Community-Based MHPSS and Peacebuilding Advisor

Responsibilities and Tasks

A. Overall Responsibilities

• You are responsible for the technical, content-related and organisational implementation and substantive further development of the regional project activities around community led initiatives on MHPSS, community activities , and peacebuilding for survivors of war, conflict, and conflict-related SGBV (especially women, youth, IDPs) in Tigray, Afar ,Amhara and other selected regions of the country. This includes technical support and advisory services to the respective regional governments and its relevant bureaus, such as the Bureaus of Justice and Women and Social Affairs.

• You are responsible for managing a funding mechanism for community-led activities around MHPSS, peacebuilding and dealing with the past in the project regions, which includes managing the selection criteria, steering structure as well as setting up and accompanying financial agreements with local government bureaus, CSOs and community-based organizations.

• You support the identification of suitable medical- and community-based MHPSS providers in the selected regions of the project.

• Prepare financing, local subsidy and consulting contracts and supervise their implementation

• You support the elaboration of a capacity development strategy on how to strengthen community initiatives on peacebuilding and transitional justice, such as local mechanisms of dealing with the past and community healing. This can also include income generating activities for livelihood and economic empowerment. Anticipate potential push backs and elaborate strategies to deal with them jointly with partners on the ground

• Monitoring and mitigation of unintended, negative consequences of project activities in the area of MHPSS and peacebuilding in cooperation with S2TJ team and partners• Monitor and evaluate progress and impact of activities and adapt concepts accordingly in cooperation with the S2TJ M&E expert

• Implement general cross-cutting support activities in the area of MHPSS and project management, e.g. M&E, reporting, knowledge management and documentation, communications and administrative processes if requested.