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Seeks a National Stress Counsellor (NOA) with a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology or related field. Applicants with a Bachelor’s degree must have two years of relevant national-level experience. Advanced university degree required, previous UN experience is an asset.
Last checked: 2 hours ago
Closing date: Friday, 3 July 2026
Country: Mozambique
Duty station: Pemba, Mozambique
Contract type: FTA Local
Grade: Post level NOA
Applicant eligibility: Local / national only
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Background
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) works in 170 countries and territories, supporting national efforts to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities, strengthen resilience, and accelerate sustainable development. As the development arm of the United Nations, UNDP collaborates with governments, civil society, the private sector, and communities to build inclusive and resilient pathways for human development.
In Mozambique, UNDP has been a trusted partner since 1976, working with national and local authorities, UN entities, civil society, and communities to promote inclusive growth, resilience, and sustainable development. Guided by the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs, UNDP develops targeted and innovative solutions to address the country’s evolving development challenges.
Our Country Programme Document is structured around four interconnected pillars: i) human development, multidimensional poverty, gender equality and public health management; ii) inclusive economic recovery, diversification and sustainable livelihoods; iii) climate resilience and natural resource management; and, iv) inclusive and decentralized governance, justice, peace and social cohesion.
These focus areas reflect UNDP’s comparative advantage in Mozambique and align with national development priorities and the UNSDCF. The Country Office works both upstream and downstream to build resilience and expand opportunities, particularly for women and youth. This includes strengthening community resilience to disasters and conflict, scaling area‑based models for integrated recovery and service delivery, and leveraging stabilization efforts in Cabo Delgado to support post‑conflict recovery, institutional strengthening, and locally led economic revitalization.
The CO has also been carrying out a review of its structure and organogram to achieve an optimal and sustainable configuration that aligns staffing to respond to new challenges and the expected growth of the CO to enable UNDP effectively support Mozambique’s current and emerging development priorities.
UNDP upholds the highest standards of integrity and accountability. We maintain a zero‑tolerance policy on sexual exploitation and abuse, harassment (including sexual harassment), and discrimination. All selected candidates undergo rigorous reference and background checks.
Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls are foundational to UNDP’s mandate and integral to everything we do. Across all programmes and operations, UNDP promotes equal opportunities, inclusive participation, and the advancement of women and marginalized groups so that development gains are equitable and sustainable.
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At the upstream level, emphasis was to explore market-based solutions for growth and development of SMEs and the informal economy, building social capital by enhancing knowledge, vocational skills and capacities will support more diverse and sustainable livelihoods. In this respect, UNDP envisaged offering support to SMEs, particularly the growth- oriented ones, and those led by women, to access digital financial services and exchange technologies. Currently, the CO is piloting this via the Informal Sector project, using it to scale up its work in fostering an enabling environment for expanded job creation, promoting entrepreneurship and creating space for the private sector (especially MSMEs).While investments in livelihoods and economic empowerment are integral part of the on-going programmes especially the MRF and the stabilization, these are not linked together to constitute a structured and coherent offer on inclusive growth and economic recovery/transformation as envisaged under the CPD. One key reason for this is the absence of adequate capacity and expertise centrally to cover this segment of the CO’s portfolio. Even the RBA mission in 2023 made this conclusion, noting a gap on UNDP’s support to economic transformation and economic diversification at the national and sub-national levels’’. This makes the case for strengthening this part of the CO’s work, growing it and creating a portfolio of projects around it vesting this under the leadership of a Programme Specialist/Inclusive Growth, thus the rationale for this position and a dedicated unit, the Inclusive growth Unit.
Position Purpose
Under the administrative supervision of the Chief Security Adviser and the technical supervision of the CISMS Regional Stress Counsellor, the National Stress Counsellor will administrate a wide range of stress management activities, actively participating in emergency preparedness in the country in collaboration with UNDSS and the UN emergency coordination group as per the UNDSS CISMS standard operational procedures on the Management of Stress and Critical Incident Stress (MSCIS).
Duties and Responsibilities
The National Stress Counsellor will be responsible for the following duties:
1) Stress Prevention, Counselling and Case Management
2) Training, Awareness and Preventative Interventions
3) Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Coordination
4) Stakeholder Engagement, Partnerships and Advisory Support
5) Monitoring, Knowledge Management and Reporting
The National Stress Counsellor will be required to perform other duties within their functional profile as deemed necessary for the efficient functioning of the Office and the Organization.
Competencies
Core Competencies
Functional/Technical competencies
Business Management: Communication
Business Management: Customer Satisfaction/Client Management
Business Direction and Strategy
HR - Duty of Care: Occupational safety, health and wellbeing
Business Management
Business development
2030 Agenda: People: Gender
Required Skills and Experience
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Experience:
Required Language(s):
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Sexual harassment, exploitation, and abuse of authority
UNDP does not tolerate harassment, sexual harassment, exploitation, discrimination and abuse of authority. All selected candidates, therefore, undergo relevant checks and are expected to adhere to the respective standards and principles.
Probation
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Right to select multiple candidates
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