TITLE: MHPSS Counselor – EAMR TEAM/PROGRAMME: Program Operation Egypt Country Office LOCATION: Cairo, Egypt GRADE: 5 CONTRACT LENGTH: Until Dec 2026. With possible extension based on performance and budget availability.
Child Safeguarding
Level 3: The post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff.
Organisation Profile / Programme Summary
Save the Children International is the world’s leading independent organization for children. We work in 117 countries and work, together with our partners, to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. In Egypt, Save the Children International has been working to ensure that children’s rights are respected, protected and promoted since 1982. We carry out both long-term development work and, more recently emergency humanitarian work.
This project aims that children and youth in vulnerable situations have their rights respected and possess sound self-reliance capacities that allow them to improve their life perspectives. It will also target national and community organizations to enable them to provide effective protection and self-reliance services for children and youth.
Role Purpose
The key purpose of this post is to provide psychosocial support services in compliance with the relevant SCI guidelines at the country office level in support migrant and refugee children under East African Migration Routes (EAMR) project. Under the supervision of the Mental Health and Psycho-social Support (MHPSS) Officer and the (MHPSS) Technical Advisor (TA), The MHPSS Counselor will contribute directly to protection case management processes by providing individual/group sessions for at risk children and youth in need of psychosocial support identified through the project activities and referrals from case management team and protection team. S/he will be responsible to conduct the needed assessments and customize the session topics based on the identified needs of the target group. S/he will also be responsible for organizing group support and awareness sessions to children at risk and their families and refer those with acute psychological needs to specialized services.
Scope Of Role
Reports To: MHPSS Officer
Dotted Line To: MHPSS Technical Advisor
Staff Directly Reporting to this Post: None
Key Areas Of Accountability
Project Implementation
MHPSS Counselor Support Services
In close collaboration with the MHPSS Officer, the MHPSS Counselor will:
- Contribute to the design of intake forms, session plans, and follow-up forms for children and their families when relevant.
- Conduct one to one and group counselling sessions with children and families referred from other activities (Case management and protection).
- Collaborate with the MEAL team to administer the psychometric assessments upon need and deliver reports accordingly.
- Develop psychological intervention plans for identified cases and follow up on them regularly.
- Identify, assess, refer severe cases to appropriate psychological/psychiatric service providers
- Prepare and submit individual case reports for all cases on their caseload and document case progress.
- Ensure that all psychological interventions offered are informed by current scientific evidence.
- Adhere to the highest standards of practice.
Other Project Activities
Reporting And Documentation
Other Responsibilities
In Case Of Emergency
General
Accountability
SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice):
Ambition
Collaboration
Creativity
Integrity
Qualifications And Experience
Additional Job Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
Equal Opportunities
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
Child Safeguarding
We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
Safeguarding Our Staff
The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy
Health and Safety
The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.
JD written by: Date: 26-January-2026 JD agreed by: Date: Updated By: Date: Evaluated: Date:
The Organization
Education
We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard. We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children.We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Application Information
Please apply using a cover letter and up-to-date CV as a single document. Please also include details of your current remuneration and salary expectations. A copy of the full role profile can be found at www.savethechildren.net/jobs We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
- Job Identification 15306
- Job Category Programme Operations
- Posting Date 02/03/2026, 01:34 PM
- Apply Before 02/10/2026, 09:59 PM
- Locations CO - Cairo
