Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Program Manager Job at HIAS

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Descriptions;

HIAS is the global Jewish nonprofit organization that protects refugees-including women and children, and ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities-whose lives are in danger for being who they are.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Program Development and Management

Leads HIAS Kenya MHPSS program through provision of technical expertise on program design, and development
Facilitate and contribute to the development of HIAS’ MHPSS country strategy, support assessment, research, documentation of lessons, and strengthening of evidence based and scalable MHPSS interventions in Kenya tailored to the identified MHPSS needs and in compliance with the HIAS’ MHPSS intervention theory of change and existing best practices and global standards.
Responsible for MHPSS planning, development of programs and implementation plans and ensuring timely efficient and effective implementation of the psychosocial activities
Facilitate regular supportive counselling/ supervision, coaching sessions and support for all field officers to manage stress, burnout and vicarious trauma
Accountable for upholding and ensuring adherence to HIAS policies, procedures, ethics professional standards and best practices for operational efficiencies
Work collaboratively with HIAS Programs such as Gender Based Violence Program, Economic Inclusion, Resettlement and Legal Protection Program to support identified mental and psychosocial needs of clients

Provision of MHPSS service

Plan and oversee the establishment of community based mental health and psychosocial support and ensure the provision of evidence based and quality services to HIAS clients
Monitor and provide participatory leadership in the provision of MHPSS services in line with national and international standards and guiding principles in reference to HIAS SOPs, UNHCR, IASC, SPHERE project and WHO guidelines, capacity build and onboard staff to ensure knowledge and adherence to these standards and periodically review and ensure efficiency of systems to these standards
Support MHPSS team to provide psychoeducation to refugees using culturally appropriate coping strategies and development of appropriate IEC materials
Oversee the implementation of HIAS case management system as per HIAS polices and relevant regulations

Resource Utilization

Take lead in project planning and oversee budget expenditures to ensure effective use of resources against planned activities and outputs related to HIAS MHPSS work.
Prepare and recommend psychosocial program budget with written justification, monitor the allocation of expenditures for consistency with approved budgets, and recommend revisions as needed
Inform and ensure all field offices have the required human resource: verify appropriate staffing, ensuring proportionate workload sharing among field officers, identify human resources gaps and deploy relief on an ongoing basis
Participate in and contribute to the identification, preparation and solicitation of donor funding for psychosocial services

Capacity Building

Develop staff evaluation plans and performance measures and ensure performance appraisal for all staff, provide mentoring and on the job training to MHPSS staff.
Ensure that continual capacity building on MHPSS guidelines and standards, PSS, PFA, safeguarding, protection principles, Do No Harm approaches, and Core Humanitarian Standards training is offered for HIAS staff, the staff of implementing partners, and key members of the community.

Coordination, partnership and Networking

Coordinate with partners and local organizations to create linkages for refugees for promotion of quality referral pathways, strengthening MHPSS services and ensuring their integration of MHPSS concerns to different sectors
Contribute the perspective and inputs of MHPSS in joint interagency assessments, planning, and reporting that are carried out by MHPSS technical working groups and relevant interagency initiatives.
Develop a database for partnerships and foster a memorandum of understanding
Actively participate and lead MHPSS specific coordination platform, interagency thematic work groups on donor briefings, including the Urban MHPSS WG in Nairobi.

Reporting

Develop program and staff evaluation plans and performance measures for all staff, data collection methods and reporting procedures consistent with HIAS strategic plan and agency funding requirements to determine program and operation effectiveness.
Review and disseminate in a timely manner, quarterly and annual MHPSS departmental reports highlighting for donor and board reports and track progress against key performance indicators(KPI) and project budget.
Develop standardized and periodically review primary data collection tools and ensure consistent and timely statistical data gathering from the field.
Accountable for the maintenance of updated and comprehensive database on mental health and psychosocial cases.

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS:

A Minimum of master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, Social Work or related field
7 – 9 years working in a management position with at least 3 years in Project Management with a specific focus on MHPSS programming.
Experience in community based MHPSS, GBV, Child Protection and related sectors program implementation approaches to refuges and host communities in a humanitarian context
Demonstrated ability and experience to supervise and oversee technical work in MHPSS in a humanitarian setting. Preference for candidates who have previous experience with direct service provision to vulnerable refugee and migrant populations.
Trained in counselling/clinical supervision and active registration with a professional association (Kenya Counselling and Psychological Association/Kenya Psychological Association/Kenya National Association of Social Workers)
Demonstrated experience with operationalizing MHPSS Global standards and principles, including knowledge of international humanitarian standards for MHPSS programming.
Strong training and capacity building experience, particularly using participatory techniques for training related to different components of MHPSS programming.
Self-starter with an ability to work with minimal supervision, in a culturally diverse team
Excellent Analytical, Communication and Report writing skills
Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relations with local staff, beneficiaries and other stakeholders