Technical Advisor I – Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies

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Catholic Relief Services

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5001 - 10000 employees

Founded 1943

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

Catholic Relief Services is a global humanitarian organization that eases the suffering of and provides development assistance to people in need in over 100 countries. As the official international relief organization of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, CRS focuses on emergency response, health, agriculture, education, and justice and peacebuilding. Their work is guided by Catholic values and the organization aims to serve the poor and vulnerable, regardless of race, religion, or nationality.

📋 Description

• Support the integration of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies (MHPSS) across all RAPID program interventions. • Provide technical guidance in line with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) program quality standards, donor requirements, and industry best practices. • Help ensure that MHPSS approaches are effective, adaptive, and innovative, ultimately strengthening the quality and impact of programming for vulnerable populations. • Contribute to the implementation of agency-wide strategies, standards, tools, and best practices in MHPSS and Staff Wellbeing in humanitarian response. • Provide technical solutions to regional and County Program teams, remotely and on-site, for strategic planning and best practice applications. • Contribute to quality staff-care of CRS staff and partners in disaster-affected contexts. • Lead or contribute to technical design for large and/or complex proposals. • Facilitate training to CRS and partner staff in topics related to psychosocial support.

🎯 Requirements

• Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology or Social Work or other mental health field required. • Licensure in relevant mental health field (e.g., LCSW, LPC) preferred. • Minimum of five years relevant international working experience in an advisory or management role with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO, with minimum of three years working for programming interventions in MHPSS. • Demonstrated application of technical principles and concepts in PSS, protection, wellbeing, mental health, trauma informed care and resiliency. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach. • Experience in business development, project design and proposal development in MHPSS, including technical writing. • Experience in mentoring, coaching, facilitation and training applying adult learning principles and practices. • Experience with program monitoring and evaluation, including applying data collection tools and methodologies, data analysis, and data presentation. • Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles. • Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, life insurance, vision, and a generous retirement savings plan