WVI Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs

WVI Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor Jobs 2023 – Ethiopia NGO Jobs.

WVI Ethiopia looking for “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor”.

Applicants with a Master’s Degree may apply on or before September 16, 2023.

World Vision International is an ecumenical Christian humanitarian aid, development, and advocacy organization. It was founded in 1950 by Robert Pierce as a service organization to provide care for children in Korea. In 1975, emergency and advocacy work was added to World Vision’s objectives. It is active in over 100 countries with a total revenue including grants, product and foreign donations of USD $3.14 billion.

WVI Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor Jobs 2023

The WVI has published a job vacancy announcement on September 07, 2023 for qualified Ethiopia’s to fill in the vacant post of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor to be based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

WVI Job Vacancy 2023

Major Job Responsibilities:

• Spearhead the designing and implementing of mental health and psycho-social interventions for children, adolescents, adults women and men as a component of child protection sector and facilitate integration of psychological first aid (PFA) into other sectors in emergency response and development context as needed.
• Adapt and contextualize standard MHPSS models and tools to address local needs in ensuring the psycho-social wellbeing of children, youth and adults with traumatic experiences
• Coordinate with local government stakeholders (Women and children Affairs, Social Affairs, Health sector, faith organizations etc) and other stakeholders regarding implementing MHPSS measure to ensure complementarity and flexible, efficient service delivery to other emergency response plans
• Develop evidence based and contextualized mental health systems including community health and service needs, service delivery challenges and clinical pathways.
• Facilitate tailor made training focusing on MHPSS topics for project officers, social workers and experts in the government sectors.
• Mainstream MHPSS within WVE across sectors for an integrated approach to activities training, standard guidelines.
• Develop concept notes and proposal to be submitted to different funding agencies to mobilize grants to broaden the depth and scale of mental health, psycho-social wellbeing of boys and girls, men and women.
• Coordinate the MHPSS programming for the country, including strategy development and technical support of multiple projects.
• Participate in MHPSS coordination meetings for information sharing, collaboration with partners, referral mechanisms, and advocacy for best practices and IASC MHPSS
• Provide technical support for the implementation of CPP TP in relation to building the capacity of CPP officers with essentials of MHPSS service delivery relevant to vulnerable children and families in the operation areas of World Vision.
• Contribute to the strategic development of child protection and GBV prevention to address the psychosocial support measures beyond the emergency period.

Position in Organization:

• Posting Title: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor
• Locations: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Job Schedule: Full time

Educational Qualification and Experience:

• Master’s degree health psychology, Counseling, public health, social work, etc.
• Ability to meet tight deadlines through excellent time management, organization and multi-tasking skills Knowledge and skills in community based psycho-social support mechanisms.
• Five years’ experience in designing and implementing psycho-social training programs and Psychological first aid service delivery mechanisms.
• Knowledge and experience in application of international technical guidelines and standards in Inter Agency for Mental Health and Psychosocial services. Knowledge of prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse (PSEA).

How to Apply WVI Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical Advisor Jobs 2023

Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.

https://worldvision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WorldVisionInternational/job

The Closing Date: September 16, 2023.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

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