MHPSS Technical Officer

Education

• The qualified candidate will be a mental health professional (Psychologist or Psychiatrist with MA or equivalent preferably with Clinical Psychology master degree, or hold a degree in Medicine.
• Previous training in MhGAP is must if holding a medicine degree.

Languages

• Proficiency in Arabic; Strong English language skills mandatory (oral and written), Kurdish will also be considered as a strong plus.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience
• Previous experience with international or local NGOs desirable
• Demonstrable experience creating and conducting MHPSS trainings, presentations or workshops
• Experience or strong understanding and willingness to develop skills in clinical supervision and staff care
• Training and/or development of IEC materials and MHPSS awareness messages desirable
• Technical assistance provision at the level of working group, task force, or equivalent
• Training teams on MhGAP, Problem Management Plus (PM+) would be an asset

Skills

• Strong capacity to adhere to confidentiality guidelines and work with sensitive circumstances
• Strong organizational and supervisory skills
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communications skills in local languages and English
• Team management and ability to work within a team structure or in isolation
• Flexible and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources
• Demonstrated ability to work in a multicultural environment
• Prioritizes tasks and meet deadlines according to the project needs
• Ability to continue to develop skills and receive constructive criticism
• Ability to travel on short notice to project sites and other governorates when needed
• Demonstrated commitment to high professional ethical standards and humanitarian values
• Computer literacy with demonstrated experience in utilization of Microsoft Office – Word, Excel and PowerPoint in particular is mandatory

Handicap International is an equal opportunity employer and particularly welcomes applications from persons with disabilities.

*Female candidates are encouraged to apply

*Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply

Interested candidates may please send their CV with a cover letter to reach on or before.

21^st Mar 2024                

Only applications completed in accordance with the following instructions will be.

Taken into consideration, the others will be rejected automatically.

Mentioning clearly in the subject line of your e-mail the reference:

Ref: HI-IRQ- SAD- MHPSST-731

Your application will not be taken into consideration if this information is omitted from the

Subject line of your e-mail

Please address all applications to:

[email protected]  

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

CVs that are sent as photo, screen shot or by link will not be considered.

Position is pending donor approval