International Consultant- Organizational Psychologist/Coach – Team Development

The consultant will support WHO/Europe by facilitating team development through structured processes for reflection, learning, and continuous improvement. This role involves providing team coaching sessions tailored to each team, observing psychosocial risks, and participating in intervision sessions to enhance team wellbeing and organizational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Provide each assigned team/group with up to eight team development sessions tailored to each team’s needs.
• Observe, record and discuss existing or emerging psychosocial risks during sessions.
• Facilitate interpretation and discussion of Psychosocial Risk Assessment results when available.
• Participate in regular intervision sessions to discuss challenges and align approaches.
• Prepare, coordinate, keep records, and deliver team development sessions, with a maximum of 10 days per team including all activities.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in organizational psychology. Master’s degree in other social sciences may be considered given demonstrated strong background in coaching, group dynamics, and process facilitation.
• Accreditation as a coach, facilitator, or trainer from a recognized professional organization.
• Training in one or more of the following: conflict resolution, mediation, team development, leadership development, executive coaching and other related areas.
• Desirable: Accreditation from International Coaching Federation (ICF) or the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) at PCC or Senior Practitioner level.
• 10 or more years of relevant professional experience facilitating teams and groups in complex organizational environments.
• Experience working with multicultural, cross-functional, hybrid, and geographically dispersed teams, together with an understanding of organizational systems and group dynamics.
• Experience from the UN system or other international organizations is an asset.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with interpersonal challenges.
• Strong team player.
• Ability to quickly adapt to a changing environment and change approach as needed.
• Adherence to ethical and professional standards for coaches, e.g. International Coaching Federation (ICF) or the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC).
• Desirable: Having regular external supervision or regularly practicing reflection on own role as coach in other ways.
• Expert knowledge of English.

Skills

• Organizational Psychology
• Coaching
• Group Dynamics
• Procedure Facilitation
• Conflict Resolution
• Mediation
• Team Development
• Leadership Development
• Executive Coaching
• Multicultural Facilitation
• Cross-functional Team Facilitation
• Hybrid Team Facilitation
• Ethical Coaching Standards
• Team Coaching
• Psychosocial Risk Observation
• Intervision Sessions
• Professional Coaching Accreditation
• Reflection and Supervision Practices
• Managing Geographically Dispersed Teams
• Organizational Systems

Languages

English