Country Protection Program Manager

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is currently looking for a Country Protection Program Manager.

General information:

Organization: Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH), Warsaw-based international non-governmental organization with a representation office in Ukraine;

Position: Country Protection Program Manager

Location: Kyiv

Job terms: Full time

Type of employment: Full time

Starting date: ASAP.

We strongly encourage qualified candidates to apply as soon as it is possible as the applications will be reviewed on rolling basis.

About PAH:

Polish Humanitarian Action (PAH) is an international non-governmental organization which since 1992 has been providing humanitarian and development help worldwide. So far, the interventions have been carried out in 50 different countries. By possessing long-standing expertise in the implementation of projects in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Food Security and Livelihoods, as well as Nutrition and Education, PAH concentrates its global activities on ensuring sustainable and stable development of regions suffering from the consequences of armed conflicts, natural disasters and other humanitarian crises.

PAH has been present in Ukraine since August 2014 delivering humanitarian aid to the most vulnerable of the conflict-affected population. PAH provides assistance to internally displaced people, elderly and single mothers, working in the sectors of Protection, WASH, MPCA, Food Security and Livelihoods.

For more information, please refer to www.pah.org.pl

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure all Protection/MHPSS activities of PAH are in line with international standards and best practices;
• Support a harmonized Protection and MHPSS technical response within the program;
• Provide program guidance and technical support to enhance PAH’s approach to the provision of Protection MHPSS for conflict-affected population in whole Ukraine;
• Provide technical support and relevant inputs in designing MHPSS programs and ensure monitoring frameworks are effective in meeting MHPSS needs of conflict-affected population;
• Strengthen protection/MHPSS case management system;
• Direct guidance and support to develop referral pathways in a more structured manner, establishing an effective referral system;
• Provide close technical support and feedback to PAH protection staff;
• Develop additional tools for subsequent implementation by PAH program team;
• Ensure internal coordination and collaboration of interventions through review meetings and provision of regular updates;
• Assess the protection/MHPSS training needs of the team members and arrange protection/MHPSS trainings for PAH staff and local volunteers, if any;
• Provision of psychological support to the staff upon request;
• Complete other tasks as requested by Head of Programmes.

The successful candidate will be selected based on the qualification requirements described below:

• Master’s degree in a relevant field such as mental health, psychology is a must;
• Demonstrated knowledge of MHPSS principles and practices in low-resource settings;
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in setting up and implementing high quality MHPSS;
• Strong proven knowledge and proven experience in providing technical support to MHPSS programs in emergency settings;
• Familiarity and proven experience in project design and implementation drawing upon global MHPSS guidelines and a mental health case management approach;
• Experience with capacity building and trainings;
• Excellent English language skills (both writing and speaking);
• Good communication, teamwork and analytical skills;
• Ability to work independently;
• Strong computer literacy;
• Sound understanding of local context and humanitarian & social needs of conflict-affected population in Ukraine.

What PAH offers:

• Work experience with professional and flexible international NGO, which is one of the largest NGOs in the Central-Eastern Europe;
• Work in a dynamic and motivated team;
• Possibility to contribute to the development of protection programming of PAH;
• Psychological Support Package;
• Competitive salary.

For expatriate Staff, PAH offers the following additional benefits:

• Free accommodation;
• R&R benefit;
• Flights home covered at the beginning and at the end of the deployment and every 3 months.