Senior Mental Health Program Advisor (USAID/ID Hub)

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Position Description

Global Solutions Ventures (GSV) — a joint-venture partnership between ZemiTek, LLC and Dexis— is seeking a Senior Mental Health Program Advisor to support the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Bureau for Inclusive Growth, Partnerships, and Innovation (IPI), Inclusive Development Hub (ID Hub) in mental health programming. The ID Hub’s mandate is to promote the rights and inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented populations around the world in the development process, working across various technical areas to “combat stigma and discrimination, promote empowerment and inclusion of marginalized or underrepresented groups, and improve the lives of populations in high-risk situations.”

 

USAID's ID Hub serves as the government's leader in promoting integrated development approaches to ensure full social participation in the development process by all involved, specifically by promoting participation from the world’s underrepresented, historically marginalized groups. The ID Hub’s policies promote ways to engage children in adversity, youth, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, LGBTQI+ persons, and integrate mental health, rehabilitation, and assistive health technologies into project design, implementation, and evaluation so that they can contribute to and benefit from development programming. USAID’s Suggested Approaches for Integrating Inclusive Development Across the Program Cycle and in Mission Operations defines inclusive development as “the concept that every person, regardless of identity, is instrumental in the transformation of their own societies and their inclusion throughout the development process leads to better outcomes.”

 

The Agency Mental Health (MH) Team, housed in IPI/ID, works to elevate mental health across USAID’s development work, with emphasis on the integration of MH activities (e.g., interventions, practices, policies) across programs. Likewise, the Agency MH Team builds the capacity of USAID staff to recognize opportunities for mental health integration across diverse sectors, and provides technical assistance for mental health activity design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. The Agency MH Team also manages the Victims of Torture Fund (VOT) to support the treatment and healing of individuals, families, and communities who have experienced torture and trauma. As mental health has become a more prominent field globally, the rate of progress in terms of implementation and impact is also changing rapidly. The Senior MH Program Advisor position will help ensure that USAID expands the quality implementation of VOT programming across the Agency, based on the latest MH research and findings.

 

The Senior MH Program Advisor will be working for the ID Hub, on the VOT team, and will also serve as a member of the Agency MH Team (in IPI/ID), to support the operationalization of the recent policy document, USAID Mental Health Position Paper. The Senior MH Program Advisor must be based in Washington, DC and available to work in the office twice per week. This position may entail up to 20% travel per year. This is a long-term position with an immediate start date.

 

Work Schedule: Full-time/Onsight (2 days a week)

Location: Washington D.C.Starting Salary Range: The annual salary range for this role is $122,530 - $132,000 a year with the starting salary determined based on candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience, and education, in addition to budget availability. 

Clearance Required: Able to obtain a secret level clearance (US citizenship required).

Responsibilities

The Senior MH Program Advisor responsibilities will include the following:

 

● Manage a number of VOT-funded global activities and serve as a technical advisor for mission-managed VOT-funded programs. Perform budget management and programmatic tasks for the VOT fund, including monitoring progress, providing technical input on work plans, tracking quarterly project reporting, and managing budgets.

● Support the technical aspects of inclusive design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of VOT activities, including the design of acquisition and assistance awards.

● Lead research, assessments, and evaluations related to VOT programming to inform activity design and implementation and ensure learning from VOT programming informs