Senior Mental Health Officer

Pact is an international nonprofit that works in nearly 40 countries building solutions for human development that are evidence-based, data-driven and owned by the communities we serve. Founded in 1971, Pact works with partners to build resilience, improve accountability, and strengthen knowledge and skills for sustainable social impact.

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Position Overview

Pact, a non-profit organization based in Washington, DC, is implementing the USAID Zambia Integrated Health Activity. The Activity supports USAID and PEPFAR objectives of 95/95/95 and provides service delivery and technical assistance to improve Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH) services. USAID Zambia Integrated Health improves, sustains, and further integrates lifesaving HIV/AIDS and MNCH services at the health facility and community levels and ensure that client-centered, high-impact, high-quality services are available to all Zambians. To further this mission, we are seeking an experienced Senior Mental Health Officer to be based at our Ndola Technical Hub.

Key Responsibilities

• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support programming in USAID Zambia Integrated
  Health implementation districts.
• Coordinate task-sharing Mental Health and Psychosocial counseling to non-mental
  health specialists
• Integrate Mental Health screening and care into the project setting.
• Conduct a landscape analysis of available Mental Health and Psychosocial supportservices to understand available resources, referrals, and client insights related to
  service quality and potential improvements in each district.
• Provide capacity development to all staff and CHWs on Mental Health and Psychosocial
  Support Services (MHPSS/Behavioral Health).
• Lead the team in planning and providing technical assistance in implementing and
  monitoring MHPSS programs in targeted districts.
• Work collaboratively with other project staff, facilitating policy dialogue and technical
  representation related to the project MHPSS Programming.
• Ensure effective program and project result-based management of project targets for
  MHPSS interventions.
• Effectively manage relationships with the government and other partners.
• Provide support for timely and quality implementation of annual work plans for USAID Zambia integrated project.
• Support identification of new subgrantees and management of project subgrantees under community services
• Identify critical gaps in knowledge and understanding and identify promising and innovative MHPSS Programming approaches.

  Basic Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in clinical, mental health, health
    psychology, clinical psychology, organization psychology or relevant field.
  • At least five years of progressive work experience with PEPFAR-funded MHPSS
    Programming and integrated HIV/AIDS programme in an local and international NGO.
  • Demonstrated competencies in developing and implementing mental health activities in
    large-scale, complex, international development assistance programs
  • Hands-on experience in leading PEPFAR- funded MHPSS Programme, an advantage
    Familiarity with MHPSS and HIV Care integration is highly preferred
  • Experience in providing technical assistance to implementing partners

    Preferred Qualifications

    • Experience in participatory action planning and engagement of stakeholders at national,
      district, and Community levels.
    • Good data analysis and report writing skills for donor reports, technical briefs and
      relevant documents.
    • Demonstrated skills in problem solving and consensus building.
    • Strong professional written and oral communications skills in English and ability to
      communicate in a local language of the given province.