From providing psychological first aid to survivors of natural disasters to counselling HIV patients, our mental health officers play a vital role in our projects. Trauma is often the most painful aspect of surviving a conflict or disaster or living with a disease, and mental healthcare is vital for recovery.

Our mental health officers (MHOs) often head a group of outreach workers and counsellors, providing care in the health facilities but also out in the community. 

It’s a challenging and exciting role and you would be responsible for some or all of the following:

• Doing a community mental health assessment.
• Planning a mental health strategy.
• Managing mental healthcare for an entire hospital/project.
• Providing care for victims of sexual violence.
• Supporting groups of displaced people.
• Identifying and managing protection issues.

• Postgraduate education in one of the following: Clinical Psychology or Psychiatry along with 2 years post qualification experience
• Currently licensed to practice one of the above areas with independent licensed clinical practice.
• Experience in managing and training mental health workers.
• Experience in the clinical supervision of others and treating trauma related problems.
• Able to work well as a part of a multi-cultural and multi-disciplinary team.
•  Willing to work in unstable areas and ability to cope in a difficult and unpredictable environment.
• Available for a minimum of nine to twelve months.
• Minimum of three months’ work, volunteering or travelling experience in developing countries.
• Fluency in English is essential.

• A second language (preferably French, Arabic, Spanish or Portuguese).
• Experience working in the field of HIV/AIDS, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual violence, Tuberculosis (TB) care.
• Experience with emergency mental health/crisis interventions.