• Country Director
• Operation Manager
• TMRD Project Manager
• TMRD IGA officers
• Mano River M&E Officer
• TMRD Regional M+E Manager
• TMRD Chief of Party
• Finance, Logistics and HR managers

• CAPS team
• MoHS/Directorate of NCD&MH staff 
• Member of the national mental health steering committee. 
• Members of the TMRD project country level steering committee.
• Visitors/external evaluators

Specifically, S/he will:

• Provide technical support and capacity building for HI TMRD project staff and two implementing partners (CAPS and SUFMA). 
• Attend the National Mental Health Steering Committee meeting led by the Ministry of Health (MoH) and participate in actions (review of policies, strategies related to the committee.
• Organize regular field visits to carry out technical supervision on activities implemented by CAPS.
• Contribute to HI’s MHPSS advocacy efforts in Sierra Leone, by offering technical support to Organizations for Persons with Disabilities (OPDs)/Service Users.

General mission: 

The Field Technical Specialist contributes within the country where he/she is based to the implementation of the mandate and the 10-year strategy of Humanity & Inclusion. He/she ensures optimal quality and impact of the projects implemented in the country, through a delegation system with appropriate control mechanisms. He/she shares with all HI managers the responsibility of a sound management and successful functioning of the global organization, through paradigm changes.

MISSIONS

Expertise:

Contributes to the regional strategies in line with the global strategies.

• Provides sectorial technical input to the StratOps of the Programmes within his/her scope and in his/her sector, in line with the global StraTech and ensures relevant follow-up.

Ensures technical support to projects in line with the global technical frameworks and standards in his/her sectorial scope. 

1. Provides adequate technical guidance and support to Project Managers when relevant (adapt standards to PM’s tools, contribute to proposal writing and reporting) in line with strategies, standards, and mandatory transversal approaches. 
2. Ensures adequate support to multi-sector responses within projects, in line with the other specialists. 
3. Ensures a local sectorial watch, best practices to adopt within his/her sectorial scope. 
4. Contributes to recruitment and briefing when relevant. 
5. Identify needs for skills development. 
6. Participate in the development of training guides and materials.  

Ensuring the technical relevance and evaluation of HI’s interventions in its sector in accordance with Humanity & Inclusion’s procedures

1. Participating in the development and adaptation of tools and intervention methodology
2. Ensuring that the tools and technical support are properly understood and appropriated by HI teams and external stakeholders.
3. Ensure the technical supervision of the teams and draw up recommendations and issue warnings where necessary.
4. To take part in the technical evaluation of activities in meetings and in situ (in this case to draw up monitoring reports) and to propose changes of direction or areas for improvement.

Contributing to the planning and reporting of activities carried out.

1. Participate in the planning of activities, ensuring technical consistency.
2. Contribute to the drafting of internal reports on the activities carried out.
3. Contribute to the preparation of external reports for donors.

Contribute to the project capitalization process. 

1. Working with the MEAL department to set up a standard capitalization process.
2. Identify good practice (or promising practice) within projects.
3. Contribute to the dissemination of project good practice and to the adaptation and appropriation of these lessons learned by the project teams.
4. Participate in the drafting of capitalization reports. 
5. Ensure the transformation of practices resulting from the capitalization process and its follow-up. 

Contributes to the development of research and innovation projects in the region when relevant, in his/her sectorial scope. 

Suggest and steer technical innovation projects. 

• Identify the priorities of Research and Studies and steer R&S.

Contributes to the Technical Divisions professional channel animation.

1. Contribute to the global animation of the professional channels under his sectorial scope coming from the Technical Divisions (community of practice…) 
2. Animate a local talent pool in his sectorial scope (carry out technical interviews of candidates and produce recommendations, identify needs regarding trainings) 

Influence 

Contribute to the local external prestige and influence of HI’s expertise in his sectorial scope. 

1. Represent the technical expertise of HI throughout the local relevant networks. 
2. Contribute to advocacy on specific themes in line with global advocacy priorities. 
3. Contribute to communication messages locally in line with global communication priorities. 

Business development :

Ensure the development of major opportunities or new projects in the region under his sectorial scope. 

1. Contributes to the context analysis in his sectorial scope. 
2. Contributes to the design and writing of new projects in the region and when asked in other countries within the Geographic Division 
3. Identify & transform major opportunities in the region under his scope. 
4. Contributes to the conception of major projects (multiple countries, one theme) or of new projects in the region. 
5. Identify & develop local partnerships and/or consortium with NGOs, Institutions, Companies on technical priorities or important topics in the region under his sectorial scope. 

Qualification (s):

Advanced university degree (Master’s level or equivalent) in mental health clinical psychology from a recognized university or academic institute

Experience

At least 4 years of experience in the field of community or human rights based mental health and psychosocial support.

Experience in clinical supervision.

Experience in training and technical monitoring/supervising in the field of MHPSS with NGOs, in emergency and post crisis contexts.

Knowledge of MHPSS framework and references 

Experience in analysis (donor environment, geopolitics) and ethical positioning.

Experience in partnership mobilization. 

Experience in advocacy and liaison with national governments and stakeholders.

Preferable

Experience in the field of protection and/or disability inclusion is an asset.

Skills

Excellent communication and writing capacities in English.

Synthetic and analytic thinking 

Pedagogical skills

Team motivation skills

Strategic thinking skills

Proficient: Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint 

Preferable

Strong analytical skills (needs to understand systems of services’ functioning, needs of partners in terms of capacity building, etc.)

Personal qualities: Excellent communication skills and diplomacy

Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.

Flexibility

Strong attention to details

Good capacity to coordinate and consult with others.

Good organizational skills

Practical, dynamic and solution oriented

Open to cultural difference.