Senior Vice President, Global Psychosocial Services

About KIND 
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND) is a global leader in the protection of unaccompanied and separated children who are forcibly displaced from their countries of origin. Launched in 2008, KIND champions a world in which every child’s rights and well-being are protected throughout their journey to safety.  Building on its extensive programming and successful model in the United States, KIND is expanding in the Americas and Europe to bring its experience to bear in working with unaccompanied and separated children. Our work focuses on addressing the legal and mental health needs of this population; building strong partnerships and engaging in training and capacity strengthening with governments, NGOs, and the private sector; and advocating for systemic and pragmatic reforms to advance the rights of unaccompanied and separated children.
Position Summary 
KIND’s Senior Vice President, Global Psychosocial Servicesis responsible for all aspects of KIND’s psychosocial programs in the United States, Latin America, Europe, and elsewhere as KIND expands its international operations. The incumbent advances KIND’s mission by ensuring effective mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) program development, implementation, and oversight in line with global standards. The Senior Vice President, Global Psychosocial Services ensures effective delivery of trauma-informed, culturally sensitive MHPSS in all regions, including the design and implementation of regional program frameworks that address the needs of children in a variety of transit and reception circumstances. The Senior Vice President leads a growing department of +100 professionals located throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe. 

Essential Functions

• Oversees the implementation of MHPSS throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe in accordance with the organization’s strategic plan.  
• Provides leadership and effectively engages staff, working toward organizational goals using resourcefulness in setting priorities and guiding investment in people and systems.  
• Ensures that the quality of MHPSS consistently meets high professional standards and the unique needs of unaccompanied and separated children.  
• Ensures the organization achieves measurable outcomes that balance the delivery of the highest quality psychosocial programming with ensuring that as many children as possible are served. 
• In partnership with the Chief of Global Monitoring and Evaluation, leads development of evidenced-informed technical standards/benchmarks for design and program performance evaluation, ensuring that processes for measurement are clear, realistic, and responsive to the needs of the population and donors.  
• Oversees program delivery and ensures effective communication of global standards and change initiatives among program, regional, and country teams.  
• Ensures that all MHPSS programming is developed and implemented in alignment with the UN’s Inner-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) MHPSS Guidelines and other quality assurance measures relevant to the delivery of MHPSS to children on the move.  
• Supports the development of effective supervision structures and processes for MHPSS staff in each region and sharing of best practices across.  
• Works closely with other members of the Senior Leadership Team in ensuring a multidisciplinary approach and service delivery.  
• Contributes to positioning KIND as a key actor and partner of choice on MHPSS globally through collaboration and partner relationships.  
• Collaborates on the development of KIND’s MHPSS curricula for staff, partners, and volunteer professionals to ensure an effective, comprehensive skills and knowledge development program centered on trauma-informed, culturally responsive best practices for delivery of MHPSS to unaccompanied and separated children.  
• Serves as a spokesperson for the organization on the psychosocial needs of unaccompanied and separated children as appropriate, including with Board of Directors, Advisory Committees, governmental and non-governmental bodies, and funders. 
• Implements strategies to seize strategic opportunities to advance KIND’s global provision of psychosocial services to unaccompanied and separated children.  
• Supports program monitoring and evaluation.  
• Serves as a member of the Senior Leadership Team, led by KIND’s President, and contributes thought leadership and expertise to the organization’s strategic planning and execution of organizational priorities and fiscal oversight.   
• Plans, implements, and oversees as needed special initiatives to address psychosocial needs of unaccompanied and separated children. 
• Oversees the strategic development, implementation, and management of department budget. 

Qualifications and Requirements

• Licen