National Professional Officer (Mental Health)

Contract

This is a NO-C contract. This kind of contract is known as National Professional Officers. It is normally only for nationals. It's a staff contract. It usually requires 5 years of experience, depending on education.

Salary

The salary for this job should be more than 2,402 USD.

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PN399740

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To ensure that effective WHO country presence is established to implement WHO country cooperation strategies that are aligned with Member State's health development agendas and emergency/resilience programmes, and harmonized with the United Nations country teams.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES

1. Oversee the smooth country implementation of WHO global and regional commitments on mental health, psychosocial support according to WHO guidelines and tools.

2. Provide technical advice to the assessment of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) needs, resources and capacities within the country.

3. Contribute to the development of national strategies and policies through policy advice and recommendation on plan of action for improvements in the existing health systems for prevention, Management and care for Mental Neurological and substance use Disorders.

4. Participate in the development of mental health service organization plans, with initial focus on providing mental health and psychosocial programming in the country.

5. Promote a system based approach to integrate MHPSS in health and related social sectors, and support the development of community-based mental health services in coordination with relevant agencies and entities.

6. Liaise with counterparts in the Ministry of Health and other national entities/ institutions to improve capacity in the MHPSS response at national level.

7. Develop and support the implementation of a research agenda on MHPSS including promoting operational research on cost effectiveness of community based interventions

8. Analyze data and information on best practices and partners' experiences in implementingMHPSS Strategies and prepare and disseminate information.

9. Monitor the integration of mental health in the primary health care service of the country.

10. Identify needs for external technical support in coordination with Regional Office and ensure proper and timely handling and monitoring of consultants' briefing, agenda, facilitation of the missions, evaluation and follow up on recommendations.

11. Proactively participate in resource mobilization activities by developing project proposals reflecting MHPSS priorities in the country, ensure the needed follow up in terms of fund raising, effort, timely implementation, monitoring, evaluation and donor reporting

12. Review relevance of contractual engagements with partners and institutions and suggest recommendations regarding WHO's support.

13. . Represent WHO at various meetings.

14. Prepare briefing notes, meeting reports, information products and content on mental health topics.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Essential: University degree in Medicine Psychology or Public Health (with an emphasis in Mental Health). Desirable: Master's degree in Psychiatry, Clinical Psychology, Social Work or related field. Specialized training or certification in (a) public health (b) clinical psychology or psychiatry and/or (c) MHPSS in emergency and humanitarian crises.

Experience

Essential: At least five years of relevant experience providing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). Desirable: Experience working in the area of humanitarian and/or emergency response. Experience in WHO, other UN agencies, relevant nongovernmental, health cluster partners or recognized humanitarian organizations.

Skills

Strong Technical skills in providing support in mental, neurological, substance use disorders and other mental health related areas.

• Demonstrated skills in capacity-building activities in MHPSS.

• Demonstrated skills and knowledge in emergency and humanitarian response activities and how it relates to MHPSS.

• Demonstrated ability to provide technical advice to all relevant stakeholders;

• Demonstrated skills to assess and analyze data to support national programmes and policies; projects and activities, including budget programming and control;

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under pressure; complemented by demonstrated ability to identify and manage difficult situations.

• Knowledge of WHO and UN programmes

WHO Competencies

WHO global Competencies model at http://www.who.int/employment/WHO_competencies_EN.pdf?ua=1

Teamwork Respecting and promoting individual and cultural differences Communication Producing results Knowing and managing yourself Creating an empowering and motivating environment

Use of Language Skills

Essential: Expert knowledge of English. Expert knowledge of Local language. Desirable: Intermediate knowledge of Other UN Language.

REMUNERATION

Remuneration comprises an annual base salary starting at USD 25,511 (subject to mandatory deductions for pension contributions and health insurance, as applicable) and 30 days of annual leave.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• This vacancy notice may be used to fill other similar positions at the same grade level

• Only candidates under serious consideration will be contacted.

• Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply on-line. For assessment of your application, please ensure that your profile on Stellis is updated; all experience records are entered with elaboration on tasks performed at the time. Kindly note that CV/PHFs inserted via LinkedIn are not accessible.

• A written test may be used as a form of screening.

• In the event that your candidature is retained for an interview, you will be required to provide, in advance, a scanned copy of the degree(s)/diploma(s)/certificate(s) required for this position. WHO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU)/United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed through the link: http://www.whed.net/. Some professional certificates may not appear in the WHED and will require individual review.

• Any appointment/extension of appointment is subject to WHO Staff Regulations, Staff Rules and Manual.

• Staff members in other duty stations are encouraged to apply.

• For information on WHO's operations please visit: http://www.who.int.

• WHO is committed to workforce diversity.

• WHO's workforce adheres to the WHO Values Charter and is committed to put the WHO Values into practice.

• WHO has a smoke-free environment and does not recruit smokers or users of any form of tobacco.

• This is a National Professional Officer position. Therefore, only applications from nationals of the country where the duty station is located will be accepted. Applicants who are not nationals of this country will not be considered.