MHPSS Officer

HEWAD is a non-governmental, non-political, and non-profitable charity organization established in 1994 to provide Medical, Educational, Social, and Humanitarian Assistance to the needy people of Afghanistan. HEWAD implements primary health care to needy people of Afghanistan, and within those focuses on the provision of health care to the most vulnerable group, children, and women. HEWAD provides perfect health education, information, and service to Afghans in order to improve their living conditions.

Commitment to PSEA (Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse):
HEWAD maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA). We are fully committed to ensuring a safe, respectful, and protective environment for all beneficiaries and staff. HEWAD promotes a strong culture of accountability and takes all allegations of SEA seriously, with prompt action taken in line with HEWAD established PSEA policy.  

• Support the implementation of the MHPSS program and manage programmatic and technical staff so that the program objectives are achieved in a timely manner.
• Mainstream psychosocial support into all projects; build a resource material for PSS in the project and support evidence generation on the linkage between MHPSS issues and other conflict drivers.
• Conduct ongoing assessment of MHPSS interventions as well as staff knowledge and skills within the HEWAD Psychosocial Counseling Centers (PSCs), Mother and Child Health Center (MCHC), in the province.
• Develop a plan for MHPSS counselor training, mentoring, and supervision, PSCS is in charge to deliver specialized interventions that address common psychosocial responses to both long-standing and acute trauma and abuse.  Deliver training sessions and maintain intensive follow-up/coaching to ensure skill development and application.
• Lead and support PSS counselors and front-line staff with training reviews on PFA and other psychosocial interventions to ensure the capacity of staff and community mobilizers to recognize and respond appropriately to MHPSS needs.
• Conduct individual and group supervision sessions/case review meetings with PSS counselors on a regular basis and lead and support ongoing self-care sessions of the MHPSS Technical Manager.
• Review existing monitoring tools to ensure PSS interventions are being carried out in compliance with international guidelines and best practices.
• Coordinate with UNFPA’s Implementing partners.
• Represent the HEWAD in MHPSS coordination structures and maintain linkages between the MHPSS Working Group to support information sharing and skills transfer.
• Contribute to writing proposals, provide inputs in donor reports and engage in other resource mobilization efforts.
• Ensure the rolling out of SOPs and guidelines shared by donors for SDPs.
• Promote self-care and staff care through a systemic and integrated approach that involves direct support to staff and the provision of orientation sessions on stress management and self-care.
• Capacity Development:
• Update the training material tailored to the particular MHPSS intervention designed for the women and girl’s response and prevention intervention and modify as required in collaboration with key cluster specialists.
• Provide ongoing support to HEWAD PSS case workers’ capacity-building activities, and health responders, in providing quality psychosocial first aid responses for survivors of trauma.
• Provide orientation and training to all field staff on PSEA policy and code of conduct.
• Support ongoing monitoring of PSS activities to ensure clear guidelines regarding objectives and evaluation.
• Monitor and support the HEWAD staff to sustain PSS quality through structured supervision and review these mechanisms.
• Analyze results of monitoring visits and data to identify capacity development needs 
• Contribute to the development of appropriate IEC material to support the training and program implementation for MHPSS interventions and review existing IEC materials to ensure that PSS aspects are included in SRH IEC and MHPSS response and prevention messaging.
• Support the ongoing capacity development of the HEWAD provincial staff to respond to emergency/humanitarian crises with awareness of PSS needs, referral options, and interventions.
• Monitoring and Reporting
• Develop Monitoring and Evaluation tools to assess and monitor psychosocial well-being, and monitoring of PSS in the HEWAD Provincial office.
• Document training and supervision using tracking tools designed in collaboration with the HEWAD MHPSS Technical Manager. Create a record of participants’ progress. Report on the effectiveness of training materials and processes and take steps to assess and address gaps through iterative improvements to training protocols.
• Supervise and review monitoring tools for PSS interventions to support quality programming in compliance with international standards.  Conduct monitoring and provide reports on compliance and challenges.
• Conduct a review of MHPSS response and prevention interventions to crisis-affected populations to ensure that all interventions are in line with the Guiding Principles, including the IASC Guidelines for Integrating MHPSS Interventions in Humanitarian Settings, IASC Guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings and other international standards, in the province she is working.
• Produce regular progress reports and contribute it as required.
• In strong collaboration with Protection adapt MHPSS work to the needs of MHPSS.
• Carry out any other duties as requested by the MHPSS Technical Manager.

• MD with specialization in psychology, psychosocial implementation, clinical social work, mental health, or a related area. 
• Good understanding of international MHPSS programming/ best practices and IASC guidelines.
• Expertise in gender-based violence issues, with a minimum of 4-6 years of progressive humanitarian experience, at least 2 of which should be field-based or in an emergency context.
• Professional experience in planning, designing and management of development programs/projects or related subjects.
• Experience in coordination and liaison with local stakeholders, including partners, organizations, NGOs and communities.
• Demonstrated organizational skills: the ability to work independently and productively with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Preferred experience in managing case management/multi sectoral services and referral.
• Knowledge on multi-sectoral support and survivor centered approach.
• Proven relevant experience in developing training curriculums, modules and materials on data management, MHPSS case management including Psychosocial (PSS) interventions and Psychosocial First Aid/ MHPSS multi sectoral services/ PSS prevention and response.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills: the ability to successfully and effectively liaise with people in a wide range of functions in a multicultural environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of issues related to confidentiality, data safety, and other ethical concerns related to the sharing of sensitive data between humanitarian agencies.
• Experience in the supervision of MHPSS case workers / PSS Counselors is an advantage.
• Knowledge of integrated MHPSS and health/reproductive health services will be added advantage.
• Demonstrated capacity to analyze data/statistics for humanitarian operations.
• Excellent Computer skills: MS Word, Excel, Access, and database software, including in-depth knowledge of pivot table/chart analysis

Applicants meeting the above requirements are requested to apply for this vacancy, please use the following link; https://forms.gle/xjt4XqJFd4Xbyu24A

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Important Notes:

1. Supporting documents, e.g. diplomas, recommendation letters, identification card(s), etc., are not required at this stage, therefore not to be sent along with the application.

2. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for further assessment.

3. Please remember that we will not consider the CVs for the positions after the closing date.