Overview
The Senior Technical Officer (MHPSS) is responsible for supporting the implementation of MHPSS activities and ensuring the quality of project interventions. The position provides technical support to local partners, mobile health teams, and frontline workers and delivers MHPSS case management and referral services.
Key Responsibilities
- Delivering of MHPSS case management activities including screening, assessments, and interventions.
- Conducting community-based MHPSS activities integrated with primary health care.
- Making appropriate referrals for individuals with severe mental health conditions, protection concerns, and GBV survivors.
- Supporting the development and adaptation of MHPSS resources.
- Facilitating community awareness and advocacy activities.
- Preparing monthly MHPSS work plans and supporting implementation.
- Providing technical support on MHPSS to local implementing partners through training, supervision, and coaching.
- Building the MHPSS capacity of mobile health teams and frontline workers.
- Representing IRC in sub-national and national coordination forums.
- Liaising with ethnic health organizations, camp management committee and humanitarian actors.
- Supporting cross-sector collaboration with Health, Protection, WPE, and Nutrition teams.
- Coordinating with MEAL team to support data entry, management, and analysis of MHPSS activities.
- Contributing to assessments, needs analysis, and evaluations related to mental health.
- Preparing timely monthly narrative and activity reports.
- Contributing to technical learning and documentation of good practices.
- Providing regular, timely, and quality monthly narrative reports.
Required Experience
At least 2-3 years of experience in MHPSS programming in humanitarian or fragile settings. At least 1 year of clinical and/or community work experience in humanitarian context. Familiarity with mhGAP, IASC MHPSS Guidelines, and humanitarian coordination mechanisms.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Social Work, Public Health, Mental Health or related field. Experience in clinical psychology is an asset. Master’s degree in a relevant field is an asset.
