Marie Stopes International Ethiopia

Position: Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Officer

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Tigray 1 & Amhara 1, Ethiopia

Salary: As per MSIE Salary Scale

Posted date: 44 minutes ago

Application Deadline: Aug, 27/2021 (10 days left)

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 counseling and ensuring individual or group support for identified beneficiaries
• With overall guidance from area program managers, the position will be directly supervised by the 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 the development of referral networks between partners implementing GBV and implementation of referral pathways. 
• Participate in conducting training 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 sessions 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 training and providing them regular training 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 training 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 the 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 a similar position
• With expertise and experience Mental Health and Psychosocial Support field

Personal skills required:

• Fluent in the local language, Amharic and Tigrigna for Tigray region
• Work as a 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
• Good interpersonal communication skills
• Experience working in humanitarian emergency settings is an asset
• Previous training or experience on counseling 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

How to apply

Interested and qualified applicants should mail only their motivation letter and C.V, within ten (10) days from the date of this announcement to:

 Human Resources, Marie Stopes International Ethiopia

Through the following e-mail address: HumanResource@mariestopes.org.et  and

East Program Office (Adama), North Program Office (Mekelle) & Northwest program Office (Bahirdar) you can apply in person to the respective office.

 Due to the volume of applications, we will only contact shortlisted candidates, and we are unable to provide any feedback on unsuccessful applications.

Please mention the title of the position and workplace you applied for on the subject line of your email. 

CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.

MSIE STRONGLY ENCOURAGES FEMALE CANDIDATES TO APPLY!