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Handicap International

Disability-focused humanitarian aid and empowerment

Oficial Técnico Senior de Salud Mental y Apoyo Psicosocial

Mental & Behavioral HealthPosted on Nov 6
Full-timeNo salary listedHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • A university degree in Psychology is required.
  • Postgraduate studies, a specialization, or diploma studies in Clinical Psychology, Community Social Psychology, or Crisis Interventions are required.
  • At least three years of verifiable clinical or community experience implementing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) projects are required.
  • Verifiable prior fieldwork experience with an NGO or development cooperation agency is required.
  • Verifiable experience in technical supervision, support, and coordination of field teams, community workers, or non-specialized personnel is required.
  • Strong knowledge of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) guidelines on MHPSS in emergencies and Psychological First Aid is required.
  • Strong knowledge of differentiated care models and mainstreaming inclusion for persons with disabilities and populations with diverse gender identities and ages is required.
  • Experience with Community-Based Protection strategies, empowering local networks to identify risks and create protective environments, is required.
  • Fluent Spanish, including excellent writing for technical and clinical reports, is required.
  • B2-level English for communicating with the global expert and representing the organization in mult country or multicultural settings is required.
  • Knowledge of protection mainstreaming, including risk identification, safe management of disclosures of gender-based violence, and coordination of intersectoral referral pathways, is required.
  • Conflict sensitivity, including reading power dynamics to ensure service targeting does not exacerbate local tensions, is required.
  • Knowledge of international humanitarian coordination architecture and coordination with Health and Protection Clusters is required.
  • Communication and diplomacy skills for cooperating and negotiating with local authorities and communities are required.
  • Ability to adapt traditional clinical tools to community-based approaches is required.
  • Information management skills, including synthesis, qualitative systematization, and prioritization of operational and clinical data, are required.
  • Proficiency in office software and field data collection platforms is required.
  • Ability to optimize and strictly prioritize personal time and the time of personnel under the role's responsibility is required.
  • Compliance with ethical protocols, informed consent, and confidential data management is required.
  • Ability to manage sensitive information without exposing survivors' identities or increasing their security risks is required.
  • Technical and pedagogical leadership to supervise teams, delegate tasks, and support the professional development of MHPSS personnel is required.
  • Autonomy, strong responsibility, and results orientation in the field are required.
  • Ability to transfer knowledge and develop colleagues' skills is required.
  • Ability to implement self-care and emotional support strategies and manage stress when working with survivors of critical events is required.
  • Adherence to IASC intervention levels, avoidance of medicalizing distress, and application of Do No Harm principles are required.
  • Demonstrated commitment to inclusion and to ensuring interventions respect dignity and promote the participation of historically excluded populations is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide specialized knowledge, guidance, and technical support to MHPSS projects, partners, and programs in accordance with technical frameworks and sector standards.
  • Provide appropriate technical guidance and support to project managers, the operations manager, technical officers, and MHPSS workers from Handicap International, partners, and strategic allies.
  • Carry out MHPSS activities or ensure field officers and workers implement them according to internal quality and technical standards, and recommend improvements when needed.
  • Adapt project technical documentation as needed in accordance with global and national standards.
  • Coordinate and collaborate with project technical partners, project managers, and other organizations or sectors as assigned.
  • Propose research and study topics, conduct research as needed, and oversee data collection for that purpose.
  • Contribute technical expertise to drafting new proposals.
  • Participate in or organize team coordination meetings with project technical focal points, project managers, and the regional MHPSS specialist or equivalent.
  • Monitor sector developments and capture MHPSS best practices for incorporation into organizational standards.
  • Ensure global and regional specialists and field officers receive needed information and collaborate with one another and the Latin America and Caribbean Technical Unit as needed.
  • Coordinate appropriate knowledge capitalization to improve global sector methodology and compile scientific evidence; initiate or test innovative solutions to key sector challenges.
  • Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the regional specialist, emergency MHPSS specialist, or project manager, drawing on best practices.
  • Anticipate and prepare for Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus adjustments in MHPSS.
  • Contribute to terms of reference for project and human resources evaluations.
  • Participate in recruitment processes by leading technical interviews, providing evidence-based recommendations, and diagnosing training needs.
  • Build and consolidate a local talent pool of experts in the specialty area.
  • Design and facilitate training modules for technical and non-technical staff.
  • Guide the sector's strategic competency-updating plan and, when required, serve as an external assessor in clinical or technical supervision schemes.
  • Share and position the organization's technical experience with relevant local stakeholders and international networks.
  • Coordinate interventions and maintain close collaboration with technical partners and allies.
  • Actively communicate MHPSS advocacy guidance and messages.
  • Develop technical documents to consolidate or scale project reach.
  • Represent the organization technically in relevant humanitarian coordination forums in Colombia, including Health Clusters and MHPSS or Inclusion working groups.
  • Establish and maintain high-level relationships with local health authorities, referral hospitals, and key sector actors to influence continuity of post-acute care.
  • Identify strategic opportunities to strengthen the local health system and support transition toward development through the Humanitarian-Development nexus.
  • Contribute to planning and preparing project activities, tools, and resources, and implement the action plan with support services and the technical unit.
  • Ensure activities are implemented and resources are allocated appropriately as authorized by the project manager or operations manager.
  • Ensure regular activity reports and contribute to internal and external reports as requested by the project manager or operations manager.
  • Identify project areas requiring adjustment and propose adaptations.
  • Contribute to drafting modification requests when asked.
  • Plan and supervise awareness-raising, training, and other activities requiring support.
  • Contribute to project learning.
  • Provide direct or indirect MHPSS support to users while ensuring the approach stays within the project's scope.
  • Design, adapt, and audit clinical pathways and MHPSS care protocols to align with World Health Organization standards and Handicap International technical guidance.
  • Lead clinical supervision of field teams and local partners, ensuring technical quality of interventions and ethical case closure.
  • Directly manage highly complex clinical cases that exceed the technical capacity of officers or implementing partners.
  • Proactively and safely identify protection and psychosocial risks during community activities and individual care.
  • Provide a safe, dignified, person-centered initial response to unsolicited disclosures of gender-based violence or rights violations; apply protection principles to offer initial support and facilitate informed, safe referrals without independently managing legal or social cases.
  • Map, activate, and continually audit referral pathways to ensure timely referral of complex cases to psychiatric, medical, or protection services.
  • Ensure all direct interventions and interagency referrals follow confidentiality, informed-consent, and Do No Harm principles and mitigate risks of revictimization.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary case conferences with Protection and health teams, promoting a holistic approach and aligning intervention plans.
  • Support local partners conducting MHPSS activities and strengthen their capacity.
  • Contribute to program emergency preparedness measures and, during emergencies, adapt working methods to support an effective humanitarian response.

About the Company

Handicap International

Disability-focused humanitarian aid and empowerment

Handicap International, also known as Humanity & Inclusion, is an international non-profit organization focused on disability. It works with people with disabilities in diverse settings—from conflict zones to development contexts—to improve their access to essential services, rehabilitation, livelihoods, and inclusion. The organisation delivers aid and support through programmes in about 60 countries and responds to emergencies, helping people become self-reliant. It operates through a network of eight national associations (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA) that provide funding, resources, and project management. Unlike some aid groups, it is non-governmental, non-religious, non-political, and non-profit, centering the needs and rights of people with disabilities. Its goal is to enable people with disabilities to participate fully in society and to strengthen their independence and resilience in all contexts.

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