Mental Health Supervisor at Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)

The purpose of the Mental Health Supervisor is to participate in planning, supervision and coordination of mental Health/psycho-social related services in the program in accordance with MSF in Oder to provide the most appropriate mental health support support for patients.

Responsibilities include but not limited to:

• Participate in the planning, organization and coordination of Mental Health activities, in close collaboration with the Project Medical Referent and other medical team members, in order to ensure an efficient and effective implementation of the resources needed while maintaining high levels of quality in Mental Health MSF programs and activities.
• Coordinates activities of counseling services with other relevant actors and liaises with the local counterparts (like MoH, WHO, ICRC and NGO) on mental health matters, including referral services.
• Supervise the daily mental health activities and patient support according to MSF protocols and standards in order to provide the most appropriate support for clients with psycho-social needs
• Liaise with the other MSF team members of the project.
• Supervise, in close coordination with the HR department, the associated processes (recruitment, training/induction, evaluation, potential detection, development and communication) of the staff under his/her responsibility to ensure both the sizing and the amount of knowledge required
• Oversee the administrative processes associated with psycho-social functioning.
• When needed, give psychological support to patients according to MSF protocols to improve mental health conditions of patients and enhance their functionality.
• Compile the data and statistics linked with MH activities and report to the MH activity manager
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors in collaboration with the Mental Health Activity Manager.
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential.
• Offer clinical counselling supervision to mental health counsellors in collaboration with the Mental Health Activity Manager.
• Ensure the patient’s related information is kept confidential
• Responsible for overseeing the quality of mental health care offered in the project
• To provide clinical and technical supervision to the mental health staff
• Planning and reporting of departmental activities

Qualifications & Requirements:

Education:

• Essential Degree in Counselling / Medical Psychology. Desirable master’s in clinical psychology

Experience:

• Minimum 4 years of experience providing direct- clinical care in mental health settings. The experience should include demonstrated supervisory responsibilities
• Experience in a humanitarian NGO is an added advantage. MSF experience is a plus.
• Demonstrable experience training others in team setting.

Candidates meeting the above qualifications are requested to submit a motivation letter and an updated Curriculum Vitae as a single file mentioning the subject line Mental Health Supervisor and email to: msff-kenya-recruitment@paris.msf.org on or before 09th March 2025.