Public Health Officer – governance and projects management unit

Overview

Aim: To support government and partners in strengthening the ability of health systems to meet the mental health needs of refugee and host communities affected by protracted displacement, focusing on Lebanon.

Objectives:  The project has the following interconnected objectives:

1. To explore barriers and facilitators to strengthening health system governance for supporting access to culturally appropriate mental health care for Syrian refugees and host populations in Lebanon.
2. To strengthen mental health service user participation in health system governance in Lebanon.
3. To identify sustainable financing mechanisms that can strengthen health system responses for mental health services for Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon.

Partners: The study is sponsored/led by the University College of London (LSHTM) and is a collaboration between the National Mental Health Programme (NMHP)- MoPH, ABAAD- Resource Center for Gender Equality, USJ – faculty of public health, Positives Negatives and War Child Holland

Contract: Full-time

Duration: 8 months - renewable

Reports to: governance and projects management coordinator

Location: Beirut, Lebanon

Tasks and Duties

1. Support in the MHPSS TF coordination

• Facilitate all the meeting preparations (i.e. invitations and presentation preparation and attendance sheet preparation)
• Facilitate (i.e. lead) the meetings at field level in coordination with the unit coordinator
• Follow-up with stakeholders on regular participation in the meetings and on matters related to the activities of the group
• Ensure monitoring and regular updating of the emailing list
• Participate in meetings of other coordination mechanisms of other sectors (example: Health, GBV, CP, …etc.) and exchange relevant updates
• Support in implementing the different stages of the development process of the annual action plan related to the TF

2. Administrative

• Conduct routine day-to-day coordination tasks related to unit activities
• Prepare Minutes of Meetings
• Support in developing Standardized Operational Procedures (SOPs) related to unit activities and non-research projects

Deliverables

• Minutes of meetings
• summary documents
• SoPs and related forms

Education and Experience

• Degree in Public Health (ex: Masters in Public Health) and Degree in a Mental Health related field Minimum of 2 years of work experience in the field of mental health and/or substance use
• Familiarity with the humanitarian context and coordination structures
• Proficient in reading and writing of Arabic and English, fluency in French is a plus

Desired Skills and Characteristics

• Good communication skills and inter-personal skills
• Strong coordination and management skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Strong reporting and analytical skills
• Team player
• Proven ability in priority management, time-management, and multi-tasking
• Dependability, accountability, and transparency

Competency of Relevant Software

• Computer proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Basic knowledge of cloud-based collaboration (OneDrive, Dropbox, GoogleDrive, etc.)
• Basic knowledge of online meeting platforms (Zoom, MS Teams, etc.)
• Basic technology literacy
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Language requirements:

• English (Mandatory), Level – Fluent
• AND – Arabic (Mandatory), Level – Fluent
• French is a plus