Mental Health and Psychosocial Services Coordinator (M/F) Nigeria at Medecins Du Monde

Contract : Fixedterm contract 
Duration : 6 months
Starting date: ASAP

Location Maiduguri

TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Under the supervision of the general coordinator, you will be responsible for coordinating the main activities in order to ensure the quality of MHPSS in the field.

More precisely, you will:

• Effectively manage daily program, including planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting. Conduct routine project needs assessments and program reviews to ensure successful implementation and donor compliance.
• Manage MHPSS Dept. and subsequent team ensuring there is adequate coverage during periods of absence, training needs are met and performance evaluated.
• Provide direct technical support and capacity building to MDM MHPSS national staff, in training development, in program implementation, and developing strategic direction of our programs in Nigeria, with support from MDM Medical advisor.
• Develop the strategy and mechanisms to integrate a mental health and psychosocial support into MDM programs in keeping with IASC guidelines of mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.
• Establish systematic data collection for reports.
• Take a lead in writing MHPSS section of all donor reports.
• Manage the MHPSS team, including their recruitment, evaluation and training.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE NEEDED:

• Clinical Psychology Degree
• Significant experience on a similar position
• Experience working in intercultural context
• Knowledge of public health issues
• Training and supervision experience required
• Strong organizational and supervisory skills
• Capacity to create relationships with the communities
• Ability to create tools and monitoring process
• Honest, hardworking and a selfmotivated person
• Proven pedagogical and psychological technical expertise
• Patience and stress management
• Ability to work with minimum support
• Reactivity, anticipation, adaptability and capacity to take initiatives to changing requirements
• Good communication skills
• Team spirit

Languages:
English: fluent written and spoken
French is an asset

You are committed to MdM’s values as an organisation and motivated by its nonstatutory, NFP model.