MHPSS Specialist - Syria (Aleppo)

Position:              MHPSS Specialist

Division:              Programs/Technical

Location:             Based in Syria/Aleppo

Organization

Dorcas is a Christian relief and development organisation. Dorcas is committed to fulfil the command Jesus Christ gave to His followers to take care of the poor and oppressed (Mt.25.31-46), irrespective of their race, religion, gender or political conviction, by encouraging self-reliance through development, providing social care and assisting in emergency situations.

Department

The MHPSS Specialist is part of Syria field office and reports to the MHPSS Technical Coordinator.

How to Apply: 

Please send your resume and a cover letter to r.alshahaf@syria.dorcas.org by Tuesday January 2nd 2024 the latest. The applicant should clearly specify in the subject of the email the position. Failure to do so will result in the application being disregarded.

Job description:

Result Area 1: Technical and Capacity building

• Contribute to the design of the MHPSS strategy of the mission and provide technical support and assistance for the implementation of the MHPSS activities through the proper tools and methodologies.
• Lead the implementation of the Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support Services activities, which include: PSS sessions, Awareness sessions, Life skills sessions, Mhgap and mental health integration,...
• Contribute to the design and development of an MHPSS Toolkit with appropriate resources and guidelines to provide structured and unstructured MHPSS for children and adults.
• Contribute to the strategy of intervention, in direct collaboration with the technical team and other staff;
• Oversee the capacity building, monitoring, quality-assuring and evidence-building in the projects with regards to MHPSS.
• Technical follow-up of the project and teams to ensure compliance of the activities to technical guidelines provided by MHPSS TC and international standards in MHPSS
• Work with the CP and GBV specialist to strengthen PSS in case management providing guidance on identifying issues, empathy, session structure and referral.

Result Area 2: Organisation/management

• Ensuring the implementation of the projects and their re-orientation when needed;
• Maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant clusters and related working groups at national and/or field level and guarantee compliance to the eventual monthly cluster reporting requirements.
• Support the team in implementing the projects.

Result Area 3: Internal and external reporting

• Support  to the preparation of weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual (final) reports in English.

• Provide internal reporting to the project manager and MHPSS TC according to Dorcas internal tools
• Support in the reporting for the donors

Ethics 

• Shows professional ethics
• Respects children’s privacy and confidentiality
• Respect Dorcas code of conduct
• Respect Dorcas Child Protection policy

Knowledge and skills:

• Bachelor degree in Psychology/Master is preferable
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in humanitarian aid and MHPSS preferably in an international or large local non-governmental organization (INGO);
• Very good command of English in both speech and writing;
• Knowledge of cultural differences in working and negotiating;
• Fluent in Arabic
• Planning, monitoring and evaluation skills;
• Knowledge of the UN cluster coordination system;
• Good Communication skills both verbally and in writing;
• Flexibility, ability to work with multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural people
• Able to cope and work in considerably stressful environment
• Good time management and task management skills
• Able to work independently and with autonomy, while following objectives and instructions
• High level of diplomacy, cultural sensitivity and security awareness
• Desire to develop his/her expertise and knowledge.
• Motivated, dynamic; able and willing to take initiatives
• Adherence to the mission and vision of Dorcas