RECRUITMENT NOTICE: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Specialist

IDENTIFICATION
Job Title: MHPSS Specialist
Reports to: Protection Coordinator
Duty station Buea
Type of contract Fixed Term

Availability: June 2025

Support the Protection Coordinator in defining, supervising and implementing
the MHPSS component of the protection programme.
Main objective
Provide technical guidance and advices to protection staffs, ensuring that
and Tasks specific MHPSS components of the programme are delivered according to
internal guidelines and in line with international standards and principles, in
order to achieve the mission’s goals effectively, according to INTERSOS human
resources vision and values.
Tasks:
Technical Leadership
• Develop the MHPSS Response framework and strategy for the mission in line with
Mission Protection Strategy, the Global Protection Framework and the Global MHPSS
guidelines
• Identify key mental health issues and contributing factors in the communities for both
men and women, where we work using assesment tools and research
• Identify Community practices, assets, and structues that are conducive to the promotion
of good mental health and ensure that our programming builds on these assets
• Develop Position papers on our MHPSS response outlining our community based PSS
response in alignment with culture and context
• Design Prevention and Mitigation measures for the mental health concerns identified
for the children and adults in the community
• Work with Intersos Health teams to ensure continium of care along the MHPSS pyramid
• Work with the CP /GBV Specialist / Protection Coordinator in designing interventions
that support PSS that are integrated within our CP /GBV response
• Design Key messages for Awareness on MHPSS based on issues identified in the
community and ensure teams are sensitized on it and able to deliver these messages in
the community effectively
• Ensure Awareness materials on MHPSS are designed in culturally embedded practices
and using traditional practices that the community uses to spread messages
• Ensure the latest developments in the field of MHPSS are shared with the Protection
staff and contextualized for their use based on need
• Develop M & E tools for assessing distress among clients and for measuring the impact
of our MHPSS services
• Ensure our MHPSS response is community based in line with the global CBP guidelines
and MHPSS guidelines
• Regularly prepare and update service mapping in all our project locations to ensure
support and follow-up for our clients
Coordination
• Contribute to the design of the protection strategy of the mission and provide
technical support and assistance for the implementation of the MHPSS activities
through the proper tools and methodologies
• Design and revise MHPSS interventions and activities that are AGD sensitive
and ensure AGD and context appropriateness in addressing CP, GBV and other
protection issues
• Ensure that vulnerable/at risk individuals are promptly and safely identified and
referred
• Draft and revise MHPSS SOPs
• Develop standard MEAL tools and indicators to measure the impact,
effectiveness and quality of MHPSS interventions for children, adults and people
with disabilities, and ensure the piloting and standardization of these tools.
Increase and enhance MHPSS programme monitoring and evaluation, and
determining impact
• Perform trends analysis on prevailing protection concerns in each mission
location for tailored intervention
• Work with the CP and GBV specialist to strengthen PSS in case management
providing guidance on identifying issues, empathy, session structure and referral
• Monitor progress on individual cases documented by the psychologists,
maintaining strict protocols for confidentiality and consent
• Collaborate with Case Management and medical teams to ensure proper
collaboration in referral procedures
• Lead, mentor, guide and monitor regularly the psychologists teams establishing
standard process and procedures for beneficiaries support and develop standard
tools for measuring progress
• Design and develop a MHPSS Toolkit with appropriate resources and guidelines
to provide structured and unstructured MHPSS for children and adults
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator support to contextualize and
adapt internal and global guidelines, guarantying that are known by relevant
staffs
• Ensure cohesion and harmonization of MHPSS activities, tools, guidelines and
services across the different projects strategy
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator deliver trainings and workshops
to protection staffs to build skills on MHPSS topics. Develop training materials
according to national policies and international standards
• Support the Protection Coordinator to deliver trainings and workshops to non-
protection staffs to build skills and knowledge of Staff Care, Mental Health, PFA
and other topics relevant to all sectors
 • Support the Protection Coordinator in developing and implementing a Staff Care
System for the staffs
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator assess MHPSS needs and gaps
of target populations in current and future areas of operations. Analyse regularly
the status of protection activities and inform the programme accordingly
• In line with the current protection strategy of the mission and in coordination
with the Community Engagement Specialist design and develop a community-
based approach to MHPSS
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator support in the development of a
harmonised structure for group PSS, emotional support groups, awareness-
raising and community outreach/engagement components across the mission
• Contribute to the maintenance of an up-to-date service mapping of the service
providers operating in the area and take proactive actions to remain informed
about the available services for referral and coordination
• Support the Protection Coordinator to ensure that protection data are collected,
archived, processed, analyzed and disseminated in ethical modalities
guarantying the confidentiality and the respect of internal data protection
protocols. Maintain and update the MHPSS platforms for synchronization of
data protection management and reporting
• Under the supervision of the Protection Coordinator undertake regular field
monitoring visits and provide tools to monitor the quality of programme
implementation
• Provide technical support to the psychologists for individual cases affected by
crisis, GBV survivors, child protection cases, etc.

Networking and partnerships

• Maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant clusters and related
working groups at national and/or field level and guarantee compliance to the
eventual monthly cluster reporting requirements
• Represent INTERSOS in MHPSS in meetings and share best practices and
lessons learnt
• Act as focal point in the protection cluster for the MHPSS technical working
group
• In coordination with the Protection Coordinator ensure that main MHPSS
concerns are brought to relevant stakeholders to advocate the respect of human
rights and guarantee the minimum protection standards
• Network with MHPSS leaders of other missions and other organizations to share
best practices and resources
Educational and • University degree in Social Science, Psychology, Social Work, Human Rights,
International Humanitarian Law or other fields related to social development and
Professional humanitarian work
experience • Preferable master’s degree in a related field
• Minimum 6 years work experience in protection with NGOs.
required
Technical and •
Strong theoretical, technical and practical knowledge of MHPSS
•
Demonstrated ability to work in humanitarian context (experience with IDPs
behavioral is an asset)
competencies • Very good understanding of protection, human rights law and international
humanitarian rights and principles
required
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills on protection and human rights
• Experience in proposal writing is an asset
• Flexibility and ability to work in insecure, stressful and hardship
environments
• High confidentiality, respect and non-discriminatory attitude
• Diplomatic skills in networking with partners, authorities and donors
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
• Strong time management, resourcefulness and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to work and
integrate into a multicultural team
• Commitment to INTERSOS principles
IT: Advanced Knowledge of
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, outlook),
• Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, INTERSOS MHPSS Platform is
a plus)
Languages and
• Local and mission language essential
Communication • Fluency in both written and oral formal English

Send your CV and Cover letter by following this link: https://urlz.fr/toJU

Only CVs and Cover letters sent through the link mentioned will be received.

NB: Only Shortlisted candidates will be invited for the written and technical tests.

Please apply no later than January 16, 2025, at 5 PM

HR-Department
INTERSOS – Cameroun