MHPSS EXPERT – UKRAINE At Action contre la Faim France

About : Action contre la Faim

Created in 1979, Action contre la Faim is a non-governmental organization that fights against hunger. Its charter of humanitarian principals- independence, neutrality, non-discrimination, free and direct access to victims, professionalism, transparency – has been part of its identity for 45 years. Its mission is to save lives by eliminating hunger through the prevention, detection and treatment of under-nutrition, particularly during and after emergency situations linked to conflicts or natural disasters. Action contre la Faim focuses its actions on 7 main areas of expertise: Nutrition and Health – Mental Health, Psychosocial Support – Food Security and Livelihoods – Water, Sanitation and Hygiene – Advocacy – Climate – Research. In 2023, Action contre la Faim provided aid to 21 million people in nearly 51 countries worldwide. www.actioncontrelafaim.org

Mission :

Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator and the MHPSS-GP Advisor, your role will be to support the MHPSS department in implementing programs and deploying activities requiring specific expertise on capacity building.

More specifically, your missions will be to :

• Contribute to integrate specific expertise into the MHPSS technical strategy and positioning
  • Actively participate in assessing the humanitarian situation related to MHPSS with regard to specific expertise;
  • Collaborate in identifying and understanding MHPSS interventions, actors, and partners in ACF intervention areas through sectoral, multisectoral, contextual analyses or needs and resource studies
  • Contribute to defining key sectoral strategic directions in line with ACF MHPSS frameworks and the mission’s overall strategy
  • Draft new MHPSS intervention proposals for donors
  • Design a comprehensive needs assessment of the mental health regional system in Sumska and Kharkivska Oblasts, with provided ACF MHPSS diagnosis tool, IASC MHPSS, protection and gender assessments tools and WHO situational analysis tools
• Strengthen ACF staff and partners’ capacities through training and technical supervision in specific MHPSS domains
  • Deliver training to ACF MHPSS teams and partners, following ACF training programs and MHPSS standards and protocols
  • Design and adapt training materials for field teams based on validated protocols
  • Provide weekly clinical supervision
  • Assist teams in applying ACF MHPSS protocols
  • Support training of country office managers, program managers, and other leadership members in applying MHPSS standards and protocols through a cascading strategy
  • Contribute to the identification of 20 governmental representatives and design a workshop
  • Design and provide a 5-10 days training for ACF and partner Program Manager and staff based on ACF technical strategy, approaches, tools and protocols
  • Contribute to the selection of Primary Health Care Centers (100 staff), design a mhGAP 2.0 training for them, and train the ACF and partner teams on mhGAP 2.0
  • Contribute to the selection of 10 Community-Based Organisations (60 staff), design a 3-4 days training, and train the ACF and partner teams
• Support implementation of MHPSS components in projects
  • Contribute to the recruitment of a national MHPSS Program Manager and team of Head of Project and psychologists
  • Contribute to implement a new 3 years projects with both emergency and development components
  • Contribute to coordinate the different new MHPSS projects (alignement of technical approach, location strategy, HR strategy, etc.)

You will support the Program Manager for the inception of the SAMUA project, which aims at providing technical assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in the implementation of a MHPSS system reform.

Start date : 15/01/2026

Profile :

You hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology with a significant experience (3 years) in a similar position, including at least 1 year in humanitarian and/or development project.

You have therapeutical working experience and ideally experience in governance.

You have excellent managerial and supervisory skills, and the capacity to manage stress in high-pressure environments.

You are fluent in spoken and written English.

Employment conditions

• Fixed term contract under French legislation: 6 months
• Monthly gross salary from 2597 to 2968 € upon experience, including 13th month
• Reimbursement of the pension insurance for non-French citizens: 16% of the gross monthly salary
• Annual salary increase: 6% increase after and each 12 months of continuous contract
• Monthly per diem and living allowance: 504€ net, field paid
• Monthly country allowance: 450€
• Cold allowance: Reimbursement for the purchase of winter equipment for a maximum of 380€ per person per year in severe cold contexts
• Child allowance: 1500€ per year per child present in the country of origin (maximum 6000€/year)
• Transportation and accommodation: Coverage of transportation costs and guest house
• Medical coverage: ACF covers 100% of the health and repatriation insurance agreement fees, for your medical expenses (as well as your dependents if you have a family post), and up to 1 month after the end of your contract.
• Salary sustainment measures (sickness, paternity, maternity
• Leaves and RnR: 25 days of paid leaves per year, 20 RnR per year, airfare reimbursement with a ceiling to get to the chosen break destination, and 215 € for each RnR period
• Accompaniment and trainings:
  • Follow-up and support for career development
  • Free and unlimited access to the e-learning platform Talentsoft
• Field trips : Kharkivska, Sumska Oblasts, Dnipro

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