Project Manager Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (SMSPS) – Mauritania At Land of men

Entry into operation : 15/04/2025

Duration : 12 months

’activity rate: 100%

Place of work : Bassikounou (region Hod El Chargui), Mauritania

Status: Not accompanied by

Deadline for sending applications: Terre des hommes does not set an application deadline for this position, recruitment is open until the position is filled.

Tdh:

The Fondation Terre des hommes (Tdh), with its headquarters in Lausanne and its office in Zurich, is the largest Swiss organisation for the defence of children’s rights with more than 2,000 employees worldwide. We are committed to working with children to ensure their rights, protect their lives and improve their well-being. We achieve this through our innovative programmes in the areas of health, migration and access to justice, designed to have a positive and sustainable impact.

Context:

Tdh-L has been present in Mauritania since 1984. She is currently involved in the fields of health, mobility and’access to justice. These three programmes work in synergy and are enriched by transversal expertise such as transversal protection, WASH, and’ICT4D. His approach has constantly focused on outreach work in conjunction with the competent Mauritanian authorities and communities. As such, Tdh-L benefits from a wide recognition and credibility with the state authorities (ministry of the’ social action of the child and the family, ministry of justice, direction of the judicial protection of the’enfant,) and also international donors.

Tdh-L S’ready to start an emergency’ project in the field of Mental Health and Pys-chosocial Support in the Hod El Chargui region, with a duration of 12 months.

Main responsibilities:

• Le.la Chef.fe de Projet is integrated(e) into the Programme « Children and Youth in Mobility (EJM) ». She is responsible for coordinating the implementation of the project activities on mental health and psychosocial support for refugee populations and host communities;
• Under the supervision of the Coordinator of the EJM Programme of the Delegation and the Regional Coordinator EJM, she ensures the programmatic and budgetary management of the project ;
• It guarantees a quality implementation of the project activities, in compliance with deadlines and consistent with the standards and quality standards of the EJM regional program and within the framework of the global quality and accountability standards of Tdh-L ;
• Elle.il is responsible for setting up a monitoring and evaluation system enabling it to properly collect data in order to’ draw up the reports due to the lessor within the deadlines set ;
• Elle.il is responsible for the management and supervision of the’ Project team and compliance with Tdh-L HR Policies.

The full job description will be shared with the successful candidates for the technical tests.

Profile :

Training :

• University degree in psychology, humanities and social sciences or a related compulsory field.
• Mental health qualifications and desired psychosocial support.
• Project management training appreciated.

Experience / Skills :

• At least 3 years of experience in a project management or similar position, ideally in West or North Africa.
• Proven experience in coordination, including at the international level.
• Experience in capacity building ;
• Proven experience in the implementation of projects within’ONG, in international cooperation and/or humanitarian context ;
• Experience in’writing of project proposals and grant management, seeking funding, and good knowledge of financial partners ;
• L’experience working with refugees would be an asset;
• Proven experience in mental health and protection issues ;
• Proven experience in representation, including before government authorities ;
• Previous experience in human resources management and leadership.

Languages :

• French essential current, English and arabic an asset

IT knowledge :

• Perfect mastery of computer tools (Pack Office)

Salary :

Expatriate contract under Swiss law, gross monthly salary between 3758 CHF and 5078 CHF x13 (+ AVS retention for Swiss candidate). Insurance, illness, accident, repatriation. 25 days leave/year. Ticket’avion AR/year.

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies :

• S’ undertakes to respect the Global Code of Conduct and to systematically report any violation of the Code through the Tdh reporting procedure: to raise awareness within the Foundation about violence and abuse, and the rights arising from it, towards children, members of communities and our own employees
• S’ undertakes to comply with Risk Management Policies, including : Safeguarding Policies (Safeguarding Policy for the CHILD, Policy against the Protection of’Exploitation and Sexual Abuse, Directive on Abusive Behaviours at Work), Security/Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention Policies against the Financing of Criminal Activities
• S’ is committed to reducing the risk of’abus by developing an open and informed management culture within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we operate

We offer you an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, within a team that wants to make a difference for children in situations of great vulnerability.

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