MHPSS Manager - National Position

Malteser International is an international non-governmental organization that provides humanitarian aid and development assistance to people affected by natural disasters, conflicts, and health crises. We are currently looking for a motivated and experienced individual to join our team in Kyiv as an MHPSS Manager - National Position.

Under the supervision of the Head of Program, the MHPSS Manager will define, supervise and coordinate MHPSS programs and strategies. You will support and guarantee the quality, the relevance, and the scaling of the MHPSS intervention in close collaboration with the relevant national partners and as per MI, international and national policies and procedures. In this role, you will provide technical support and guidance on mental health and psychosocial support functions during the scaling-up and exploration of new potential partners, conducting field and need assessments, contributing to the development of quality proposals, providing technical support to partner's quality and timely project implementation as well as supporting reportorial requirements for MI, clusters, partners and institutional donors.

Your responsibilities:

• Work closely with Malteser International (MI) Global Technical Advisor on comprehensive and standardized mental health and psychosocial support programming  
• Support mapping out of existing MHPSS expertise & structures in Ukraine, including private & public health, social welfare and education services to pool, mobilize and coordinate resources.
• Contribute to the development and conduct of needs and gap assessments on mental health and psychosocial support for new concept notes and proposals, ensuring consideration for humanitarian standards and cross-cutting issues. Collect and analyze internal and external data on the MHPSS context and analyze MHPSS humanitarian situation.
• Propose intervention strategies based on identified needs and ensuring a cross-cutting approach to interventions.
• Support partners' mental health and psychosocial support project implementation with regards to detailed planning, respect for technical standards and necessary adaptations.
• Identify training needs and provide trainings of the MHPSS team when required, develop technical skills of the MHPSS partners' teams in line with the sector's evolution.
• Perform other duties as assigned by Line Manager.

Your profile:

• A formal security qualification or appropriate security management training and minimum of 5 years of practical experience in security management
• Prior relevant Safety & Security experience in hostile contexts (humanitarian, aid delivery/relief operations, ideally including medical facility setup and operation)
• Understanding of humanitarian principles and their application within humanitarian security risk management, previous working experience within humanitarian organizations is an advantage
• Proven experience of risk assessments, incident reporting, incident mapping, information collation and analysis, security technology
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and represent at all levels and establish networks and coordinate with different stakeholders with sensitivity to cultural, ethnical, social, and political issues
• Ability and willingness to travel also to high-security-risk environments
• Fluency in both Ukrainian and English Languages (written and spoken)

What we offer:

• Start Date: ASAP
• Duty Station: Kyiv/Ukraine with frequent travel to other oblasts 
• Duration of contract: One year (with possibility to extend)
• Salary according to qualification and experience, insurance package