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Job: Psychosocial Program Evaluation Consultant (Japan)

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Position: Psychosocial Program Evaluation Consultant
Type: Temp
Location:  Japan
Salary: Annual salary will be commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits include health, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, and health club reimbursement; annual tuition or student loan reimbursement; outstanding pension plan and tax savings programs; generous vacation and sick leave; and more.

Overview:

AmeriCares works through local NGOs and a field office in Sendai to identify survivor needs including a focus on psychosocial support for survivors, filling gaps in health care and innovative projects that reconnect people to communities during the cleanup and rebuilding process. These efforts include more than 12 large and small therapeutic gardening projects for almost 5,000 earthquake and tsunami survivors. Therapeutic gardening is designed to promote the mental and physical rehabilitation of participants thereby reducing symptoms of depression, loneliness, and helplessness.

The field team in Japan is seeking a short term consultant who can assist with signature program evaluation work that we believe will showcase the critical impact we are providing by funding some truly innovative psychosocial programming.

Requirements:

• Reside in Japan and have fluency in Japanese and English
• Have direct working knowledge and expertise in designing, conducting and reporting of quasi-experimental design evaluations and the related analytical processes
• Experience designing and implementing primary data collection tools as well as accessing and working with primary and secondary data sources and creating sample frames
• Strong analytical skills
• Possess an advanced degree in social sciences or a related field
• Previous work experience in psychosocial programs, particularly therapeutic gardening

Application:

Applicants should submit a cover letter, a CV, two samples of work, as well as compensation expectations via our on-line portal: https://careers-americares.icims.com/jobs/1128/consultant— psychosocial-program-evaluation/job . The deadline for the submission of applications is December 27, 2013 (late applications will not be considered). 

AmeriCares is an emergency response and global health organization committed to helping many, more people live longer, healthier lives in the United States and around the world. A record 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, unleashing a deadly tsunami that caused catastrophic destruction followed by a meltdown at the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant.

AmeriCares responded to the emergency within days of the disaster and established a field office in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture that summer. In addition to restoring access to health services, assisting evacuees, and supporting people with disabilities, the AmeriCares Japan team has been providing grants for psychosocial and mental health care programs in the Tohoku region.