International Medical Corps оголошує конкурс на заміщення вакансії MH Assessment Project Manager. Дедлайн - 9 квітня 2017 р.

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering worldwide. 

Position:                               MH Assessment Project Manager

Category:                              Professional Level - Local Staff

Accountable To:                   Program Coordinator

Work Location:                     Kyiv

Travel:                                   Occasional travel to Field Sites Required (L’viv, Poltava and Zaporizhzhia oblasts)

Salary:                                   Competitive Managerial Level as Per Organization Scale

Start Date:                             IMMEDIATE

Number of required staff:   One

Terms of Employment:         Four months

Background:

International Medical Corps (IMC) is a global humanitarian non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering worldwide. Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, non-political, non-sectarian organization. International Medical Corps is an experienced leader in responding to mental health and psychosocial needs in low resource and conflict affected setting and has experience strengthening mental health systems, and informing national policies in the longer-term development context.

 In Ukraine, IMC has been implementing JSI/USAID and OFDA funded projects focused on mental health and psychosocial support. The USAID supported project seeks to improve awareness, understanding and application of global MHPSS Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines at national and local levels in Ukraine.  IMC is translating, contextualizing, disseminating and operationalizing the IASC guidelines. To support this process, IMC facilitates a Task Force represented by INGOs, Academic Institutions and State Ministries. IMC also provides MHPSS technical training, supervision and funding to five local partners. IMC strengthens existing referral mechanisms, including referrals from psychosocial support providers to specialized mental health care by mapping service providers and holding referral workshops. The OFDA funded project works to enhance abilities to cope with psychological distress, increase sense of safety, and improve wellbeing for conflicted affected populations living in the buffer zone of the Government Controlled areas and in Non-Government Controlled areas in the East. For most vulnerable adults including young mothers and older people, social and educational group and individual support opportunities increase wellbeing and decrease isolation. Capacity of partner organizations are built through IASC guidelines, Psychological First Aid and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies trainings.

This World Bank funded project will focus on carrying out a mental health needs assessment in 3 pilot oblasts, with the goal of generating policy and operational guidance to strengthen integration of mental health into primary health care and community based service platforms as part of Ukraine’s health care reforms. The assessment will focus on the most common mental disorders (anxiety, depression, distress and alcohol abuse) including existing primary health care and community services, human resource capacities as well as ways of coping and help seeking, barriers to care and the financial burden of mental disorders. Based on the assessment results and in coordination with the World Bank, WHO and other stakeholders, the report will outline key policy recommendations for strengthening and expanding community based mental health care in Ukraine under the reform program.

 Position Summary

The Mental Health Assessment Project Manager will be responsible for the management and oversight of the mental health needs assessment project. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating all project activities, managing the budget, ensuring timely implementation of activities and data collection, coordinating meetings with key stakeholders and liaising between IMC staff and various external actors. The Project Manager will be supported by the Project Officer and will receive technical support from IMCs Senior Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor.

 Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Assume primary responsibility for the management and oversight of the mental health needs assessment project including implementation of all activities and managing the project budget
2. Provide oversight, direct and supervise activities of IMC Mental Health Assessment Project Officer and Translator
3. Work collaboratively with other agencies, and with relevant government bodies and serve as the primary point of contact between IMC and other national and oblast level organizations and stakeholders
4. Conduct high quality desk top review on Ukraine national policies and plans pertaining to mental health, mental health as part of current academic programs, and peer-reviewed publications and reports on mental health
5. Assist in developing and adapting project methods, procedures, tools and questionnaires
6. Assist in mapping key stakeholders at national and regional levels
7. Coordinate and organize meetings with key national stakeholders as well as 3 regional oblast stakeholder meetings
8. Support and supervise Project Officer in collecting data from health facilities in target regions and carrying out focus group discussions and key informant interviews with community members
9. Support the Project Officer with data entry and analysis tasks
10. Summarize report findings and recommendations with support from IMC Senior Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor
11. Organize and lead discussions of report findings with key stakeholders
12. Produce assessment report draft and final report with support from IMC Senior Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor
13. Organize national and regional level meetings to discuss report findings and recommendations
14. Provide all key documents for technical review and regularly discuss project progress with IMC Senior Global Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor
15.  Take the lead in compiling information and writing required reports and producing project visibility materials
16. Work in keeping with global best practice guidelines including IASC guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support and WHO/UNHCR MHPSS Assessment Guidelines
17. Complete other duties as assigned

 Qualification/ Skills:

1. Bachelor/Masters level degree in relevant field (e.g. psychology, social work, public health)
2. Minimum of 2 years experience in the field of mental health
3. In depth knowledge of mental health systems, programming and best practices
4. Experience in carrying out high quality assessments and evaluations
5. Experience with setting up databases and carrying out analyses involving qualitative and quantitative data
6. Strong organizational and supervisory skills
7. Strong writing and reporting skills
8. Computer skills (word, excel)
9. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments
10. Honest, hardworking and a self-motivated person
11. Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources
12. Ability to travel on short notice to project sites by car or air
13. Excellent English verbal and written skills

 How to Apply:

Qualified individuals should submit their applications at rabota.ua, or hh.ua. Deadline for submitting applications – April 09, 2017.

A complete cover letter and resume in English, copy of diploma and three references in Ukrainian, English or Russian that can confirm the required qualifications and experience should be included in the application. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the interview.

 IMC is an equal opportunity organization that strives for diversity and employs qualified personnel without regard to gender, race, physical disability, religion