World Vision East Africa Regional Office
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Intern
World
Vision is a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to working with
children, families, and their communities worldwide to reach their full
potential by tackling the causes of poverty and injustice.
The
East Africa Regional Office, operating in nine countries of East Africa namely;
Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya,
Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda is looking for a
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Intern to work in its Nairobi office.
This
12 months internship opportunity will provide real work experience and
professional development, under the guidance of dedicated professional
supervisors in the field of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS)
programming at a global level.
Responsibilities;
1.
Conduct literature reviews on specific mental health and psychosocial topics
(e.g. best practices, evidence base on different interventions/approaches,
M&E, methods, psychometric properties of measures, child development,
integration of mental health into general healthcare, community-based
rehabilitation etc.)
2.
Support MHPSS advisor on MHPSS Advocacy in design of reports and advocacy
through social media and website updates in conjunction with communications and
knowledge management
3.
Support data analysis (qualitative and quantitative) and write-up of World
Vision program evaluations and research.
4.
Learn and assist with the preparation of proposals, technical reports, advocacy
materials, peer-reviewed
publications, and policy briefs.
5.
Assist the Mental Health and Psychosocial support advisor to collect / organize
and systematize documents/reports/data collection tools from the MHPSS
programs.
6.
Assist the Mental Health and Psychosocial support Advisor to write/organize
extensive guidelines for implementing programs in each area of intervention;
including data collection tools organized per type of
programs, Drafts of TOR necessary to run programs and annexes with supportive
documents (training
manuals, guidelines and others).
7.
Participate in remote clinical supervision meetings and document all
proceedings
8.
Participate in meetings and training sessions with actual staff and record
proceedings;
9.
Support in organizing field meetings, trainings and supervision schedules
10.
Assist the Mental Health and Psychosocial support Advisor to organize and
consolidate updated presentations for different trainings where MHPSS topics
are required:
11.
Assist the Mental Health and Psychosocial support Advisor to organize the MHPSS
consolidation on a
weekly basis; set up meeting’s agenda, preparation of documents and compilation
of presentations.
12.
Perform any other assigned tasks.
Among
other learning objectives, the incoming intern should expect to:
· Gaining
an understanding of World Vision approach of MHPSS in diverse humanitarian relief
and
development contexts.
· Expanding
understanding of MHPSS background literature in relation to specific topics as
assigned and agreed upon (e.g. MHPSS measures, background, program approaches).
· Learning
about World Vision MHPSS quality standards and application to different
contexts.
· Experience
how humanitarian MHPSS is coordinated across organizations and civil society
Required
Qualifications
· Completed
an Undergraduate degree in Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology,
· Developmental
Psychology, Clinical Social Work or related field.
· Understanding
of best practices in humanitarian and development settings (e.g. IASC
Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings) is
an advantage
· Demonstrated
interest or experience working on Global Mental Health and Psychosocial
projects
· Good
knowledge of mental health and psychosocial subject areas
· Interest
in emergency & development programs
Other
Skills and Abilities
· Excellent
organizational skills
· Very
good analytical and conceptual skills
· Very
good interpersonal and team working skills
· Excellent
computer: Email, Word, Excel, Slides presentation, Publisher, writing and
communication skills
· Motivation
to learn
· Responsibility
and autonomy
· Knowledge
on data base management/data collection tools is desirable
· Capacity
to analyze and synthesize.
· Knowledge
in SPSS version 25 an advantage
Period
of internship: March 2023 – February 2023
This
internship offers a chance to work in a team of very experienced Mental Health
and psychosocial
practitioners and thus ideal for a flexible, energetic young professional who
is eager to learn.
A
small monthly stipend will be offered.
If
interested;
· Send
your applications to earo_recruit@wvi.org
· You
MUST indicate “Mental Health and Psychosocial Intern” as the email subject
· On the
email, write one paragraph describing yourself and why you are the best fit for
this Internship.
· Attach
your CV
·
Applications close on February
3, 2023, 5:00PM.