19-100 MHPSS Coordinator – Mozambique 67 views0 applications


International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Background

International Medical Corps (IMC) assessment team arrived in Mozambique on March 23, and from March 26-29, the team travelled throughout the Sofala region and to Chimoio, Nhamantanda, Tica, Dondo, and Metuchira to determine the preliminary impact of Cyclone Idai on health system and the current availability of emergency and other health services outside the Beira area. These initial assessments and discussions with key partners in the response, highlighted the increasing numbers of displaced persons concentrating in temporary and/or informal camps. The death toll in Mozambique has risen above 600 people, according to the government. This number is expected to continue to increase as humanitarian responders regain access to districts and the full extent of the damage and impact is assessed.

Main Responsibilities

GENERAL

  • Provide technical and administrative support to mental health and psychosocial program managers; providing guidance on planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of MHPSS activities in different sites.
  • Take active role in MHPSS working group at the provincial level, in Beira.
  • Conduct routine project needs assessments and program reviews to ensure successful implementation and donor compliance
  • Manage MHPSS department and subsequent team ensuring there is adequate cover during periods of absence, training needs are met and performance evaluated.
  • Work directly with the MHPSS Consultants when required by the program.
  • Ensure link and coordination between MHPSS department, and other departments/sectors especially protection and health department.
  • Participate and represent MHPSS program in regular staff meetings, meetings with donors, regional meetings etc.
  • Liaise closely with any new or previous sub grantees.
  • Part of IMC ERT team for strategic planning; working to create MHPSS component in country strategy.
  • Assessment of the capacity of the local staff and working on a capacity building plan that goes in line with the country strategic objectives.
  • Involvement in performance appraisal of national and expatriate MHPSS staff.

EXTERNAL COORDINATION

  • Represent International Medical Corps at relevant coordination meetings (UNHCR, WHO, etc.) .
  • Liaising and Collaborate with existing government structures and local authorities organizing MHPSS activities.
  • Participate in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support coordination working group, together with representatives from other agencies and organizations.
  • Work to improve interagency coordination, sharing of information, and promote MHPSS guidelines, best practices and MHPSS reference group endorsed materials and resources. This includes planning joint assessments and response strategies.
  • Identify or work with suitable local partner organizations and institutions for joint MHPSS work.
  • Identify and where appropriate collaborate with existing formal and informal community leaders and service providers.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

  • Take a lead in MHPSS program development and proposal writing.
  • Develop the strategy and mechanisms to integrate a mental health and psychosocial support into IMC programs in keeping with IASC guidelines of mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.

REPORTING

  • The MHPSS Coordinator reports directly to Team Lead, and receives technical supervision from global MHPSS advisors.
  • Take a lead in writing MHPSS section of all donor reports.
  • Submit data required for donor reports, and monthly reports.
  • Any additional reporting associated with MHPSS working group.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

Qualification

  • The qualified candidate will be a mental health professional with MA/S or equivalent in social science – psychology, clinical social work or sociology – with knowledge of human rights, international development, public health or other relevant field;

Experience

  • Knowledgeable in and has used the IASC MHPSS and GBV/CP guidelines and best practices as part of their previous work experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years (of which at least 3 in the field) of progressively responsible professional experience in humanitarian work, and substantial experience in MHPSS, including in emergencies and in conflict settings.
  • Demonstrable experience working with UN cluster coordination mechanisms.
  • Demonstrable technical expertise in the assessment of and design and delivery of responses to pre-existing and emergency induced MHPSS needs.
  • Training experience required; capacity and proven track record in national staff and partner training, including capacity building of the national counterparts to management level
  • Knowledge of MHPSS Case Management and Integration of MH into PHC approaches.
  • Experience in working in the region is a plus.
  • Strong organizational and supervisory skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments
  • Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources
  • Ability to travel on short notice to project sites. Frequent travel between Maputo and Beira, with travel to other provinces as necessary

Equal Opportunities International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran

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International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide.

By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

We assist those in urgent need anywhere, anytime, no matter what the conditions, providing lifesaving health care and health care-related emergency services—often within hours.

 

As conditions ease, we work with local leaders to rebuild stronger. In non-emergency settings, our focus is development. Through our training programs, we pass essential skills into local hands, preparing those in disaster-prone areas to better withstand adversity. Embedding these skills into the community lies at the heart of what we do: build self-reliance. It gives people hit by tragedy a sense of ownership over their own recovery and the ability to shape their own future as they rebuild. And wherever it occurs, it is an investment that benefits us all because it prepares local residents to be their own best First Responders should disaster strike.

