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The role involves extensive programme development, planning, and management, with a focus on enhancing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) for children and families in humanitarian and development contexts. Key responsibilities include supporting the development of MHPSS proposals and partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including UN agencies, civil society, governments, and academic institutions. This work aims to build innovative, impactful projects that contribute to global evidence and improve practice. The position also involves advising on donor relations, particularly with GIZ and BHA, ensuring alignment with UNICEF's Strategic Plan and international standards, and contributing to monitoring, evaluation, and reporting on UNICEF's MHPSS work, both internally and externally.
The role further includes providing technical support for the development and evaluation of new MHPSS interventions, ensuring they incorporate the latest scientific and practice-based evidence. This includes work on interventions like mhGAP for mental health in primary healthcare settings and BLOOM for young children. The position also offers support to regional and country offices in adapting and implementing MHPSS interventions, and ensuring they are integrated with other sectors. Advocacy is a key component, with responsibilities for global coordination, networking, and representing UNICEF at high-level forums to elevate the organization's leadership in MHPSS for children and families. Additionally, the role involves leading innovation and knowledge management efforts by facilitating the roll-out of new MHPSS interventions, collating evidence on their effectiveness, and ensuring that knowledge is shared and used to improve practice at regional and country levels.
The following minimum requirements:
An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: psychology, social work or other relevant social welfare, or another relevant technical field.
Work Experience:
A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in mental health, social work, MHPSS and/other related areas at national or international levels, most of which were served in humanitarian contexts is required.
Experience in intervention development and evaluation required