NCG Officer / Psychosocial Counselling Officer

Panchtara Yuwa Samrakshak Manch (PTYSM) ,Jajarkot

Details / requirements:

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT

(1st date of Publication: 19 October 2025)

Panchtara Yuwa Samrakhak Manch (PTYSM) is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian and development organization registered with the District Administration Office, Jajarkot, and affiliated with the Social Welfare Council. Established in 1997, PTYSM is run by dedicated young development professionals and social workers with extensive experience in rural development. Operating in Karnali Province, the organization focuses on improving food security, nutrition, livelihoods, education, disaster risk reduction (DRR), humanitarian response, protection, and disability inclusion for marginalized communities. PTYSM’s mission is rooted in equity, inclusion, and resilience, with a commitment to ensuring that women, disadvantaged groups, and persons with disabilities benefit from its interventions.

PTYSM is going to implement the two different programme namely; HATEMALO for child Wellbeing and Integrated Development Project with major goal of children have access to quality education, health, and protection with civilized, cultured, and governed Bheri Municipality and Nalgad Municipality in Jajarkot in partnership with World Vision International Nepal anticipating Children have access to health, education, and protection services, children demonstrate healthy behavior and practices, families adopt positive and nurturing child care practices, communities adopt positive social norms, demonstrate positive behavior, and take collective actions for child wellbeing, local institutions including schools take actions to improve inclusive and quality services for all children, policies related to prioritized CWB issues are localized and in place.as well as CBOs/ CSOs lead policy influence and advocacy action. Thus, PTYSM invites an application from competent and self-motivated Nepali candidates for the following full-time positions:

1. NCG Officer

Number of Position: One (1)

Position Description: This position will assist volunteers and social mobilizers to improve nutritional status of under five children and mothers, support to deliver key nutrition messages, hygiene and sanitation including creating healthy habits among children and families in the communities. This will involve guiding the nurturing care groups, producer groups, water user groups and other community groups to become cohesive, exercise strong governance, generate a mission, vision and strategy and develop practical action plans for nutritional improvement particularly for under five children. The purpose of this position is to lead NCG project models, nutrition programming, capacity building and coordination across project teams. With technical guidance from NGO Program Manager/Program Coordinator/WV Field Health and Nutrition Lead, the incumbent will effectively implement NCG programming using necessary technical tools, quality benchmark, and guidelines and analyze results for continuous improvements. The ro

Please click here for the detailed JD:

JD - NCG Officer

2. Psychosocial Counselling Officer:

Number of Position: One (1)

Position Description: This position will work within an Integrated Program Framework (IPF) to ensure mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) under child protection standards in area programs under PROTECT project model including Child Protection (CP) Core. The position will ensure technical guidance and assurance of psychosocial support components in IPF implementation. In addition, the position will provide psychosocial counselling sessions and support to vulnerable children, groups and families to prevent and response CP risks. The position will assist project lead and Protection Officer in proper CP case management.

The position requires to be innovative and have problem-solving skills to respond multiple MHPSS need and vulnerability to address holistic CP risks to produce sustainable changes for the overall well-being of most vulnerable children and families. The position further requires to deliver basic MHPSS related capacity building events for project team and for external stakeholders.

Please click here for the detailed JD:

JD -Psychosocial Counselling Officer

Safeguarding obligation

We need to keep children, adult at risk, person with disabilities and community safe. The position holder is responsible to ensure that the conduct is in line with the PTYSM Safeguarding policy. Hence, our selection process includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children, adult at risk, person with disabilities and community from abuse, exploitation, and harassment.

Applying Procedure:

Interested candidates are encouraged to apply by submitting an updated CV (maximum four pages) and a cover letter to panchtara.jajarkot@gmail.com, addressing The Human Resource Department, PTYSM Jajarkot, by 5:00 PM on 26 October 2025.

Note: Applicants should mention the position title in the subject line of the email. Preference will be given to candidates with experience working on CP & CRG, Nutrition, Psychosocial Counselling Service projects, as well as applicants from GEDSI groups (Women, Dalit, Persons with Disabilities, and Janajati). Candidates must also disclose any relationships with the organization or potential conflicts of interest in their application. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Telephone inquiries will not be entertained. Any attempt to influence the selection process will result in automatic disqualification.

Overview

Category Public Health, Development Project, Counseling / PsychoSocial, Nursing
Openings 1
Position Type Full Time
Experience Please check vacancy details.
Education Please check vacancy details
Posted Date 19 Oct, 2025
Apply Before 26 Oct, 2025
City Jajarkot