Technical Officer

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Job Description

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

Source: https://www.hi.org/en/ad/-ESO-02-24-8351

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