Consultant - Humanitarian Intervention Guide Tendering at World Health Organization

Purpose of consultancy
To contribute to the management of the project “Strengthening organizational capacity for integrating mental health care in health services in humanitarian settings through training and mentoring” and to contribute to the updating and development of training materials.

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Deliverables
Deliverable 1: Provide updated mhGAP-HIG curriculum and materials date (e.g. pre- and post-training assessments, training evaluation forms, training content and materials, training assignments and exercises) in English and French developed with contributions from the project team and mhGAP-HIG expert trainers.
Deliverable 2: Organize virtual global mhGAP-HIG workshop I for participant of multiple agencies (including preparation phase, workshop administration and follow-up) in collaboration with the project team.
Deliverable 3: Organize virtual global mhGAP-HIG workshop II targeting participants of multiple agencies from francophone countries (including preparation phase, workshop administration and follow-up) in collaboration with the project team.
Deliverable 4: Collect and analyze f project data and complete final project report and mhGAP-HIG multi-country final case study report.
Deliverable 5: Participate in internal and external project meetings, organize community of practice and mentorship calls, and contribute to the development of communication materials (e.g., website content, blogs, handouts) in line with global mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) standards and guidelines.

Qualifications, experience, skills and languages.
Educational Qualifications:
Essential:
• Advanced university degree in mental health (e.g. psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, psychiatric nurse, or clinical social worker).

Desirable:
• Doctorate degree in mental health related field.

Experience
Essential:
• Over 5 years of relevant experience supporting MHPSS programs in international humanitarian contexts, including in project management and capacity building
• Experience in integrating mental health care into general health care.
• Work experience in large humanitarian crises caused by conflict or natural disasters.
• Experience organizing and conducting training and capacity building workshops.

Desirable:
• Experience with using the WHO’s mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention for integrating mental health care into general health care in humanitarian settings.
• Experience in utilizing and managing learning platforms such as Canvas.

Skills/Knowledge:
• Good writing skills.
• Ability to work within and contribute to a team.
• Strong organizational and skills.
• Strong interpersonal and written skills, and cross-cultural competency.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to World Health Organization on careers.who.int to apply