National Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Terms of Reference

Service Contract: Consultancy

Location: Lebanon

Duration of the service contract: for up to 171 days from April 23th, 2018 to December 31st, 2018; the duration could be reviewed during the contract negotiation process and in accordance with the final needs and activities planning

OBJECTIVES/ PURPOSE OF ASSIGNMENT

The Consultant will provide a support to the activities of the national mental health and psychosocial support coordination mechanism in place.   

Missions:

Facilitate meetings of the coordination structure

• Facilitate all the meeting preparations (i.e. meeting room booking, invitations and presentation preparation and attendance sheet preparation)
• Facilitate (i.e. lead) the meetings at field level in coordination with the 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

Support coordination functions

• Facilitate bilateral coordination between member organizations
• Conduct field visits to member organizations when needed

Support inter-sectoral coordination.

• Participate in meetings of other coordination mechanisms of other sectors (example: Health, GBV, CP, …etc.) and exchange relevant updates

Support in ensuring comprehensive mapping of services and reporting on indicators

• Engage and follow-up with members of the coordination mechanism for monthly reporting on national indicators and service mappings.

 Support the development of the annual action plan of the coordination mechanism

• Support in implementing the different stages of the development process of this action plan

Other

• Other activities as needed

Criteria’s of selection / Minimum qualifications and professional experience:

• University Degree: Degree in Public Health (ex: Masters in Public Health) and Degree in a Mental Health related field
• 2 to 3 years of relevant job experience.
• Familiarity with the humanitarian context and coordination structures
• Exceptional inter-personal and communication skills
• Strong coordination and management skills
• Strong reporting and analytical skills
• Team player
• Computer proficiency (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proficiency in Arabic and English; French is a plus

Deliverables:

• An activity report for every 22 days done.
• Preparation of internal project documents as per the requirements of the project.
• Other program-related missions as may be required from time to time
• Writing the minutes of meeting

Interested consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest by sending their CV and financial offer to: mdm.lebanon.hr@gmail.com with the following email’s title: NMHPS Support - ConsultancyPl