Mental Health Activity Manager

Mental Health Activity Manager

We focus on five key topics in our mental health support activities for children: identity, protection, friendship, bodily autonomy, and emotions. Palestine, March 2024. © Mariam Abu Dagga/MSF Jobs in the Field

Mental Health Activity Manager

We focus on five key topics in our mental health support activities for children: identity, protection, friendship, bodily autonomy, and emotions. Palestine, March 2024. © Mariam Abu Dagga/MSF Also available in Share This

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Mental Health Activity Managers are essential in coordinating and overseeing mental health initiatives in our projects.

Mental health activity managers strategise, plan, and implement protocols to provide vital support to patients in challenging environments. With their background in psychology or related fields, along with essential experience and competencies, they play a crucial role in ensuring the quality of care and treatment for those in need, contributing directly to MSF's humanitarian efforts.

This is an exciting and diverse role involving some or all of the following:

Responsibilities:

• Define, coordinate, and monitor all mental health-related activities in the project area.
• Identify the needs of mental health support in the target population and participate in strategising and planning MSF's mental health activities.
• Develop technical materials and coordinate the implementation of mental health protocols and procedures.
• Plan and supervise staff processes including recruitment, training, evaluation, and internal communication.
• Coordinate and ensure regular follow-up of mental health activities with clients, maintaining neutrality and ensuring proper behaviour during sessions.
• Map and update existing mental health services and collaborate with other project components.
• Participate in counselling and prevention activities when needed and report on monthly statistics and problematic situations to aid decision-making.

• Ensure proper treatment for psychiatric patients either within MSF programmes or through referral.

  Depending on our activities and needs, your responsibilities may be adapted and evolve according to specific projects.

  You will not be facing these challenges alone—other MSF team members, both international and locally hired staff, will provide technical support, including extensive guidelines and protocols.

An MSF psychologist and an intercultural mediator discuss an upcoming mental health session in a room at the MSF Day Care Center in Athens. Greece, October 2024. © Hussein Amri/MSF

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Requirements:

• Degree/master in psychology, social work, or Medical Doctor degree with a specialisation in psychiatry.
• Minimum of two years of work experience as a psychologist or in a similar profession.
• Proficiency in the programme language.
• Essential computer literacy (Word, Excel, and internet).

Assets:

• Experience working with MSF or other NGOs.
• Experience in developing countries.
• Proficiency in the local working language.
• Competencies in people management, commitment to MSF principles, behavioural flexibility, results and quality orientation, teamwork, and cooperation.

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