Plan International is a rights-based development and humanitarian organization working for better lives for all children. We are independent of government and have no political or religious affiliation. Our purpose is to strive for a just world that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We have been building powerful partnerships for children for more than 80 years, and are now active in more than 70 countries.

Our global strategy has a specific focus on girls, as they are often the most marginalized and most often left behind. We have committed ourselves to the ambitious target of reaching 100 million girls over 5 years, to ensure they can learn, lead, decide and thrive. This is our contribution to reaching the sustainable development goals, and in particular the goals on gender equality. Our organization is transforming itself to meet this enormous challenge everywhere we work. We need bold, forward-thinking and innovative individuals to lead our country operations, driving change and delivering results that will allow us to reach our target of 100 million girls.

In Ethiopia, Plan has more than 25 years of experience in implementing its programme. Currently PIE mainly operates in seven geographical areas; Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR, Gambella, Benshangule Gumuz, Afar, and Addis Ababa City Administration on different projects funded by different donors including sponsorship.

The mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) specialist will be responsible for implementing and managing a comprehensive MHPSS project. The project aims to integrate mental health into primary health care service delivery in line with the WHO MH GAP Intervention Guidelines. On top of this the project aims to include MHPSS as one of the lifesaving primary health care service which is provided Plan Int`l Ethiopia (PIE) MHNT. PIEs’ approach to mental health is heavily based on training and developing the capacity of local partners and PIE MHNT staffs; the successful candidate should therefore have experience in training, on the job supervision and mentoring, coordination and in building referral links to other formal service providers and informal community supports. The mental health specialist will train, supervise, coordinate, and oversee the project MHNT of MHPSS officers and surge team support staffs. And make follow-up and basic mental health and psychosocial support. The MHPSS specialist will closely work and coordinate with the emergency response coordinator for managerial and MHPSS specialist at the country office for all technical matters.

ACCOUNTABILITIES AND MAIN WORK ACTIVITIES

• Enhance the capacities of field base MHNT and local health system including provision and oversight of MHPSS Services across all PIE operational woredas (30%)
• Strategic Program/project management/assessment, proposal development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation (30%)
• Resources mobilizations and donor relationship management (20%)
• Coordination and representation (20%)