Technical Officer - Tenders Global

Technical Officer

Handicap International

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Under the responsibility of the MHPSS specialist, the Roving Mental Health Psychosocial Support Technical Officer will be responsible for the quality of MHPSS activities implemented in the field. He/She must keep all the data confidential and share it only with the designated persons. This position is considered as a functional link between the technical support in the coordination office and operational implementation in the field.
Technical Support:
  • Ensuring technical quality of field activities through observation, feedback and support
  • Works with MHPSS specialist, TOs, and teams to identify possible MHPSS needs in the field
  • Works with the MHPSS TOs, and/or MHPSS teams to identify their key learning needs and designs a professional development plan
  • Supporting and capacity building of national MHPSS TO and MHPSS teams (through training, feedback and accompanying as necessary)
  • Provides technical support to MHPSS teams through direct supervision sessions
  • Identifies possible solutions and technical resources to address the issues faced by the teams in the field
  • Collaborating with different departments for the development of technical tools
  • Developing, adapting and ensuring the harmonization of technical materials and guidelines used for activities across bases
  • Ensuring guidelines and SOP are respected across all field activities
  • Conducting technical interviews for MHPSS TO recruitment when necessary
Reporting:
  • Develops and updates of technical tools according to the needs
  • Compiling monthly sit-rep from the field
  • Contributes to any Internal and external project monitoring mission or project evaluation
Strategy development:
  • Contribute to designing the different MHPSS activities, strategy and operational framework in collaboration with the MHPSS specialist
  • Contributes to proposal writing and reporting by inputs concerning the MHPSS needs and response; in absence of the MHPSS specialist
  • Participates in roll out of strategic plan of the mission as per MHPSS specialist’s request
Capitalization:
  • Provide monthly situational reports/ updates to the MHPSS specialist from the field
  • Participate in the analysis of Monitoring and Evaluation data
Representation:
  • Upon request by the MHPSS specialist, represents Humanity & Inclusion in TWGs
  • Upon request by the MHPSS specialist, represents Humanity & Inclusion in the projects areas with any relevant stakeholders, local, national and international partners
Profil:
  • You have a graduate degree in psychology (clinical, social, cross-cultural), or another university degree in the Humanities with significant experience in the field of mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian, development or emergency contexts
  • You have a minimum of 2-3 years of experience in your field, including overseas experience in low and middle income countries
  • You have good synthesis and analytical skills and excellent writing skills
  • You have experience in an emergency context and are highly adaptable
  • You are stress resistant
  • You are able to work independently
  • You are fluent in English
  • Knowledge of Ukrainian would be a plus

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