This position will be working closely with Emergency Sexual Reproductive Health (ESRH) outreach teams in mobile clinics, supporting internally displaced people and host community with an aim to;

• Improve the beneficiaries’ mental health wellbeing and psychosocial conditions
• Supporting the Primary Health Care Services (PHCS) medical team by providing guidance and capacity building for the implementation of qualitative psychosocial care and mental health activities
• Assisting the community volunteers (CVs) in the identification of beneficiaries in need of specific psychological counselling and ensuring individual or group support for identified beneficiaries
• With overall guidance from area program managers, the position will be directly supervised by emergency outreach coordinator

Detailed Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implementing psychosocial activities and providing psychological consultations on regular basis.
• Ensure all work with clients is confidential and that ethical practices are observed.
• Document client data accurately in the intake forms and ensure they are under lock and key.
• Ensure that the MH Data Tool is accurately updated on a regular basis.
• Participate in the interpretation of the analyzed data on trends.
• Participate in the preparation of accurate reports for all Psycho-social related activities.
• Assess the beneficiaries’ psychological condition by using psychological tools to detect the vulnerable cases and ensure psychological follow up.
• Actively participate in weekly supervision meetings.
• Assist in development of referral networks between partners implementing GBV and implementation of referral pathways.
• Participate in conducting trainings for medical and non-medical staff on Mental Health related topics.
• Support the Hygiene & Health promoters to identify beneficiaries with vulnerabilities and to properly refer them to the MH worker
• Conducting regular Awareness raising session with target communities within IDP sites and Health Facilities.
• Managing the activities of Community volunteers through regular follow-up.
• support the ESRH team to identify appropriate trainings and providing them regular trainings on Mental Health & Psych-Social Support (MHPSS).
• Producing timely progress reports, including both quantitative and qualitative information, on MHPSS activities and clinical case studies
• To maintain good socio-professional relationships with national and international partners
• Attend trainings when required
• Attend team meetings and give qualitative inputs
• Be flexible in performing his/her duties to ensure that beneficiaries are getting good quality services
• Strictly respect confidentiality of data, property of beneficiaries and respect confidentiality regarding the content of clinical interviews, except when exchanging information with the medical team in charge and within a professional frame

Qualification and experience required:

• Diploma or College Degree in clinical Psychology, Psychiatry or mental health officer, nurses with additional training in psychiatry
• Minimum one year of experience in similar position
• With expertise and experience Mental Health and Psychosocial Support field

Personal skills required:

• Fluent in local language, Amharic and Tigrigna for Tigray region
• Work as team player and has flexibility in his/her work
• He/she can work independently and innovatively to develop and implement supervision and training activities that help expand community participation
• Experience working in humanitarian emergency settings is an asset
• Good interpersonal communication skill
• Previous training or experience on counselling skill is a plus

Number of Position: (02)

Duty Station: MSIE: Amhara 1 & Tigray 1

Employment Contract Until December 31, 2021

Salary:  As per MSIE Salary Scale