National Consultant to develop a Psychosocial Support Strategy for Judiciary Employees at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC))

Job Description

Duties and responsibilities:
The consultant shall perform the following tasks:
1. Inception Meeting and Report: – Undertake an inception meeting with the relevant stakeholders at Judiciary to review the scope, programme (with timelines) and methodology of work for the review. Draft and submit to UNODC the inception report.
2. Develop a Draft Debriefing Strategy – Design a strategy for regular debriefing sessions tailored to Judiciary employees. – Ensure the strategy is sensitive to the occupational stressors specific to various roles, such as exposure to gruesome cases, SGBV incidents, traumatic children’s matters, and other high-stress scenarios. – Include innovative approaches to address psychological trauma, leveraging best practices in trauma-informed care and occupational stress management.
3. Develop Draft Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) – Formulate SOPs to guide psychosocial support processes within the Judiciary. – Ensure the procedures are practical, accessible, and align with international standards in employee mental health and wellness. – Address mechanisms for early identification of psychological distress and timely intervention.
4. Develop Draft Implementation Plan for Tele-Therapy Partnerships and Services – Identify and establish partnerships with tele-therapy service providers for Judiciary employees. – Develop an implementation plan for tele-therapy services, ensuring accessibility and confidentiality for employees. – Provide guidance on integrating tele-therapy services into existing employee wellness programs.
5. Validation: Presentation of the Debriefing Strategy, SOPs and Tele-Therapy plan for validation or adoption by the relevant stakeholders. Incorporate input from the validation session in the final work outputs. 6. Final Consultancy Report: Submit final report outlining all the tasks and deliverables undertaken in the template provided and attaching all final work outputs or deliverables.

Qualifications/special skills
An advanced degree (Master’s or equivalent) in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology, Psychiatry, Organizational Psychology, Public Health (with a focus on mental health), or a related field is required. A first-level university degree in similar fields in combination with two additional years of qualifying experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in designing and implementing psychosocial support programs, especially within organizations handling high-stress or trauma-exposed workforces (e.g., judicial systems, healthcare, law enforcement, humanitarian organizations) is required.
• Experience developing debriefing strategies, SOPs for mental health programs, and establishing tele-therapy or digital mental health services is required.
• In-depth understanding of psychological trauma, secondary trauma, and strategies for trauma resilience in professional environments including international best practices and guidelines in workplace mental health and psychosocial support frameworks is required.
• Expertise in the development and implementation of tele-therapy and e-counselling platforms, ensuring compliance with confidentiality and ethical standards is desirable.
• Experience working in the justice sector or with justice sector actors is desirable.