Roving Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist

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JOB SUMMARY

The Roving MHPSS Specialist plays a roving role and contributes to the national strategy in line with the global strategy. The specialist ensures technical support to MHPSS team and projects in line with the global and International Medical Corps (IMC) technical frameworks and standards. Besides, the position holder ensures technical learning from projects, control and monitoring of the technical quality and the relevance of IMC MHPSS activities across the mission. In addition, the position holder ensures compliance of the technical proposition with nexus stakes and contributes to the development of research and innovation projects.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation.

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1.       Support for Program Development

• Regularly assess new developments and needs in the country, including new gaps and potential areas of intervention in Mental Health and Psychosocial support interventions.
• In collaboration with MHPSS program Coordinator, identify potential areas for new projects and prepare concept notes and project proposals

2.       MHPSS Program Implementation and logistics management

• Ensure that the MHPSS interventions are appropriately implemented in line with the agreed proposal 
• Ensure IMC MHPSS care standards and protocols are met, national health policies and strategies are respected and other relevant project management issues including donor requirements are properly addressed.
• In collaboration with MHPSS coordinator provide technical leadership and guidance during the planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of MHPSS service project activities
• In collaboration with MHPSS program coordinator and program managers; ensure smooth phase out in each project area during project phase out period.

3.       Reporting and M/E

• Coordinate MHPSS officers/MHPSS counselors to collect updates and provide regular reports on MHPSS to Country Office (Addis)
• Assist the M/E team and program managers to compile the MHPSS reports and provide high-level regular reports and updates to the Addis-based management team and donors.
• Support the program managers/senior officers to establish reporting systems and data flow mechanisms and ensure proper functioning of the systems for regular assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of the projects against their objectives and expected results.

4.       Representation

• Represent the organization during MHPSS technical meetings as required 

5.       Capacity Building and Coordination

• Identify training needs and make a capacity development plan for the MHPSS team 
• Capacitate MHPSS team across the mission and other IMC staff to enable them to provide high-level MHPSS performance during planning, implementation, and reporting.
• Provide training in the identification and management of priority mental health conditions to general health staff in line with WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guidelines. Besides, facilitate other pragmatic trainings, Psychological First Aid (PFA), basic MHPSS and referrals, etc.

Additional Tasks:

• Perform other duties as assigned. The duties and responsibilities listed in this document are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and not necessarily comprehensive.