MHPSS Manager

• Responsibilities and Duties:

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  Lead the Protection and MHPSS component of Green Desert programs including child protection   and community-level psychosocial support (PSS).

• Providing training of staff on protection principles and prevention of GBV ensuring both beneficiaries and staff are aware of, and are capable of responding to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and child protection (CP).
• Provide technical support to ensure quality referrals and information dissemination, protection case management, individual protection assistance, are in line with international best practices.
• Technically lead Protection and MHPSS needs assessments and identify risks and vulnerabilities, including those related to gender, age, and diversity.
• Support sectors program staff to mainstream protection in their activities through the provision of training.
• Ensure the safeguarding and reporting policy is communicated to and understood by program participants and relevant community members (through ongoing, age-appropriate, contextualized verbal and/or written information shared in local language.)
• Ensures opportunities are in place for safe, confidential reporting and community feedback with mechanisms to ensure accountability. Record the complaints made and proactively address the recorded complains in coordination with protection lead and senior leadership team in the head office.
• Promote an environment of respect and trust with program participants and community members, both at the office and in the field site.
• Supporting line manager in PSS and TFS trainings.
• Working on files, revision, data collection
• Support on preparing/writing reports.
• Responsible for referrals and networking with respective NGOs.
• Join for cluster meetings etc.
• Perform other assigned tasks

• University Degree in Psychology or relevant degree ; 
• Relevant work experience as a MHPSS Manager   ;
• Strong knowledge of psycho-social programming in the humanitarian context.
• Strong Communication Skills:
• Speaking English, Arabic and Kurdish is a strong asset.

Please send your CV to [email protected] . In the email mention (MHPSS Manager) in the subject line  .