Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Adviser – Terms of Reference / Радник/ця із питань психічного здоров’я та психосоціальної підтримки – технічне завдання

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Adviser TORs (002)

Надсилати резюме: [email protected] / [email protected] 

Position: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Adviser (MHPSS)
Location: This role is primarily based in Ukraine but Crown Agents will try to accommodate individual circumstances where possible.

Scope of Work

Main responsibilities 

Technical Leadership (60%) 

• Liaise with CAID project management unit, and MEL unit to unify project efforts in MHPSS.
• Build and/or maintain relationships with departments of health, entities of the Ministry of Health, education institutions, MHPSS experts, other international organisations, etc.
• Oversee technical capacity building among project staff and community-based partners.
• Develop and lead innovations in MHPSS programming by using multi-disciplinary approaches
• Coordinate with CAID Ukraine and CAID Crisis Response and Recovery Unit staff and other international offices to incorporate and share MHPSS resources and learning.
• Review program data and make appropriate programmatic pivots to meet goals and fill service gaps.
• Develop manuscripts, presentations, and other knowledge sharing products promoting findings, lessons learned, and knowledge gained via MHPSS programming for multi-phase project development.

Project management (40%) 

• Oversee MHPSS specific workplan with CSO partners and coordinate with other international organisations, Protection cluster, Child Protection cluster and Ukraine Ministry of Health
• Monitor deliverables completed by the partners MHPSS team, CAID MEL unit 
• Lead reporting on ad hoc requests related to areas of technical expertise and leadership across the project CSOs as needed.
• Ensure MHPSS efforts are delivered on time, within scope and on budget
• Facilitate collaboration and a supportive environment with the partner and other project staff
• Mainstream conflict sensitivity and ‘do-no-harm’ approaches.
• Other duties as assigned

Experience and abilities for the position 

• Advanced degree in social work, psychology, public health, or related field. Formal training in counselling, self-care, self-compassion, and other relevant MHPSS disciplines preferred.
• 8+ years’ experience in management or technical implementation of MHPSS initiatives or other health projects in Ukraine 
• Knowledge and understanding of the Ukraine context.
• Exceptional skills with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. 
• Experience with international donor-funded projects
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills in Ukrainian and English.
• Ability to travel as necessary.
• 6 month consultancy contract, with the possibility of extension (50+ days)

Other Obligations

The nature of Crown Agents’ engagement in Ukraine means that information and discussion essential to the engagement may be highly sensitive, both commercially and operationally. All personnel employed on this programme have a commitment to maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, behaviour and performance. This includes full compliance with all the requirements of their personal contracts as well as those defined in the programme Staff Handbook.

Deadline for Submission  

This is an urgent recruitment, and we will therefore review CVs on a rolling basis.

Ukrainian nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.  

This job posting summarises the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.