Programme Specialist (MHPSS) , P4, FT, Amman, Jordan

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How will you make a distinction?

Strategic workplace context:

In a various context starting from protracted humanitarian disaster (greater than 16 million youngsters affected by pressured displacement), fragile states in addition to center and high-income nations, UNICEF is uniquely positioned to help and shield the psychological well being of kids and adolescents throughout 3 key sectors: training, well being, and baby safety.  

UNICEF added worth is its skill to offer coverage recommendation to governments, system strengthening   together with capability to reply to humanitarian wants within the area.   The technology of proof and data to tell psychological well being coverage, programmes and follow are a key precedence. Partnership with WHO, civil society and practitioners are important to advance an evidence-informed agenda on youngsters’s psychological well being.

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

The incumbent shall be accountable for guaranteeing multi-sectoral psychological well being programmes and insurance policies within the MENA area are designed and applied consistent with sector requirements and greatest out there proof. This shall be carried out via high-quality, options oriented technical help to nation workplaces and companions knowledgeable by knowledge and proof. The MHPSS specialist shall be accountable for co-designing sensible options and supporting advocacy beneath the management of involved nation workplaces/sectors.

1- Present technical recommendation to nation workplaces, governments, and key stakeholders on implementation of multi-sectoral psychological well being insurance policies, programmes, and interventions.
2- Develop partnerships and collaborations on psychological well being.
3- Develop an proof, M&E, and data technology agenda.
4- Present technical management and sensible steerage on psychological well being interventions, throughout prevention, promotion, and care in humanitarian motion.
1- Present technical recommendation to nation workplaces, governments, and key stakeholders on multi-sectoral psychological well being insurance policies, programmes, and interventions.
• Set up systematic coverage dialogue and studying exchanges with governments and civil society on proof knowledgeable MHPSS approaches and interventions.
• Strengthen nation capability on MHPSS by selling using UNICEF’s World MHPSS Multisectoral Operational framework, in alignment with inter-agency requirements steerage and instruments to help the planning and implementation of MHPSS methods and providers, consistent with UNICEF’s Strategic Plan and the inter-agency initiatives beneath the IASC MHPSS Reference Group.
• Help the roll out and adaptation of UNICEF-led MHPSS ‘international items’ from the worldwide context to the regional context, together with protocols, instruments, and related steerage paperwork.

• Coordinate the MHPSS technical working group with Training, Well being, and Baby Safety, growing working plans and producing common reviews.
• Help with the event of programmatic interventions on MHPSS at nation degree and supply technical steerage to nation workplaces and the regional workplace.
• Contribute to CPD, MTR and key moments of reflection, integrating MHPSS approaches into key purpose areas.
• Seek the advice of and collaborate with colleagues and companions to offer technical and operational help on programme planning, administration, and implementation, and to make sure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes/initiatives with different UNICEF sectors all through all levels of programming processes.

2- Develop partnerships and collaborations on psychological well being.

• Strengthen present collaboration with WHO beneath the umbrella of the Psychological Well being Joint Programme, and collaboration with different educational establishments, personal sector, and practitioners with the goal of growing a standard agenda to youngsters’s psychological well being with give attention to system strengthening.
• Lead the useful resource mobilization efforts to help MHPSS programmes.
• Implement frequent coaching packages.
• Lead the regional advocacy agenda to guard and promote the psychological well being of kids.
• Help the event of nation degree and regional funding proposals and take different actions to leverage funds within the space of MHPSS.
• Symbolize UNICEF’s management in psychological well being and psychosocial help for youngsters, adolescents and households at regional degree.

3- Develop an proof, M&E, and data technology agenda.

• In collaboration with related sectors, develop analysis, analysis, and knowledge evaluation to tell coverage, programmes, and interventions.
• Disseminate proof and data ton MHPSS.
• In alignment with the Standardized High quality MHPSS Framework and with help from MHPSS specialists and M&E focal factors in NYHQ, handle the regional workplace efforts in integrating monitoring, analysis, accountability and studying as a part of the regional MHPSS framework, with clear steerage on adaptation for country-level precedence actions, interventions, and indicators.
• Contribute to and coordinate the place wanted, main monitoring and analysis workouts to evaluate progress regionally and to interact stakeholders to take required actions to realize outcomes; determine and doc classes realized and facilitate strategic use of data gained.

4- Present technical management and sensible steerage on psychological well being interventions in humanitarian motion.

• Coordinate multi-sectoral MHPSS humanitarian response.
• Present steerage to nation workplaces on trauma-informed approaches to humanitarian motion.
• Coordinate motion with key companies concerned in MHPSS.

To qualify as an advocate for each baby you’ll have…

Training:
Superior college diploma in one of many following educational areas: psychology, psychiatry, social work, and public well being

Expertise:
At the very least 8 years of related nationwide and worldwide expertise in psychological well being coverage, programming, and repair supply

Expertise designing and implementing MHPSS programmes in humanitarian settings and sensible data system strengthening approaches are fascinating.

Language Necessities:
Fluency in English is required. Data of Arabic and or French is an asset.

For each Baby, you exhibit…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin all the things we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this publish are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Through the recruitment course of, we check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

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Remarks:

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