War Child Holland
“Driven MHPSS professional with passion for quality, collaboration, and capacity building”
Background
Following the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, War Child began responding through a local partnership model in Moldova, Romania, Hungary, and Ukraine. Within the first six months of the response, War Child and its partners reached over 800 frontline workers with MHPSS or CP training, and over 25,000 individuals with PSS services, ECD activities, child protection messaging, or vouchers to support basic needs.
War Child works entirely through a local partnership model and as such this role will have a strong focus on empowering and building capacity within War Child’s partners. The focus of the role will be strongly within Ukraine, with added support to Hungary, and to a lesser extent, Moldova, within the first year, collectively representing no more than 50% of the Regional Advisor’s time. The focus is expected to shift towards Ukraine towards the end of 2023.
About You
As Ukraine Regional Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Advisor you are responsible for strengthening Mental Health and Psychosocial competencies and programming in War Child’s country programmes in the Ukraine regional response (Ukraine, Moldova, and Hungary) As Regional MHPSS advisor you contribute to the development of country strategies, act as War Child’s external engagement for technical advisory fora for MHPSS, lead competency building (structured learning, coaching) for War Child’s partners, and provides surge support for partners on programmes.
The Regional EiE Advisor reports directly to the Country Representative within Ukraine and the Head of Humanitarian Programming for work in neighbouring countries. They collaborate with Programme Managers, but also closely with the global Programme Quality team, Regional Education Advisor, as well as the Programme Quality Team at the global level.
The Challenge
Creating MHPSS quality standards and ensuring adherence to them
- Ensure that MHPSS programme quality and M&E standards are adhered to in countries in line with War Child’s Thematic guidelines, M&E framework and other relevant policies
- Support partners in the Ukraine response to develop, monitor and implement evidence-based MHPSS programming
- Guide MHPSS inputs into the country and global strategies, policies and guidance
Capacity building on MHPSS programming
- Lead MHPSS training in the region, being flexible with a number of modalities, including F2F training, online courses, mentoring and on-the-job mentoring, adapting to the situation at hand.
- Proactively coordinate and provide opportunities for cross-country MHPSS knowledge acquisition, capacity, and competency development.
- Share and disseminate relevant MHPSS material among countries.
- Attend and contribute to coordination initiatives for MHPSS in the region and contribute to the development of regional initiatives focused on MHPSS.
Support a culture of evidence-based programming
- Liaise with the MEAL Coordinator to produce MHPSS assessments and evaluations for programmes.
- Gather lessons learnt from countries’ MHPSS programs, including documentation and dissemination of new knowledge, and ensure these are shared and actions for change & improvement are initiated.
- Coordinate with War Child’s global Programme Quality Team and R&D Department to share lessons learned and follow up on the development of MHPSS (core) interventions.
External representation and funding mobilization
- Represent War Child in relevant regional and/or international MHPSS technical fora, including relevant regional MHPSS donor meetings.
- Actively scoping out new partners and opportunities for War Child.
- Support fundraising efforts to expand MHPSS programs in the region, drafting inputs into concept notes based on evidence gathered, monitored, and analyzed in countries, and managing MHPSS programme design.
Your Profile
Essential
- Higher Education in Social Sciences, International Development, Psychology or related fields
- Extensive experience, progressively responsible, working on MHPSS programming in a humanitarian setting.
- Excellent technical understanding of established international standards on MHPSS for children.
- Experience of preparing concept notes for fundraising.
- Understanding of M&E processes and methodologies relevant for MHPSS.
- Extensive experience of competency and capacity development, including facilitating, coaching and supporting learning across multiple stakeholders
- Fluency in English.
Desirable
- Fluency in Ukrainian or Russian highly desirable; fluency in Hungarian desirable.
- Experience working in Eastern Europe context.
Location
This position is preferably based in Ukraine. Other locations within the region can be discussed.
Flexibility to undertake frequent travel within the region is essential.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to apply before 9th January 2023. Make sure to upload your English CV (maximum of two pages) and cover letter by using the following hyperlink:
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
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The safety of children is essential to War Child. War Child does not tolerate or accept any form of abuse. This subject is addressed in our recruitment and selection procedures. Moreover, the accepted candidates will be required to state their commitment/ intent to be aware, consider and adhere to the minimum standards applicable in development and humanitarian settings, such as humanitarian values and principles, Sphere Humanitarian Charter, Standards in the Humanitarian Standards Partnership, Core Humanitarian Standard, International Humanitarian Law, Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Disaster Relief and IASC Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.
Disclaimer
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