Mental Health Program Manager

Job Description

Title: Mental Health Program Manager

Company Name: Action Contre la Faim (ACF)

Vacancy: Not specific

Job Location: Cox's Bazar

Employment Status: Contractual

Educational Requirements:
∎ Master degree in counselling psychology, Women and Gender studies, Law and Social science;

Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 4 year(s)

Job Context:
∎ We are looking for a MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER who will join our MENTAL HEALTH, CARE PRACTICE, GENDER AND PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (MHCP).
∎ DURATION: 10 month

Job Responsibilities:
∎ Under the MHCP Coordinator guidance and supervision, you will be responsible for implementation of MHCP components of projects, including line-managing staff in the MHCP Team directly implementing mental health activities. It is expected that you will ensure highest accountability standards in implementation of all grants for which you are focal point, that all work plans are prepared and implemented, monitored and reported according to schedule.
∎ Define and develop mental health, care practices and protection activities in Cox’s Bazar area;
∎ Manage and strengthen mental health and child care practices and protection activities in the refugee camps, refugee settlements, host community and into the national health care system;
∎ Participation in internal/external coordination and ensure timely reporting on programs;
∎ Staff Supervision and Representation;
∎ Staff Supervision and Representation;
∎ Proactively support ACFs commitments to gender equality, child protection and disability sensitivity.

Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 4 (four) years of work experience in project management, social work and protection fields of which at least 2 (two) should be in a not-for-profit, humanitarian organization;
∎ Experience in managing and implementing humanitarian or emergency projects;
∎ Demonstrable experience of working on protection programs, especially on case management and PSS for vulnerable women, men, boys and girls;
∎ Project management experience in complex emergency contexts;
∎ Experience of managing/supervising staff;
∎ Excellent command of English (written and spoken).

Salary:
∎ Gross monthly Salary from BDT 131,000

Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Festival Bonus: 1 month Gross salary every year;
∎ Provident Fund: 7.5% of Basic Salary;
∎ Performance Bonus: from 30 % to 80% of monthly Gross salary per year vary from performants;
∎ End of Contract Benefits - up to 2 months' Gross salary.
∎ Medical coverage: 80% hospitalization coverage medical expenses (max limit BDT 120,000 per year).
∎ 18 days of paid annual leaves per year;
∎ 10 days of paid casual leaves per year;
∎ 14 days of paid sick leaves per year.
∎ Free and unlimited access to the certifying e-learning platform Crossknowledge;
∎ Technical trainings at HQ Paris or regional level (averagely 1 per year);
∎ Participation to external trainings.

Application Deadline: August 6, 2019

Company Information:
∎ Action Contre la Faim (ACF)
∎ Business : Action Contre la Faim | Action Against Hunger is a humanitarian non-Governmental, non-political, neutral and non-profit international organization (INGO) that was established in France in 1979 to deliver aid in countries throughout the world. The aim of Action Against Hunger is to save lives by combating Hunger and Disasters that threaten the Lives of vulnerable Children, Women & Men. Since 2007, Action Against Hunger has been providing assistance to vulnerable populations in Bangladesh in the arena of Nutrition & Health, Mental Health & Care Practices (MHCP), Food Security & Livelihoods (FSL & DRR), and Water Sanitation & Hygiene (WaSH).

Category: NGO/Development

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