Emergency Mental Health Officer- Middle East

International Medical Corps is a global, humanitarian, nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives and relieving suffering through health care training and relief and development programs.

Established in 1984 by volunteer doctors and nurses, International Medical Corps is a private, voluntary, nonpolitical, nonsectarian organization. Its mission is to improve the quality of life through health interventions and related activities that build local capacity in underserved communities worldwide. By offering training and health care to local populations and medical assistance to people at highest risk, and with the flexibility to respond rapidly to emergency situations, International Medical Corps rehabilitates devastated health care systems and helps bring them back to self-reliance.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSABILITIES: 1. Conduct/participate in a Mental Health/Psychological needs assessment among the affected populations. This will include baseline assessments consistent with IASC guidelines and MHPSS WHO assessment toolkit (e.g. assessment of mental health problems presenting at PHC clinics and a rapid community based assessment of psychosocial needs). 2. Join or initiate emergency interagency coordination mechanisms for the provision of mental health and psychosocial support (IASC Reference group in coordination with IMC Mental Health and Psychosocial Advisor) a. Share relevant information. b. Plan joint assessments and response strategies 3. Collaborate with existing government structures and local authorities organizing emergency response 4. Identify suitable local partner organizations and institutions for joint MHPSS work 5. Develop the strategy and mechanisms to integrate a MH/psychosocial component into IMC programmes in keeping with IASC guidelines of mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies 6. Identify and where appropriate collaborate with existing indigenous healing services 7. Provide emergency mental health services and psychosocial support as needed to affected population (precise programming depending on identified needs, existing services and capacities and actions of other agencies) 8. Train ERT and national staff in key aspects of psychological first aid and relevant aspects of IASC guidelines (1/2 day) 9. Initiate training of identified staff in appropriate skills ( e.g frontline mental health care for PHC workers, ps community psychosocial support skills ) 10. Assist with the development of proposals 11. Hire national staff to implement emergency response and future programmes

QUALIFICATIONS 1. The qualified candidate will be a mental health professional with RN, Ph.D., MD or equivalent degree with 3+ years clinical experience 2. Training experience required 3. Strong organizational and supervisory skills 4. Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different cultural environments 5. Honest, hard working and a self-motivated person 6. Ability to work within a team structure or in isolation, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources 7. Ability to travel on short notice to project sites by car, boat or air 8. A good command of verbal and written English 9. Command of local language preferred

LANGUAGES • Ability to speak Turkish and Arabic a plus

How to apply:

APPLICATION PROCEDURE To officially begin the application process, please visit our website athttp://careers.internationalmedicalcorps.org/careers.aspx and complete the online employment application form.