Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Director, Ukraine Mental Health Activity

Job Description

Summary:

Save the Children is seeking a Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Director for an anticipated five-year USAID-funded Flagship Mental Health Activity in Ukraine. This activity will aim to accelerate the development of modern, evidence-based, and integrated mental health systems in Ukraine that will foster enhanced accountability, efficiency, and transparency to effectively address the evolving mental health challenges faced by Ukrainians amidst and after conflict. The MHPSS Director will provide technical leadership for Mental Health Activity. This will include contributing to strategic thinking, project planning, developing, and maintaining key external partnerships, reporting on project developments, coordinating with project stakeholders, contributing to key technical consultations, and leading technical execution of project activities.

Hiring is contingent upon successful award of the project and USAID approval of the candidate.

This is an unaccompanied post location.

Ukrainian candidates are encouraged to apply.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties):

• Provide technical leadership to MHPSS and broader mental health interventions.
• Manage community outreach and service delivery for underserved populations.
• Analyze sector developments as related to anticipated project outcomes and activities, and build partnerships with stakeholders.
• Introduce innovative approaches to mental healthcare delivery.
• Guide development of training materials for healthcare professionals.
• Advise on mental health system transformation for quality care.
• Collaborate on monitoring, best practices, and knowledge sharing.
• Support relationships with key donors and Save the Children colleagues.
• Lead the development of donor reports and related products related to project activities.
• Manage and participate in key stakeholder consultations, including project workshops, webinars, and other related events.

Required Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in mental health, psychiatry, global health, clinical social work, psychology, international development, or a related field.
• Minimum of seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in direct implementation of MHPSS or mental health programming with humanitarian and/or development contexts.
• Knowledge and understanding of key MHPSS, protection, humanitarian assistance, and global development issues, including disaster response, conflict affected populations, trauma-informed care, and other related areas.
• Experience providing technical support and management for MHPSS and/or broader focused protection programs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to lead and work effectively in team situations.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills in Ukrainian is an advantage.

Local national candidates are highly encouraged to apply

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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About Save the Children

No matter your role when you join Save the Children, each and every day you will challenge yourself to devote your skills, talent and expertise to changing the world for kids. It’s an ambitious goal, and a meaningful one no matter how you see yourself professionally: an accountant, a writer, a data analyst, a teacher, a driver, a designer, or any one of the hundreds of dozens of roles we’re looking to fill every day.

You see, Save the Children believes every child deserves a future. In the United States and around the world, we give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. We do whatever it takes for children – every day and in times of crisis – transforming their lives and the future we share.

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