As a registered charity, founded in 1979, Action Against Hunger operates in 45+ countries. The international network of Action Against Hunger is represented in France, United Kingdom, Spain, Canada, USA and India. Teams in the field combat hunger on 4 fronts: Nutrition and Health, Food Security and Livelihoods (FSL), Water, Sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and Mental Health and Care Practices (MHCP).
For our MHCP department in Gambella-Pugnido, we are currently looking for the following professional:
Mental Health, Care Practices, Gender and Protection Program Manager
General Assignment: The program manager will be responsible for the implementation, improvement and monitoring of the Mental Health and Care Practices (MHCP) program and the team supervision in the refugee camp and host community setting. In addition, they will be responsible for analysis, monitoring & reporting of psychosocial and care practices needs and activities. They will work closely with the other program managers (especially with Nutrition) to deliver the contracted services in the nominated Gambella refugee camp(s) and host community settings.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Objective 1: Implementation and monitoring of all MHCP activities within the refugee camp and Goge host community
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Objective 2: Management of the project team
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Objective 3: Coordination
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Objective 4: Logistics and administrative management for the program
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Objective 5: Reports and capitalization of the project
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Objective 6 : Strictly respect confidentiality :
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Respect confidentiality of clinical interviews apart from dealings with the psychologists in charge.
Educational/Professional Background:
Required competences & skills :
Communication (listening and observation skills), experience in team management, project management and training aptitudes, coordination skills, ability to establish good relations with other people, organisation and activity supervision skills, capacity to manage priorities, precision, autonomy, creativity, flexibility, good knowledge of the area and local customs, knowledge of the local languages of the working areas (fluent), and English language (fluent), sense of confidentiality.