Mental Health Supervisor – North Beqaa (Flying)- Activity Rate 100%

Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, and exclusion from health care or natural disasters.

MSF is committed to achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion within its workforce irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, culture, religious and ethnic backgrounds. All job applications will be treated in strictest confidence.

Starting date: ASAP

Type of contract: 100%, emergency intervention-fixed term contract.

Updated competitive salary package with benefits including allowances, medical coverage, and 5 weeks of paid leave.

Place of work: Hermel and Arsal, North Bekaa-Flying.

Function responsibilities include:

• Participate in the planning, organization, and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with the Mental Health activity manager and other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
• Coordinates activities of counseling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
• Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for clients with psychosocial needs.
• Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility in order to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required.
• Oversee the administrative processes associated with psychosocial functioning.
• When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
• Compile the data and statistic linked with MH activities and report to the MH activity manager.
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors in collaboration with the Mental Health Activity Manager.
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential.

Specific activities:

• Organize and conduct trainings and workshops for the mental health team, staff, or counterparts with the support of MHAM.
• Foster a positive and supportive team environment, promoting effective communication and collaboration among team members.
• Advocate for the mental health needs of the community and promote mental health damage prevention and stigma reduction.

Requirements

Education

• Essential: Recognized bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology.
• Essential: License to practice clinical Psychology in Lebanon, issued by the Ministry of Public Health.
• Essential: Recognized bachelor’s degree in clinical psychology.
• Essential: License to practice clinical Psychology in Lebanon, issued by the Ministry of Public Health.

Experience   

•       Essential: Psycho-social counselling experience of at least 2 years.
•       Essential: Previous management experience.
•       Essential: Psycho-social counselling experience of at least 2 years.
•       Essential : Previous management experience.

Languages           

• Essential: Full professional proficiency using the Arabic Language.
• Essential: Limited to full professional proficiency using the English language.
• Desirable: Elementary to limited professional proficiency using the French Language.

Knowledge         

• Essential: Basic to intermediate computer literacy using MS-office applications (MS-Word, MS-Outlook, MS-Excel).