ПЗПСП Фасилітатор/-ка Соціальних Заходів (Консультант/-ка) / (MHPSS Social Activities Facilitator (Consultant)) - Міжнародна організація з міграції (МОМ), Представництво в Україні
Annex 2 - TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOR THE CONSULTANCY CONTRACT OF: MHPSS Social Activities Facilitator (Consultant)
- Duty Station of the Consultancy: Poltava, Ukraine
- Duration of Consultancy: 3 months, with possibility of extension pending available funds and satisfactory job performance.
- Nature of the consultancy: Category A Consultancy
Under the overall supervision of the Chief of Mission and the direct supervision of the National MHPSS Officer, the successful candidate will contribute to the implementation of IOM’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Programme activities in the designated region.
- Project Context and Scope:
The ongoing humanitarian situation in Ukraine heightened the country’s mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) needs and added to the distressing conditions caused by nine years of armed conflict and an underfunded health system. IOM is expanding its work in Ukraine through the development of a community based mental health and psychosocial support programme. The programme will follow IOM global MHPSS standards specified in the manual on community-based mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies and displacement through the creation of psychosocial mobile teams providing community based MHPSS services in temporary accomodaion settings and other community spaces, with the aim of enhancing community and family level resilience and ability to cope with the distressing situations caused by the crisis.
- Organizational Department / Unit to which the Consultant is contributing:
Response, Resilience and Recovery (RRR) Unit / Mental Health and Psychsocial Support.
- Category A Consultants: Tasks to be performed under this contract:
- Organize community based creative and cultural activities for the communities and specific groups within the community such as IDPs in collective centres and shelters.
- Map creative resources and existing creative processes within the community, mobilize them, give them visibility, train them in MHPSS mainstreaming, and help them open their activities to be inclusive of populations in need.
- Promote cultural initiatives, such as social theatre performances, visual arts and music courses, handcraft workshops, language and culture courses, storytelling and poetry contests, sports tournaments and activities, based on identified needs and resources within the community.
- Design a plan for structured creative activities to be offered to various segments of the community, in collaboration with the psychologist and the educator.
- Organize, together with the other PMT members a series of sensitization, information and problem-solving group sessions on identified social problems encountered by the community.
- Develop awareness messages/campaigns related to MHPSS (community-based approaches, sports and cultural practices, creativity and psychosocial well-being), to be disseminated to the affected population and host communities.
- Map socially supportive structures and resources at the community level together with the social worker, mobilize them and envisage, together with the other PMT members and the programme management the best ways to build their capacity further.
- Facilitate MHPSS needs assessments, surveys and research in concerned communities of the project to enhance access to community-based psychosocial and protection services.
- Perform such other duties as may be assigned.
- Performance indicator for the evaluation of results
Outcome: The target number of people living in areas of project implementation experience improved mental health and psychosocial well-being; 40 hours of work/week.
- Education, Experience and/or skills required
IOM Ukraine is looking for positive, attentive, responsible persons with previous experience in MHPSS work community work and in managing teams.
The Consultant should meet the following requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Media, Arts or related fields, withminimum of two years of work experience.
- Previous experience in community mobilization, volunteer activities and related areas of intervention is anadvantage.
- Experience in communicating and working with a wide range of people, including people of culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Travel required
Yes.
- Competencies
Values
- Inclusion and respect for diversity: respects and promotes individual and cultural differences; encourages diversity and inclusion wherever possible.
- Integrity and transparency: maintains high ethical standards and acts in a manner consistent with organizational principles/rules and standards of conduct.
- Professionalism: demonstrates ability to work in a composed, competent and committed manner and exercises careful judgment in meeting day-to-day challenges.
Core Competencies – behavioural indicators
- Teamwork: develops and promotes effective collaboration within and across units to achieve shared goals and optimize results.
- Delivering results: produces and delivers quality results in a service-oriented and timely manner; is action-oriented and committed to achieving agreed outcomes.
- Managing and sharing knowledge: continuously seeks to learn, share knowledge and innovate.
- Accountability: takes ownership for achieving the Organization’s priorities and assumes responsibility for own action and delegated work.
- Communication: encourages and contributes to clear and open communication; explains complex matters in an informative, inspiring and motivational way.
- How to apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their Personal History Form and cover letters or CVs with names and contacts of three referees to Відправити резюме with subject line “MHPSS Social Activities Facilitator (Consultant)” by 7 May, 2024 at the latest.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
!!! Private entrepreneurs (PE) cannot be considered as applicable for providing services under this consultancy.
Posting period:
From 01.05.2024 to 07.05.2024
