Education Specialist (MHPSS)

Programme & Policy

Overview

Support education programming with MHPSS activities in Myanmar.

You have:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Applied Psychology, Child Psychology or in relevant field.
• Minimum five years of work experience in MHPSS
• Experience in conducting research, surveys and delivering situational and evidence-based reports
• Excellent English and Myanmar communications skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel to field offices as relevant and required
• Good understanding of the local context and culture
• Previous working experience of MHPSS data analysis and management
• Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles.

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT ROLE PROFILE TITLE: Education Specialist (MHPSS) (FOR MYANMAR NATIONAL ONLY) TEAM/PROGRAMME: LOCATION: Yangon, Head Office Number of Position: 1 GRADE: NAT-3 CONTRACT LENGTH: Fixed Term

CHILD SAFEGUARDING:

Level 3: the post holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the vetting process staff.

ROLE PURPOSE: Under the supervision of the Education Technical Lead, the Mental Health and Psychological Support (MHPSS) Specialist is responsible to support quality, gender-sensitive design, delivery and advocacy across education programming. The role holder will lead and be involved in strategic implementation and management of MHPSS activities in education projects.

The role is expected to establish strong linkages with national level MHPSS working groups and organizations, regional and global levels as well. The specialist is also responsible for building the technical capacity of education and other program teams and partners in MHPSS and keeping up to date with developments in the field.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Education Technical Lead

Financial Approval: No financial approval

External Representation: None KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :

Program strategy, integration, and quality • Provide technical advice and guidance to the education program teams to ensure that MHPSS plans and components are technically sound, contextualized and implemented in line with programs and country’s strategies • Coordinate closely with the EiE Cluster and, where required, represent the education programme in the MHPSS Technical Working Group to ensure a coherent and integrated approach across all education interventions. • Work closely with Education Project teams at CO and field levels to coordinate the MHPSS capacity building plan, ensuring timely delivery of essential knowledge and skills to Village Education Committees and teachers to support children’s learning and well‑being. • Leverage and liaise with technical assistance from local, regional, international partners and Save the Children members • Develop key guidance and tools for MHPSS in providing quality and contextualized MHPSS services and information dissemination • Provide technical support in appropriate, timely and accurate gender sensitive qualitative and quantitative data collection for high quality reports for internal and external audiences and donors. • Include inputs in producing case studies, success stories and program learning across program teams and organization. Provide inputs to concept notes and proposals on MHPSS activities and initiatives • In collaboration with MEAL team, set up a MEAL system to monitor and evaluate MHPSS activities.. • Support in strategic planning and delivery of MHPSS activities including life-saving learning for children in Myanmar • Technically guide in the development of contextualized deliverables for MHPSS works and sustain the resources in line with changing environments and needs • Support in guiding the needs of areas for MHPSS projects, activities, and deliverables • Collaborate with the advocacy team on developing impact stories and provide support to campaign and advocacy initiatives as neededProvide MHPSS-related support to other departments as required, ensuring all engagement is coordinated through line manager.

Strengthen partnership and external communications/advocacy • Support the identification, assessment, selection, and development of technical capacity of implementing and strategic partners • Provide capacity development for CSO partners including training, coaching, and mentoring • Support program teams and partners to adhere to SCI MHPSS guidelines, Gender Equality and Inclusion Principles and other standards • Represent Save the Children at national MHPSS Working Group and technical working group meetings, and other relevant forums and liaise closely with relevant members as delegated by Technical Lead.

Capacity Strengthening and Development • Support technical capacity of Save the Children staff providing access to training and opportunities for learning • Coach and mentor staff and partners in MHPSS as required • Encourage staff to strengthen knowledge and understanding of gender sensitive and transformative approaches to MHPSS in humanitarian settings, tools and guidelines • Develop packages of tools, intervention approaches and capacity building plans to guide Save the Children staff and partners on how they can provide community mental health and psychosocial support services in accordance with the context

Child Safeguarding Responsibilities • Understand and fulfil specific and additional responsibilities in achieving compliance of Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy standards • Responsibility to create and promote an environment where the Child Safeguarding policy is effectively implemented.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability: • Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values • Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved. Ambition: • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same • Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others • Future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale. Collaboration: • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters • Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to. Creativity: • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions • Willing to take disciplined risks. Integrity: • Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity • Always acts in the best interests of children QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, Applied Psychology, Child Psychology or in relevant field. Professional qualifications and field experiences are desirable. • Minimum five years of work experience in MHPSS • Experience in conducting research, surveys and delivering situational and evidence-based reports • Knowledge of and experience with MHPSS working group is an advantage • Experience in ensuring innovative plans/approaches are gender sensitive and transformative • Previous working experience of MHPSS data analysis and management • Good understanding of the local context and culture • Quality of adaptability and flexibility • Excellent English and Myanmar communications skills, both written and verbal • Excellent personal organizational skills including time management, and ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure • Willingness to travel to field offices as relevant and required • Able to self-manage time effectively and independently • Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues across the organisation developing effective working relationships to deliver outstanding results for children • Commitment to and understanding of Save the Children’s aims, values and principles. • Willingness and capability to company with all relevant Save the Children policies and procedures with respect to health and safety, security, equal opportunities and other relevant policies, including the Child Safeguarding Policy

Additional job responsibilities The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.

Safeguarding and Counter Fraud responsibilities • Ensure that your staff is providing all beneficiaries of your programme with ongoing, age-appropriate verbal or written information in relevant languages about Save the Children’s Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct. • Take all necessary and appropriate steps to prevent fraud, bribery, and corruption within their areas of responsibility, report and respond to all incidents and concerns and comply with the Counter-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Policy and Procedure. All types of fraud, bribery, and corruption must be prevented, including where it benefits the organisation (SCI).

Equal Opportunities The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures. Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.

All staff has an obligation and a responsibility to: • Ensure they fully understand the provisions of the Child Safeguarding Policy, the Code of Conduct and Local/Country Procedures. • Conduct themselves in accordance with the rules of the Child Safeguarding Policy, in their personal and professional lives – which includes reporting suspicions of child abuse. • Ensure the way they are carrying out their work is not putting children at risk (or further risk) – this means constantly scrutinizing their work through a child safeguarding lens and talking to children about possible design/implementation “flaws”. • Promote the message of child safeguarding to colleagues in other organizations and government ministries, children in their own and beneficiary families, and community members in general. • Be vigilant about observing possible child abuse/harm in their personal and professional lives.

All managers have the above responsibilities as well as ensuring • Their staff are doing the above. • That child safeguarding is integrated and given a “voice” in all management processes including recruitment, induction, performance management, team meetings, annual planning processes, field level monitoring, etc.

Safeguarding our Staff: The post holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCI anti-harassment policy.

Health and Safety The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCI Health and Safety policies and procedures.

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