Overview:
**_ Médecins Sans Frontières_**_ (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare._
- As a partner section, _**_MSF Italy_**_ is engaged in saving lives and alleviating suffering through fundraising; communication and advocacy, recruitment and deployment of field workers; as well as running operations in Italy and supporting international operations through expertise and other kinds of direct support._ The **Psychologist Focal Point** is responsible for defining and implementing psychosocial support strategies for MSF Italy staff, ensuring psychological well-being for Italian humanitarian workers before, during, and after missions. This role also develops and manages a network of volunteer psychologists and collaborates with international units to maintain a consistent approach to psychological support. **Responsibilities**: - **Psychological support**: - Provide psychological briefings prior to assignment departure and debriefings upon assignment return for humanitarian workers;
- Ensure follow-up support for humanitarian workers during and after assignments, whenever necessary;
- Assess the need for medium
- or long-term psychological care and facilitate access to psychotherapy.
- **Network Development and Management**: - Develop and manage a network of volunteer psychologists to support Italian humanitarian workers;
- Assist humanitarian workers in finding specialized psychotherapists when needed and maintain relationships with these volunteers.
- **Data Management and Compliance**: - Maintain and store humanitarian workers’ dossiers in compliance with professional ethics and privacy regulations.
- **Training and Capacity Building**: - Design and deliver stress management and related trainings for Italian staff and, when required, for the broader MSF movement (e.g.,



BAMM);
- Design and deliver psychosocial matter related workshops for mobile staff, HQ Staff and other populations within MSF to contribute to the Wellbeing of the staff.
- **Crisis and Projects’ Support**: - Contribute to crisis management in case of critical incidents in the projects, upon request from Operational Centers (OCs). He/she is available for in-site visits whenever psychosocial intervention is needed;
- Be available for on-site visits when psychosocial intervention is required at projects’ level.
- **Collaboration and Coordination**: - Interact with international colleagues in the Psychological Support Units (PSUs) of Operational Centers (OCs) to ensure a common strategy;
- Participate in regular meetings with OCB PSUs and collaborate with MSF Italy’s Medical Unit when relevant;
- Participate in all HR department meetings, and facilitate when necessary HR activities (example : Welcome Back Day). Qualifications:
**Key requirements/education**: - Degree in psychology
- Laurea Magistrale (3+2);
- Specialization in psychotherapy;
- English B2;
- Minimum 3 years of experience in psychological support, preferably in humanitarian or international contexts. **Behaviour skills/competencies**: - Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
- Ability to manage sensitive information with confidentiality;
- Capacity to work under pressure and in crisis situations;
- People Management;
- Behavioral flexibility;
- Emotion and stress management;
- Result and quality orientation;
- Planning and organization;
- Initiative and innovation. **Added value/ asset**: - Experience in development and delivery of trainings;
- Experience with MSF;
- French B1. **Positions details**:
**Contract**: fixed-term contract of 12 months with potential extension. Level II of Italian CCNL of Commerce. Tempo parziale 75%.
**Expected start date**: march 2026.
**Location**: Hybrid. MSF Italy Rome/Milan office, and from home.

📌 Psychologist Focal Point (Roma)
🏢 Medici Senza Frontiere Italia
📍 Roma