Chief of Party USAIDUkraine Mental Health Activity
Chief of Party USAIDUkraine Mental Health Activity
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Project Description
The primary goal of the Ukraine Mental Health Initiative for National Development (UMIND) activity is to contribute to Ukraines economic resilience by establishing an evidenceinformed inclusive mental health ecosystem. This mental health framework will be fully integrated across various sectors and programs. By promoting mental wellness UMIND seeks to enhance productivity resilience and social cohesion thus fostering sustainable economic development and growth in Ukraine. Implementation should focus on efficacy accessibility scalability adaptiveness accountability and cultural fit in order to effectively respond to the evolving mental health landscape.
Position Description
The COP will have overall responsibility for management of the activity. This will include management of staff and implementing partners; direction of program technical strategy in collaboration with EDC home office counterparts and countrybased technical program leads; oversight of workplans budgets and M&E functions; fostering productive highlevel relationships with USAID the Government of Ukraine and various local and international counterparts; and representing EDC and the activity within national forums and working groups. The COP will work to advance the overall project vision in line with USAID and the Government of Ukraines approach to strengthening the countrys mental health and psychosocial support system. The COP will be central to the projects efforts to support system reforms in line with evidencebased and best practice MHPSS approaches and building support of diverse stakeholders toward a shared vision collaboration and concrete action steps across sectors and between government civil society veterans youth communities and the private sector.
Qualifications :
Education:
Minimum of a masters degree in public health psychology social work or similar degree.
Skills and Experience:
- 10 years of experience in health programs and/or programs with health components
- Experience managing USAID or other donorfunded projects in health systems strengthening strongly preferred
- Experience managing mental health and psychosocial support programming/activities and services
- Successful experience working on nationallevel health/development policy and governance activities
- Successful experience strengthening quality of health services and supporting scaleup
- Demonstrable experience working successfully in highlevel coordination and partnershipbuilding roles
- Experience working in Ukraine strongly encouraged
- Experience working in crisis and conflict settings required including familiarity with security management
- Experience with humanitarian/emergency programming an asset
- Experience with military/veteran issues an asset
Language:
Professionally proficient in written and spoken English. Proficiency in Ukrainian encouraged.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
