Public Health Focal Point – governance and projects management unit - GOAL project

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:

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.

To strengthen mental health service user participation in health system governance in Lebanon.

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

Reports to: governance and projects management coordinator

Location: Beirut, Lebanon

Tasks and Duties

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

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

Language requirements:

English (Mandatory), Level – Fluent

AND – Arabic (Mandatory), Level – Fluent

French is a plus