The PS Centre is looking for two Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) experts to join our international team in Copenhagen. The available positions are Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor and Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist.
Experience and skills
- Relevant educational background in mental health and/or psychology, preferably clinical psychology.
- Minimum 8 (eight) years of relevant work experience in the field of mental health and psychosocial support and in different contexts such as humanitarian contexts, disaster management, recovery, public healthcare, and social welfare situations.
- Practical experience in training and/or facilitation of groups, including online facilitation, and strong participatory facilitation skills.
- Excellent writing skills and demonstrated skills and experience in developing training curriculums and manuals for Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies.
- Well-versed and strong experience with monitoring and evaluation for community MHPSS programmes and approaches.
- Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and persuasively, in higher level fora, including the ability to advocate for and explain complex mental health and psychosocial issues in non-technical ways.
- Understanding of proposal development and writing.
- Advanced knowledge of written English is required; knowledge of spoken Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian or Chinese, and/ or Danish is an added advantage.
- Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office package. Experience with other digital tools such as MIRO and MURAL boards and online platforms such as Zoom and MS Teams are an advantage.
Vacancy-specific skills and responsibilities
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Advisor
Understanding and knowledge of MHPSS services provided through volunteers in humanitarian, development and high-income/ post-industrialised contexts is required for this position. Preferable experience working in, or with, the Red Cross Red Crescent network and with community volunteers.
Responsibilities
- Support MHPSS capacity strengthening of Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies.
- Support project development and implementation with regards to emergency and development work.
- Develop packages of tools, intervention approaches and training/ capacity-building curriculums to guide National Societies on how they can provide community mental health and psychosocial support services in accordance with their mandate and auxiliary role.
- Provide trainings and training of trainers in MHPSS.
- Take part in the strategic planning processes to drive this portfolio of work forwards within the Red Cross Red Crescent network.
- Engage with stakeholders from the global MHPSS networks.
- Support resource mobilization and proposal writing for MHPSS projects and programmes.
Community Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Specialist
Deep understanding and knowledge of (scalable) psychological interventions and other mental healthcare activities and services provided by community volunteers is required for this position.
Responsibilities
- Lead an ambitious process to help the Red Cross Red Crescent network to operationalise community mental health care services.
- Develop packages of tools, intervention approaches and training/ capacity-building curriculums to guide National Societies on how they can provide community mental health care services in accordance with their mandate and auxiliary role.
- Support project development and implementation with regards to Mental health aspects.
- Follow the implementation of community mental health care services within National Societies and accompany/ mentor NS’s were applicable.
- Take part in the strategic planning processes to drive this portfolio of work forwards within the Red Cross Red Crescent network.
- Engage with stakeholders from the global MHPSS and community-based health and social care networks.
About the PS Centre
The IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support (IFRC PS Centre) works under the framework of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) and supports National Societies in promoting and enabling the mental health and psychosocial well-being of beneficiaries, staff and volunteers. The IFRC PS Centre is hosted by Danish Red Cross.
We have an international team of 18 full time staff with complementary technical, strategic and managerial functions. Our day-to-day work is challenging and busy but injected with humour and a positive spirit. We achieve most of our goals by working closely together in small teams, and we value our collaborative working environment highly.
Deadline for application submission: Monday 11 July 2022, 23:59 CEST.
Please submit your CV and a motivated application in English to Danish Red Cross. For applications and more information:
