacity-building activities.
10. Ethical Standard Enforcement: Guarantee absolute adherence to core humanitarian principles, including confidentiality, informed consent, non-discrimination, beneficiary dignity, and "do no harm."
11. Logistical Coordination: Liaise closely with the Center Manager and relevant management regarding administrative, organizational, and logistical field requirements.
12. Continuous Improvement: Track field challenges, provide technical feedback, propose operational solutions, and implement corrective actions to improve service delivery.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: University degree in Counseling or Psychology.
• Experience Requirements:
  • At least two (2) years of experience supervising MHPSS teams.
  • At least three (3) years of total experience within the MHPSS sector.
  • Proven experience in practicing psychotherapy and managing severe/complex cases.
• Language: Arabic language fluency is mandatory.
• Technical Knowledge & Skills:
  • High level of clinical supervision skills.
  • Strong working knowledge of therapeutic techniques (e.g., CBT, EMDR, NET).
  • Solid background in protection and general health subjects.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of IASC MHPSS Guidelines.
  • Proficiency in using email and MS Office programs.
• Required Training Certifications: Basic skills training, CBT, NET, EMDR training courses, PM+ (Problem Management Plus), PFA (Psychological First Aid), suicide prevention, and specialized clinical supervision training.

Orange’s Values and Principles

Our Beliefs:

• Maintaining positive, healthy, and trusting relationships is central to making any partnership a success.
• Appropriately trained and resourced staff and volunteers are key to effective and efficient service delivery in the development sector.

Our Commitments:

• Shared responsibility, accountability, and decision-making across all partnerships.
• Providing access to high-quality learning to empower people and professionals in the developing world.
• Continuous mutual learning to enhance the long-term sustainability of programs for the benefit of children and the communities served.

Child Safeguarding & PSEAH Policy

Orange aims to create an organization that is safe for children and women, fostering an open and aware culture where concerns can be raised transparently.

• Any employee, consultant, contractor, or supplier undertaking an activity on behalf of Orange must sign the Child Safeguarding and PSEA – Declaration of Acceptance Form.
• All personnel must strictly comply with Orange's child safeguarding and PSEAH policies to prevent abuse and protect vulnerable groups.

Application Instructions

Interested and qualified candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining relevant experience and availability.

• Closing Date: July 13, 2026 (Please note that the position may be filled prior to this date depending on recruitment urgency).
• Gender Diversity: Females are highly encouraged to appl