Categories: Vacancies, May 2026

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Officer

Location: Ziquala Woreda of Waghimira zone in Amhara region, Ethiopia

Organization: Positive Action for Development (PAD)

Deadline: Jan 17, 2025

Job Description

Positive Action for Development (PAD) is an indigenous, non-governmental, humanitarian, and development organization and was legally registered at the Federal level by the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Charities and Societies Agency on June 6/2011 with a registration number 2330. PAD would like to hire a qualified professional for its Plan International Ethiopia (PIE) funded project for the following position.

PAD would like to hire a qualified Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Officer for the program that will be implemented in Ziquala Woreda of Waghimira zone in Amhara region

Main Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the program manager and Health and Nutrition coordinator, the MHPSS Officer will be responsible for leading the implementation and monitoring of PIE financed DRA-EJR project as a part of the mobile health and nutrition team.

The MHPSS Officer will continue to identify and address gaps in MHPSS programming, provide training and technical assistance, and support health facilities in implementing MHPSS programming.

Specific responsibilities include the following

Oversee the implementation of overall mental health and psychosocial activities.
Develop quality mental health and psychosocial support interventions in public health facilities through mobile health and nutrition approach as part of the team
Provide psychosocial support for affected people (mental Health education, Screening, Counseling, diagnosis, & refer)
Provide emergency psychosocial therapy to cases at the working sites
Provide onsite psychosocial training for health workers and community volunteers
Conducted psychological assessments, managed casework, and made referrals as necessary.
Record and document relevant activities (e.g. case notes/files).
Work with the MHNT team members to deliver the service and contribute to good team spirit.
Network, liaise, and communicate with assigned Health Facilities Health workers.
Advocate for legal and medical and other referral support services for beneficiaries.
Respect the confidentiality regarding the content of the interview during assessments.
Producing timely progress reports, including both quantitative and qualitative information, on MHPSS activities.
Identify and build links with other partners, ensuring that issues for mental health and psycho-social support are raised and addressed.
Develop response strategies and action plans based on the MHPSS situation in target areas, and implement strategies to improve capacity of Mental health staff at the zonal/woreda level.
Supervise and support community health workers in providing psychosocial support and PFA
Map referral services and pathways and develop templates and procedures for follow-up and of referrals.
Provide psycho-social support for GBV survivors and victims.
Provide or link with psychiatric treatment for GBV victims contextually.
Developing a system for the identification of mental health disabilities among children.
Developing a screening tool for community case detection in collaboration with health facilities
Planning and implementation of mental health early recovery after the disaster/displacement
Any other task assigned by his/her supervisor.

About You

Qualification

Education:: BA degree in Psychiatry, Psychology, Social Work, or other related fields with coursework in mental health and psychosocial programming in humanitarian or hard-to-reach areas

Experience: a minimum of 5 years experience in mental health and psychosocial programming with a minimum of one year experience in disaster/humanitarian crisis contexts.

Skills Required:

Willingness to travel and work in remote areas.
Able to work collaboratively across multiple teams and stakeholders.
Able to operate independently and as part of a team.
Willingness and capacity to be flexible when faced with difficult working conditions.
Experience in providing training on MHPSS interventions
Thorough understanding of MHPSS programming & interventions.
Thorough understanding of case management and social work.
Experience working in NGOs or in an emergency context.
Good communication skills with different stakeholders
Fosters working in teams & teamwork spirit.
Flexible and creative approach; keen to take initiative where appropriate.
Accountability & responsiveness within areas of responsibilities

Number required: (1) one

Duty Station: Ziquala Woreda of Waghimira zone in Amhara region

Female applicants are highly encouraged to apply

Required Skills

Project management
Stress management

Desired Skills

Emotional Intelligence
Project planning
Problem solving

How to Apply

application Process

Interested candidates must send the following application documents with the subject line, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Officer for Ziquala Woreda of Waghimira zone in Amhara region

● Motivation/Cover letter (not more than one page);

It is highly recommended to include your salary expectations and current salary in the application letter.

● CV (not more than 4 pages) and relevant documents (education certificates, experience, and others) (Please note that the certificates and CV should be in one single file.) If you are passionate about MHPSS and have the skills and experience to contribute effectively, we encourage you to apply for this position.

Note:

● Only selected candidates will be contacted.

● Applicant(s) who don’t follow the procedures will be disqualified immediately.

● This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the position and may be subject to change based on organizational needs.

E-mail: job@padethiopia.org

Website: www.padethiopia.org

Telephone: 0904088619, 0948787677 or 0936342656

PAD is an organization committed to upholding a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of abuse and exploitation while actively working to protect and defend the rights and well-being of individuals.

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