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Job Summary

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) is an integral part of International Medical Corps’ (IMCs’) response, especially as part of PHC and Protection response services. IMC provides MHPSS services at each of the three bottom layers of the IASC MHPSS Intervention Pyramid, including Psychological First Aid (PFA) and more intermediate psychosocial support, basic counseling, mental health case management, PM+, Thinking Healthy interventions, and mhGAP-IG.

The International Medical Corps is going to provide the above-mentioned services in four provinces (Balkh, Kunar, Laghman and Nangarhar) and each provincial Office has at least one MHPSS officer with 5-10 MHPSS counselors and Social workers. There are 2 MHPSS Coordination officers in two regional level (Northern and Eastern) for coordination, services mapping and capacity development. As well as there are about 20 (+/-) mhGAP trained GPs, and going to train 20 (+/-) midwives on Thinking healthy interventions in the target provinces.

Job Purpose

The MHPSS officer will closely work with Sr. MHPSS Manager, and/ Coordinator, Counselors, and Site Managers and will be responsible for managing/supporting the MHPSS component of the project in the targeted province/ areas, including capacitybuilding of the field staff, and Monitoring/Supervision with on-the-job coaching/training of the field staff and coordination with relevant stakeholders for services mapping and referral pathway.

The MHPSS Officer – IMC Jobs In Nangarhar will have responsibilities that include:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function with or without reasonable accommodation. The duties and responsibilities listed are representative of the nature and level of work assigned and are not necessarily all inclusive.

1. Field team will receive regular supervision in case by case.
2. Manage the MHPSS team in field and support with team building.
3. Closely coordinate with Sr. MHPSS Manager and contribute for the MHPSS programming including strategy development and monitoring of the project.
4. Closely work with local NGO partner(s)/MHPSS actors and relevant government focal points for the implementation and monitoring of MHPSS project.
5. Provide continual technical guidance and support for MHPSS-related trainings and supervision as needed under the guidance of Sr. MHPSS Manger.
6. Prepare and implement trainings on relevant topics and support national trainers to roll out trainings.
7. Support the development of MHPSS referral pathways with partner NGO(s) and external service providers to strengthen links to available MHPSS- and Protectionrelated services.
8. In collaboration with local partners, engage community leaders, community-based organizations, and other service providers in supporting beneficiaries to access MHPSS services as well as ensuring their feedback for quality monitoring and accountability.
9. Lead the development of MHPSS-related IEC materials Including training tools translation in Pashto.
10. Oversee monitoring and evaluation of MHPSS programming, and collection and analysis of program data.
11. Deliver MHPSS reporting and case supervision report on a regular basis.
12. Coordinate regularly with other teams, including Medical, protection and Nutrition, for integrated approach to activities and trainings
13. Participate in MHPSS local coordination meetings for information sharing, collaboration with partners, referral mechanisms, and advocacy for best practices and IASC MHPSS guidelines.
• Policy Adherence
• Adhere to the Code of Conduct, maintain humanitarian principles, and respect international humanitarian law.
• Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse:
• Actively promote PSEA (Prevention of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse) standards within International Medical Corps and amongst beneficiaries served by International Medical Corps.
• Compliance & Ethics:
• Promotes and encourages a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the International Medical Corps. As applicable to the position, maintains a clear understanding of International Medical Corps and donor compliance and ethics standards and adheres to those standards.  Conducts work with the highest level of integrity
• Safeguarding
• It is all staff’s shared responsibility and obligation to safeguard and protect populations with whom we work, including adults who may be particularly vulnerable and children. This includes safeguarding from the following conduct by our staff or partners: sexual exploitation and abuse; exploitation, neglect, or abuse of children and adults at risk; and any form of trafficking in persons.

Job Requirment

Education Required:

The qualified candidate will be a mental health professional (BA of psychologist, clinical/counseling psychologist, clinical social worker).

Experience Required: 

Minimum of 3 years of professional experience coordinating MHPSS projects in humanitarian settings, and supervision of MHPSS team.

Submission Guideline

International Medical Corps never asks job applicants for a fee, payment, or other monetary transaction. If you are asked for money in connection with this recruitment, please report to the International Medical Corps at the website provided at the end of this document. 

Please note that:

• IMC commits to a fair and transparent recruitment procedure.
• IMC will conduct its recruitment on the base of need only.
• Only HR department will contact you during the recruitment process.
• IMC may keep data of your application for its pool of candidates and might propose you other positions than the one you applied for based on your qualifications.
• Only short-listed candidates whose application responds to the criteria will be contacted & local applicants from the same province are encouraged to apply and will be given priority.

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Due to Urgency, the candidates are encouraged to apply at the earliest.

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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

Misconduct Disclosure Scheme

All offers of employment at International Medical Corps are subject to satisfactory references and background checks. International Medical Corps participates in the Inter-Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme from the Steering Committee for Humanitarian Response (SCHR). In accordance with this, we will request information from an applicant’s previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms his/her understanding of these recruitment procedures.

 

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Country

Afghanistan

City

Nangarhar

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