Children’s lives can change in an instant in the wake of war, disasters and humanitarian emergencies. We see how vulnerable they are and how much they need our protection.
Joining our Emergency Response Roster means you can be a part of our response, providing immediate support when disaster strikes.
Here’s where you come in:
As a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Advisor during a response, you will provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support technical guidance for programming, clinical supervision, and capacity building of staff, implementing partners and guiding mental health and psychosocial support interventions. You will ensure effective implementation and monitoring of psychological intervention of mental health and psychosocial support, in relation to all tasks related to support of field and office operations.
In order to perform this role effectively, you must be able to promote and encourage a culture of compliance and ethics throughout the implementation. As applicable to the position, you will maintain a clear understanding of the refugee context, donor compliance, ethics standards and adheres to those standards. You will conduct work with the highest level of integrity and communicates World Vision’s Mission, Vision and Values to staff and to partners.
Requirements include:
- Mental Health professional with a Degree in Counselling Psychology, Psychology, Clinical Psychology or related field in Mental Health.
- A minimum of 3 years working experience in mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings and one of which has to be at a supervisory level.
- Clinical experience at community level, either in a research or clinical capacity
- Experience working with MHPSS Implementing partner’s in humanitarian settings
- Experience providing clinical supervision in individual and group settings and setting up supervisory models for large-scale MHPSS programs
- Effective written and verbal communication in English. Other UN languages such as French, Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese, are preferred.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required.
How to apply
Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position and apply online.
Please note:Â Applying to our roster is not for immediate employment. Acceptance to our Emergency Response Roster pre-qualifies you to work or deploy with us in future responses.
With over 70 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.
For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Our vision for every child, life in all its fullness. Our prayer for every heart, the will to make it so.
