Overview
The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Consultant will support MHPSS-related activities for IOM’s emergency programming in Haiti, coordinating implementation, providing technical guidance, and contributing to strategy development.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the implementation of current MHPSS interventions and strengthen/expand them.
- Provide oversight of operational and programmatic aspects of MHPSS projects.
- Work with the MHPSS field team and provide technical guidance.
- Provide suggestions and technical input for new strategies, projects, and activities.
- Ensure coordination with IOM program units and mainstreaming of MHPSS approach.
- Provide technical guidance and support to IOM implementing partners.
- Support in designing MHPSS capacity-building initiatives.
- Monitor national policy, strategy and programmatic developments in relation to mental health.
- Contribute to the development and organize implementation of capacity-building for IOM staff and partners.
- Liaise with UN agencies, other intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, academic institutions and networks.
- Act as MHPSS focal point for IOM Haiti and participate in relevant coordination forums.
- Promote and facilitate the inclusion of MHPSS into IOM and humanitarian appeal processes.
- Prepare reports covering MHPSS-related activities, briefings, statistical/narrative reports, and background notes.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Required Experience
- Experience in humanitarian affairs, and/or development relating to migration, refugee, IDP issues, showing increasing levels of responsibility.
- Field experience preferred.
- Experience in liaising with government authorities, other national/international institutions, and NGOs.
- Experience in project management and development and/or monitoring, evaluation, and reporting.
- Demonstrated experience working on MHPSS programming and/or vulnerable people with MHPSS needs in an emergency or post-conflict environment.
Qualifications
• Master’s degree in psychology (General, Clinical, Counselling, Social or Community), Social Work, Medical Anthropology, Social Animation from an accredited academic institution; or Bachelor’s degree in the above fields with 5 years of relevant professional experience.
