French and/or Arabic highly desirable.
Mental health activity managers provide technical expertise and consultation to national staff on the set-up, implementation and/or evaluation of culturally and socially appropriate psychosocial interventions. Activities include providing technical advice, consultation, training, and supervision. Mental health activity managers do not typically provide direct service to patients.
As a mental health activity manager with Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) your work may support people experiencing post-traumatic stress related to a conflict situation or natural disaster, with victims of sexual violence, or with people being treated for HIV/AIDS and/or tuberculosis. Of primary importance will be your capacity to recruit, train, and supervise locally hired mental health workers, and to adapt tools to local cultural needs/contexts and to changing circumstances within our international programs.
Individuals currently licensed to practice as clinical psychologists (Ph.D. level) may apply to work with MSF as a mental health activity manager. Due to operational needs, we are currently prioritizing clinical psychologist profiles.
Click here to see a generic job description and potential career path with MSF.
Requirements
- Compliance with Essential Requirements for all candidates
- Commitment to work internationally for a minimum of 9 to 12 month assignments
- Master Level Degree or equivalent in psychology with relevant trainings for clinical practice, specialization in clinical psychology, counseling, psychotherapy, psychopathology, neuropsychology, or child psychology OR Clinical Social Work (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) OR Psychiatric-mental health nursing (For Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner/Community Psychiatric Nurse)
- Minimum 2 years clinical experience (post-training) in a multi-disciplinary setting treating patients with psychotherapeutic and/or counseling methods with currently active license .
- Previous experience in a low resource setting (priority given to those with experience working in a humanitarian context)
- Experience with a range of psychotherapeutic methods/approaches such as systemic, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic, or client-centered
- At least 6 months of clinical experience within the last two years
- Professional experience supervising, managing, or training staff
- Experience in developing psycho-educational tools and/or ‘train the trainer’ courses/tools
- Professional experience in mental health issues associated with at least TWO of the following areas:
- HIV/AIDS
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Sexual violence
- Trauma
- Tuberculosis (TB) - Ability to work within a diverse team
Assets
- French or Arabic language (B2 or above)
- Experience with migrants experiencing trauma, internally displaced people, and/or refugees
- Experience with short-term therapy
- Experience across the full scope of mental health care provision for adults, adolescents, and children
- Experience with individual, family, and group counseling
- Experience in community-based psycho-social or trauma-focused programs
- Experience in adapting recognized and accepted therapeutic techniques in consideration of local cultural contexts
- Experience with adherence counseling and/or patient education for chronic diseases
