Job Location:
Nationality: National
Category: Health Care Management
Employment Type: Full Time
Salary: AAH Salary Scale
Vacancy Number: AAH/AFG-2024-120
No. Of Jobs: 1
City: Chaghcharan
Organization: Action Against Hunger
Years of Experience: 2+ years of experience in mental health & psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming and MHPSS project implementation.
Contract Duration: 31 Mar 2025
Gender: Male/Female
Education: Bachelor`s degree or Master’s (preferred) degree in psychology, counseling, or psychosocial services from a reputed university
Close date: 2024-11-14
About Action Against Hunger:
Action Against Hunger/Action Contre La Faim (AAH/ACF) is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that was created in France in 1979. AAH/ACF has been active in Afghanistan in the medical, nutrition, food security, and water and sanitation fields since 1995. AAH/ACF improved access to health and nutrition services for the most vulnerable people, who live in remote areas without a local health system. In particular, the country team supported pregnant and breastfeeding women and children under five, who are at greater risk of malnutrition. Nutrition programmes rely on an integrated approach, addressing both primary and underlying causes, in order to have a lasting impact on nutritional status. The country team worked at community level, in villages and at provincial level, strengthening the public health system. It also worked at national level to ensure reliable information about the nutritional situation reached the wider humanitarian community. Covid-19 prevention was integrated into all interventions and additional response activities were implemented, such as the disinfection of health facilities and public places, cash assistance, psychosocial support and the distribution of hygiene kits to affected populations.
Job Description:
Goal
To establish and manage Protection, Psychosocial and Care Practices programs
Mission 1: Direct operations
The MHPSS PM is responsible for:
Timely and high quality implementation of planned activities within his/her programme and alerting the Field Manager to any delays or excessive or under-use of resources
Timely and high quality reporting, both internal and external, of the activities of his/her programme, together with a critical analysis
Responsible for the planning, implementing, and supervision of all project activities
Ensure timely implementation of the planned activities
Monitor implementation of activities and conduct regular visits to the project site
Promoting and supervising high quality care for beneficiaries of the center.
Ensure that confidentiality of the beneficiaries data
Coordinate with local authorities to ensure the smooth implementation of activities
Regular technical follow-ups and evaluations in the field
Identify and anticipate problems or constraints during the project implementation and propose solutions or improvements for better performance
Coordinate with relevant Technical departments to ensure project activities are in line with ACFs technical guidelines
Communicate with Flying Field Manager on the implementation of activities to highlight challenges and ways forward
Respect Action Against Hunger (AAH) charter and perform any other related duties as required
MEAL:
Coordinate with Monitoring, Evaluation, Assessment and Learning (MEAL) department to develop and finalize project monitoring plan.
Put in place and monitoring the system of data collection concerning the care practice and psychosocial activities as a basis for the evaluation and furtherance of the programme
Ensure beneficiaries are aware of AAH’s complaints and response mechanisms and that these are accessible to targeted beneficiaries and communities
Support the MEAL department to ensure that all beneficiaries’ complaints are addressed
Integrate MEAL recommendations into project implementation
Organize a kick-off and a close-out meetings, as well as a mid-term lessons learnt workshop
Reporting:
Develop Activity Progress Report (APR) tool and ensure validation by Technical Heads of Department and Flying Field Manager
Provide a monthly narrative and quantitative update of project activities through the APR
Share weekly updated Sit-Rep with Flying Field Manager and Flying Field Coordinator
Draft donor reports and share with Flying Field Manager in a timely manner
Ensure that all reports are prepared following donor’s guidelines, and respecting donor’s deadlines
Mission 2: Coordinate with relevant Support Departments
The MHPSS PM is responsible for:
Coordination with relevant support departments including HR, logistics, finance, MEAL, and Security.
HR:
Ensure that recruitment of all project positions is done in a timely manner
Carry out appraisals of all project staff before the end of the project implementation
Communicate internal grievances between project staff to Flying Field Coordinator and HR department
Organizing and carrying out training sessions for his/her teams taking into consideration their profiles and the context
Logistics:
Prepare the Procurement Plan in collaboration with the Logistics department
Anticipate and raise all procurement requests related to the project activities
Coordinate with the Logistics department to follow-up on the deliveries of requested items
Ensure donor’s guidelines are respected in regards to items procurements
Finance:
Forecast expenses for all project-related budget lines
Track expenses on a monthly basis and monitor remaining budget through the use of the Budget Follow-Up
Highlight issues with budget with Flying Field Coordinator and Finance department
Ensure donor’s guidelines are respected in regards to financial expenses
Security:
Share the movement plan with security focal points on weekly basis
Respect security movement plan
Inform his/her line manager about any security incident in a timely manner
Mission 3: Represent AAH and develop local partnerships
The MHPSS Program Manager is responsible for:
The professional standing of AAH in his/her geographical area
The distribution to partners of information collected locally
Respect for the principles and values of AAH in its relations with partners
The quality of relations with partners
Implement and develop further a framework for communication according to AAH communication strategy with local representatives (regular meetings, identification of key local actors and development of collaboration with them) in order to facilitate harmonious and productive relations
Adhering to the terms of agreements signed off with partners working in the same field and referring to them regularly to ensure that collaboration follows the lines intended
Ensuring that the relationship established with partners respects the principles and values of the AAH partnership policy (currently being developed: trust, respect, common purpose, complementarily, transparency, mutual dependency and shared learning…)
Organize sessions of training for other stakeholders on protection care practice and psychosocial activities if required.
Mission 4: Contribute to define the mental health, care practices, gender and protection strategy
The MHPSS Program Manager is responsible for:
Proposing a strategy for enhance the CP which is adapted to the local context
Identifying and proposing the development of new programmes
Study and analyse care practices of the population and their impact on the nutrition status of the children;
Study and analyse the mental health of the population and its influence on the care practices;
Evaluate population needs and propose intervention strategies;
Sharing his/her analyse of the needs in the area with the Field Manager and the Head of Mental Health and Care Practices, Gender and Protection Department
Participating in the preparation of surveys / assessment (provide information to those conducting the survey if required: local geographical, economic, social and anthropological data)
In keeping with the policy of AAH as a learning organisation, contributing to building on good practice, experience, and assessments
Job Requirements:
Background/qualifications
Bachelor`s degree or Master’s (preferred) degree in psychology, counseling, or psychosocial services from a reputed university.
2+ years of experience in mental health & psychosocial support (MHPSS) programming and MHPSS project implementation.
Experience in a client-facing clinical mental health role
Knowledge of Gender (and gender-based violence (GBV)) and Protection programming within the humanitarian sector
Good experience in facilitating trainings and supervision on MHPSS-related topics
3+ years of experience in humanitarian sector programming
Knowledge and application of confidentiality procedures
Knowledge of child development, nutritional practices and/or IYCF
Good communications, interpersonal relations, and flexibility
Analytical and problem-solving skills
Knowledge of Mental Health Department (MHD) & MoPH system
Strong experience in project cycle management is a must
Strong experience in project and team management or coordination
Capacity to evaluate employees’ work and quality of programming
Organisational and planning skills
Strong interpersonal and communication skill
Good team interaction and positive attitude
Fluent in reading, writing, and speaking in English & Dari
Desirable if Pashto as well
Familiar with word, excel, Skype and email
Good knowledge of data management and data analysis
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