Location: Lyon Desired start date: September 2025
Duration: replacement at an imprecise term (illness)
Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity organization that intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict, and disaster. Working alongside people with disabilities and vulnerable populations, it acts and bears witness to meet their basic needs and improve their living conditions. It is committed to promoting respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Since its creation in 1982, HI has implemented development programs in more than 60 countries and intervenes in numerous emergency situations. Today, we have a budget of approximately €255 million and 4,794 employees worldwide.
At Handicap International, we firmly believe in the importance of inclusion and diversity within our organization. This is why we are committed to a disability policy to promote the reception and integration of people with disabilities.
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Find more information about the association: www.hi.org .
CONTEXT :
During the absence of the current person, we are looking for an occupational psychologist/staff care specialist at Handicap International headquarters.
JOB OBJECTIVES:
As a Staff Care Specialist, your mission is to define, implement, and coordinate the “Staff Care” policy for all HI employees in the area of mental health. You will also implement stress prevention and management actions and advise managers and HR managers on all issues related to the mental health of HI staff.
You will report to the manager of the Quality of Life and Working Conditions (QVCT) Department and will be part of a team of 5 people including another Staff Care Specialist Psychologist with whom you will work closely.
In this context, your main functions:
Mission 1 : Standard et Expertise
• Contribute to the production and continuous improvement of mental health frameworks.
• Supports the deployment of mental health policies, processes and tools for the different populations of the organization (National Staff, International Staff and Headquarters Staff).
Mission 2: Strategy and management: Development of staff care culture within HI
• Improve the visibility of resources and psychological support offered through appropriate internal communication
• Prepare training workshops on request or as needed for staff on topics related to staff mental health (Psychological First Aid, Identifying Psychotrauma, Resilience and Stress Management, etc.).
- Build and identify a network of local psychologists at HI headquarters and in the countries where HI operates.
Mission 3: Operational implementation of staff care
3.1: Support International Staff, National Staff and Headquarters Staff individually and collectively:
• Briefing of employees before departure on mission, psychological support during the mission (ad hoc individual remote support) and during critical incidents, debriefing upon return from mission.
• Ensure monitoring of mental health in the field, report alerts.
3.2: In the event of crisis management, offer support and provide advice in your area of expertise
• Advise members of the crisis unit on psychological issues (relationship with family, victims, unit members – psychological impact of the crisis, assessment of the psychiatric crisis situation, etc.)
• Provide psychological support to victims of the incident directly (remotely or on site) or via pre-identified local resources
3.3: Ensure the implementation of a “staff care” system (mental health scope) and implement technical advice in this scope.
• Advise HR and management managers on the deployment of psychological support systems.
• Participate in recruitment on the technical side, support and technically supervise staff care psychologists (and staff care relays) in the field
• Lead and ensure the maintenance of the skill level of the ALF (Family Liaison Agent) group that can be mobilized in the event of crisis management.
• Manage the external psychological support platform system.
REQUIRED PROFILE:
Diploma :
- Bac +5 level training
- Master II in social/occupational psychology with additional clinical experience or training desirable
NB: It is mandatory to hold a psychologist qualification and to be registered in the Adeli file of your department (National Directory of Health Professionals) to practice in France.
Experience and skills:
- Significant experience as an occupational psychologist in an institution or organization.
- Experience in a trauma clinic preferred. Experience in in-house consultations is an asset.
- Knowledge of the humanitarian sector preferred.
- Ability to take sufficient distance from one’s profession to be able to make suggestions and know how to adapt one’s working environment to different areas of intervention (head office and abroad) while taking cultural differences into account.
- Available for short trips to the intervention sites if necessary.
- Emotional and relational intelligence, responsiveness, ethical and political sense
- Taste for working in a multidisciplinary team
- Fluent in French and English.
- Fluency in Arabic or Spanish an asset.
- Proficiency in computer tools.
- Expatriation experience appreciated
ACCESSIBILITY OF THE WORKPLACE:
The Lyon office is easily accessible by public transport (bus, metro). Car parking and a bicycle parking area are also available. Within the building, access ramps and elevators ensure better circulation. All workstations are located in open spaces, but cubicles are available on each floor for working in peace and quiet if necessary. The workspace is very bright.
A disability advisor is available to answer any questions and assist you with your procedures. The position can be adapted to suit your needs.
JOB CONDITIONS:
- Part-time fixed-term contract to be defined together
- Restaurant Voucher Card,
- Employer mutual insurance,
- 34 CP and 13 RTT per year for full-time work, to be prorated according to your time spent there.
- Advantageous teleworking charter,
- Many sports and social activities are offered in our Lyon premises
How to apply
TO APPLY :
Only online by attaching CV and cover letter via the following link:
https://apply.workable.com/j/399D8E0992
Applications are being processed on an ongoing basis, so don’t wait to apply!
Only successful candidates will be contacted.