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0 USD Mozambique CF 3201 Abc road Full Time , 40 hours per week International Medical Corps

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

Background

International Medical Corps (IMC) assessment team arrived in Mozambique on March 23, and from March 26-29, the team travelled throughout the Sofala region and to Chimoio, Nhamantanda, Tica, Dondo, and Metuchira to determine the preliminary impact of Cyclone Idai on health system and the current availability of emergency and other health services outside the Beira area. These initial assessments and discussions with key partners in the response, highlighted the increasing numbers of displaced persons concentrating in temporary and/or informal camps. The death toll in Mozambique has risen above 600 people, according to the government. This number is expected to continue to increase as humanitarian responders regain access to districts and the full extent of the damage and impact is assessed.

Main Responsibilities

GENERAL

  • Provide technical and administrative support to mental health and psychosocial program managers; providing guidance on planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of MHPSS activities in different sites.
  • Take active role in MHPSS working group at the provincial level, in Beira.
  • Conduct routine project needs assessments and program reviews to ensure successful implementation and donor compliance
  • Manage MHPSS department and subsequent team ensuring there is adequate cover during periods of absence, training needs are met and performance evaluated.
  • Work directly with the MHPSS Consultants when required by the program.
  • Ensure link and coordination between MHPSS department, and other departments/sectors especially protection and health department.
  • Participate and represent MHPSS program in regular staff meetings, meetings with donors, regional meetings etc.
  • Liaise closely with any new or previous sub grantees.
  • Part of IMC ERT team for strategic planning; working to create MHPSS component in country strategy.
  • Assessment of the capacity of the local staff and working on a capacity building plan that goes in line with the country strategic objectives.
  • Involvement in performance appraisal of national and expatriate MHPSS staff.

EXTERNAL COORDINATION

  • Represent International Medical Corps at relevant coordination meetings (UNHCR, WHO, etc.) .
  • Liaising and Collaborate with existing government structures and local authorities organizing MHPSS activities.
  • Participate in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support coordination working group, together with representatives from other agencies and organizations.
  • Work to improve interagency coordination, sharing of information, and promote MHPSS guidelines, best practices and MHPSS reference group endorsed materials and resources. This includes planning joint assessments and response strategies.
  • Identify or work with suitable local partner organizations and institutions for joint MHPSS work.
  • Identify and where appropriate collaborate with existing formal and informal community leaders and service providers.

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

  • Take a lead in MHPSS program development and proposal writing.
  • Develop the strategy and mechanisms to integrate a mental health and psychosocial support into IMC programs in keeping with IASC guidelines of mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.

REPORTING

  • The MHPSS Coordinator reports directly to Team Lead, and receives technical supervision from global MHPSS advisors.
  • Take a lead in writing MHPSS section of all donor reports.
  • Submit data required for donor reports, and monthly reports.
  • Any additional reporting associated with MHPSS working group.

Code of Conduct

It is our shared responsibility and obligation to prevent matters involving Sexual Exploitation & Abuse, Trafficking in Persons, Child Safeguarding and any suggested violation to our Code of Conduct, which may involve Conflicts of Interest, Fraud, Corruption or Harassment. If you see, hear or are made aware of any suggested activities then you have an obligation to report.

Qualification

  • The qualified candidate will be a mental health professional with MA/S or equivalent in social science – psychology, clinical social work or sociology – with knowledge of human rights, international development, public health or other relevant field;

Experience

  • Knowledgeable in and has used the IASC MHPSS and GBV/CP guidelines and best practices as part of their previous work experience.
  • Minimum of 5 years (of which at least 3 in the field) of progressively responsible professional experience in humanitarian work, and substantial experience in MHPSS, including in emergencies and in conflict settings.
  • Demonstrable experience working with UN cluster coordination mechanisms.
  • Demonstrable technical expertise in the assessment of and design and delivery of responses to pre-existing and emergency induced MHPSS needs.
  • Training experience required; capacity and proven track record in national staff and partner training, including capacity building of the national counterparts to management level
  • Knowledge of MHPSS Case Management and Integration of MH into PHC approaches.
  • Experience in working in the region is a plus.
  • Strong organizational and supervisory skills
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments
  • Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources
  • Ability to travel on short notice to project sites. Frequent travel between Maputo and Beira, with travel to other provinces as necessary

Equal Opportunities International Medical Corps is proud to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran

2019-04-25

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