Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Senior Technical Officer - DRC

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Desired start date: 15 October 2026 Contract Period: 6 months Deadline for applications: 20 September 2026 Handicap International / Humanity & Inclusion (HI) is an independent and impartial international solidarity association, which intervenes in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflicts and disasters. ŒWorking alongside disabled and vulnerable people, it acts and testifies to meet their basic needs and improve their living conditions. It is committed to promoting respect for their dignity and fundamental rights. Since its creation in 1982, HI has implemented development programs in more than 55 countries and intervenes in many emergency situations. Today, we have a budget of around 200 million euros, with 4,000 employees worldwide.

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Job overview

HI intervenes in République Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1995. The programme implements humanitarian and nexus interventions in several sectors, with particular attention to inclusion, access to essential services and quality of responses for people with disabilities and populations affected by crises. In eastern DRC, the persistence of conflict, displacement, insecurity and health emergencies puts significant pressure on psychosocial well-being, community support mechanisms and access to mental health care. The needs concern both prevention, community psychosocial support, psychological support, referral to specialized services and capacity building of local actors. These interventions can be implemented autonomously or integrated into other sectors depending on the project. In North Kivu and South Kivu, HI implements: An integrated SMSPS, protection, economic inclusion and read project in Kitchanga An integrated SMSPS and read project in Kibabi and Béni An integrated SMSPS and protection project in Ruzizi and Alimbongo An integrated protection, economic inclusion and SMSPS project in Mweso HI has initiated a process of regionalization and decentralization of its operational governance, aiming to bring decision-making closer to local realities. This evolution is accompanied by an increased pooling of resources, a harmonization of practices and strengthened efforts to ensure better programmatic coherence in the different areas of intervention. The integration of the République Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the East Africa region (created at the beginning of 2026) is part of this dynamic and should be fully effective in early 2027. However, the integration of the DRC Technical Unit into the regional technical structure is already well advanced and began in mid-2026. This gradual integration makes it possible to strengthen collaboration, sharing of expertise and coherence of approaches between the different programs in the region. In this context, during the six months of its mission, STO SMSPS provides technical support to the HI program in DRC, with priority support to teams and projects in eastern DRC and, as needed, to other intervention areas. He/she contributes to the harmonization of approaches, quality control, monitoring and learning, project development, technical representation and emergency preparedness/response. Close collaboration with the Protection Specialist and the Regional Health Specialist is expected to ensure consistency in integrated approaches of the HI DRC program.

YOUR MISSION:

Under the management of the Technical Unit Manager, STO SMSPS provides technical support to projects, SMSPS teams and HI partners in DRC. He/she works closely with ECHO Project Managers, CDCS HI, CDCS Sol, DGD (4), SMSPS Technical Officers (3) and other technical functions of the programme.

Responsibilities

He/she will be given 6 main responsibilities: Responsibility 1: Accompanying the nationalization process of the position Participate end-to-end in the process of identifying a national competence, Manage induction, ensure the transfer of skills and accompany identified staff, Ensure the availability of tools and documentation necessary to enable identified staff to make good use of their position Ensure a good transfer of responsibilities listed below Responsibility 2: Provide guidance and technical support to projects in accordance with SMSPS frameworks and technical standards. Provide appropriate technical advice and support to project managers, the SMSPS team in the field, and partners. Carry out technical activities or ensure that project activities are implemented in accordance with internal technical and quality standards and suggest improvements if necessary, in collaboration with the Global SMSPS Specialists and the Regional Health Specialist. Adapt the technical documentation of the project according to needs, in accordance with HI technical standards. Coordinate and collaborate with the technical partners of the project, upon delegation of the Specialist or project managers. Propose needs assessments, conduct assessments if necessary and oversee data collection Contribute to drafting new proposals for new opportunities in SMSPS. Develop internal protocols for the identification, support and referencing of protection cases through SMSPS activities. Participate in updating and evaluating the quality of SMSPS services in HI intervention areas. Responsibility 3: Ensures technical learning from projects. Ensure that Global SMSPS Specialists get the information they need and collaborate with other technical departments when needed. Coordinate with headquarters to ensure adequate capitalization to improve the sector-wide methodology globally and gather scientific evidence Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the project manager, based on best practices. Anticipate and prepare for nexus adjustments in your industry. Contribute to the terms of reference for evaluations. Contribute to the risk analysis of SMSPS interventions and propose mitigation measures and integration of HGA aspects (Handicap, Gender, Age) in its sector Responsibility 4: Contributes to the animation of the business sector and the strengthening of skills. Conduct weekly supervision sessions with SMSPS staff in the field. Conducting competency assessments ap

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