Mental Health & Psycho-Social Services (MHPSS) Technical Coordinator
2025-04-28T10:58:12+00:00
Alight
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FULL_TIME
kampala
Kampala
00256
Uganda
Business Management and Administration
Healthcare
2025-05-15T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
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As the Focal Point for Alight MHPSS programming in Uganda, the MHPSS Technical Coordinator is responsible for overseeing Alight’s current MHPSS programming, developing new partnerships to expand Alight’s ability to provide MHPSS services to greater numbers of refugees and host communities, and participating actively in national and regional MHPSS Coordination events. The position is based in Kampala but has frequent travel to the field expected. Significant attention of the Technical Coordinator must be placed on managing the country-wide MHPSS work flow, ensuring high standards of MHPSS interventions, and ensuring that best practices and emerging innovative practices are channeled into Alight MHPSS programming. The Technical Coordinator also supports other sector works, providing technical guidance for elements of Protection, GBV, and Child Protection sector work.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as Alight’s Kampala-level Focal Point for all MHPSS (and related) coordination events/meetings, both within Uganda and regional (as requested), ensuring active Alight presence at coordination events and relay of information shared at coordination events to Alight Senior Management.
- Guide Alight’s MHPSS programming profile country-wide, with an emphasis on field-level planning with MHPSS teams, the development and verification / updating of MHPSS sector work plans, and provision of active support where needed at areas of Alight MHPSS intervention.
- Develop increased MHPSS programming opportunities by connecting with new potential donors and partners supporting of increasing MHPSS service offering to refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda.
- In coordination with site-level Clinical Psychologists, Team Leaders, and Counselors oversee the country-wide case management portfolio, ensure best practices and innovative approach to the provision of MHPSS services translate to effective case management.
- Lead Alight’s engagement with potential new donors and partners that can facilitate the expansion of ALIGHT’s MHPSS program, with emphasis not only place on traditional donors to humanitarian response and development programming but also on non-traditional and private sector donors.
- Ensure that Alight MHPSS programming at field sites is put in place with consideration of various national-level and District-level bodies, ensuring a harmonized approach that takes advantage of the strengths found in national and District-level partners with MHPSS goals/objectives reflecting those of Alight.
- Contribute to Alight Uganda Country Program strategy formation, particularly within the MHPSS sector but also linking up with country-wide GBV, Protection, and Child Protection strategies.
- Contribute to proposal development, providing high quality and well researched elements to proposals.
- As requested, provide leadership in planning and executing MHPSS assessments meant to inform either ongoing programming or proposal development processes.
Human Resources / Training:
- The Psychologist will provide technical support to the project teams and to the MHPSS teams. He/she will provide support to the project managers for the recruitment of technical staff in MHPSS. Working alongside the Protection Technical Lead, S/he will identify key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and gaps within MHPSS department. S/he will supervise the content of MHPSS training and the quality of MHPSS activities (including clinical supervisions) based on identified needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Community Psychology, or related field.
- A Masters Degree or higher in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry or related field is an added advantage.
- Technical program management skills, preferably in humanitarian / refugee-oriented settings.
- Minimum of 6 years experience in development or humanitarian sector MHPSS programming, preferably in leadership roles.
- Excellent report writing, communication and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Uganda and regional MHPSS funding mechanisms, priorities, and emerging opportunities, potential partners.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks at a time and work effectively.
- Strong computer IT / skills.
- Strong proposal writing skills.
Serve as Alight’s Kampala-level Focal Point for all MHPSS (and related) coordination events/meetings, both within Uganda and regional (as requested), ensuring active Alight presence at coordination events and relay of information shared at coordination events to Alight Senior Management. Guide Alight’s MHPSS programming profile country-wide, with an emphasis on field-level planning with MHPSS teams, the development and verification / updating of MHPSS sector work plans, and provision of active support where needed at areas of Alight MHPSS intervention. Develop increased MHPSS programming opportunities by connecting with new potential donors and partners supporting of increasing MHPSS service offering to refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda. In coordination with site-level Clinical Psychologists, Team Leaders, and Counselors oversee the country-wide case management portfolio, ensure best practices and innovative approach to the provision of MHPSS services translate to effective case management. Lead Alight’s engagement with potential new donors and partners that can facilitate the expansion of ALIGHT’s MHPSS program, with emphasis not only place on traditional donors to humanitarian response and development programming but also on non-traditional and private sector donors. Ensure that Alight MHPSS programming at field sites is put in place with consideration of various national-level and District-level bodies, ensuring a harmonized approach that takes advantage of the strengths found in national and District-level partners with MHPSS goals/objectives reflecting those of Alight. Contribute to Alight Uganda Country Program strategy formation, particularly within the MHPSS sector but also linking up with country-wide GBV, Protection, and Child Protection strategies. Contribute to proposal development, providing high quality and well researched elements to proposals. As requested, provide leadership in planning and executing MHPSS assessments meant to inform either ongoing programming or proposal development processes.
Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Community Psychology, or related field. A Masters Degree or higher in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry or related field is an added advantage. Technical program management skills, preferably in humanitarian / refugee-oriented settings. Minimum of 6 years experience in development or humanitarian sector MHPSS programming, preferably in leadership roles. Excellent report writing, communication and analytical skills. Demonstrated knowledge of Uganda and regional MHPSS funding mechanisms, priorities, and emerging opportunities, potential partners. Ability to work with minimal supervision. Ability to manage multiple tasks at a time and work effectively. Strong computer IT / skills. Strong proposal writing skills.
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Vacancy title:
Mental Health & Psycho-Social Services (MHPSS) Technical Coordinator
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Business Management and Administration, Category: Healthcare]
Jobs at:
Alight
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, May 15 2025
Duty Station:
kampala | Kampala | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, April 28 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB DETAILS:
As the Focal Point for Alight MHPSS programming in Uganda, the MHPSS Technical Coordinator is responsible for overseeing Alight’s current MHPSS programming, developing new partnerships to expand Alight’s ability to provide MHPSS services to greater numbers of refugees and host communities, and participating actively in national and regional MHPSS Coordination events. The position is based in Kampala but has frequent travel to the field expected. Significant attention of the Technical Coordinator must be placed on managing the country-wide MHPSS work flow, ensuring high standards of MHPSS interventions, and ensuring that best practices and emerging innovative practices are channeled into Alight MHPSS programming. The Technical Coordinator also supports other sector works, providing technical guidance for elements of Protection, GBV, and Child Protection sector work.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Serve as Alight’s Kampala-level Focal Point for all MHPSS (and related) coordination events/meetings, both within Uganda and regional (as requested), ensuring active Alight presence at coordination events and relay of information shared at coordination events to Alight Senior Management.
- Guide Alight’s MHPSS programming profile country-wide, with an emphasis on field-level planning with MHPSS teams, the development and verification / updating of MHPSS sector work plans, and provision of active support where needed at areas of Alight MHPSS intervention.
- Develop increased MHPSS programming opportunities by connecting with new potential donors and partners supporting of increasing MHPSS service offering to refugees and asylum seekers in Uganda.
- In coordination with site-level Clinical Psychologists, Team Leaders, and Counselors oversee the country-wide case management portfolio, ensure best practices and innovative approach to the provision of MHPSS services translate to effective case management.
- Lead Alight’s engagement with potential new donors and partners that can facilitate the expansion of ALIGHT’s MHPSS program, with emphasis not only place on traditional donors to humanitarian response and development programming but also on non-traditional and private sector donors.
- Ensure that Alight MHPSS programming at field sites is put in place with consideration of various national-level and District-level bodies, ensuring a harmonized approach that takes advantage of the strengths found in national and District-level partners with MHPSS goals/objectives reflecting those of Alight.
- Contribute to Alight Uganda Country Program strategy formation, particularly within the MHPSS sector but also linking up with country-wide GBV, Protection, and Child Protection strategies.
- Contribute to proposal development, providing high quality and well researched elements to proposals.
- As requested, provide leadership in planning and executing MHPSS assessments meant to inform either ongoing programming or proposal development processes.
Human Resources / Training:
- The Psychologist will provide technical support to the project teams and to the MHPSS teams. He/she will provide support to the project managers for the recruitment of technical staff in MHPSS. Working alongside the Protection Technical Lead, S/he will identify key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and gaps within MHPSS department. S/he will supervise the content of MHPSS training and the quality of MHPSS activities (including clinical supervisions) based on identified needs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Community Psychology, or related field.
- A Masters Degree or higher in Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry or related field is an added advantage.
- Technical program management skills, preferably in humanitarian / refugee-oriented settings.
- Minimum of 6 years experience in development or humanitarian sector MHPSS programming, preferably in leadership roles.
- Excellent report writing, communication and analytical skills.
- Demonstrated knowledge of Uganda and regional MHPSS funding mechanisms, priorities, and emerging opportunities, potential partners.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks at a time and work effectively.
- Strong computer IT / skills.
- Strong proposal writing skills.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 72
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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