Overview
The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Consultant will support MHPSS-related activities for IOM’s emergency programming in Haiti, aiming to strengthen and expand interventions for displaced populations and migrants.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the implementation of MHPSS interventions.
- Provide oversight of operational and programmatic aspects of MHPSS projects.
- Work with the MHPSS field team and provide technical guidance.
- Provide suggestions for strengthening and/or developing new MHPSS strategies, projects, and activities.
- Ensure coordination with IOM program units and mainstreaming of MHPSS.
- 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 and psychosocial response.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of capacity-building for IOM staff and partners.
- Liaise with UN agencies, other intergovernmental agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions.
- 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, and background notes.
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.
- Solid knowledge of Protection coordination mechanisms.
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.
