Lead, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Save the Children International has an exciting opportunity for a Lead, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) to join our global team.

Team Purpose

The Breakthrough team drives strategic, technical, and operational leadership for Save the Children’s global goals in order to achieve programmatic breakthroughs while ensuring high-quality, evidence-based, and integrated programming across our portfolio. The team delivers context-responsive, demand-driven technical support to Country Offices to enhance programme effectiveness in line with local needs and global priorities. The team also advances sector innovation and learning through external engagement in clusters, in inter-agency groups, with donors, peer agencies and foundations. The team is responsible for new business development and resource mobilization efforts as well as developing partnerships to strengthen our collaborative impact globally.

Role purpose

The Lead, MHPSS provides senior technical leadership and day-to-day oversight of Save the Children’s global MHPSS support to country offices. Reporting to the Head, Learn Breakthrough, the postholder manages a team of advisors, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, timely, and context-appropriate support to country teams. The role contributes to strategic planning, leads on new business opportunities, leads the coordination of technical assistance and resource allocation, and plays a key role in fostering collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Learn portfolio.

• Job Title: Lead, MHPSS
• Reports To: Head, Learn Breakthrough
• Work Pattern: Hybrid/Remote with flexible working options available
• Location: Kenya. For a full list of locations that Save the Children International can hire in, please visit: SCI Careers
• Required Time Zone: East Africa Time
• Contract Length: Permanent
• Right to Work: The successful candidate must have the right to work in the country where the role is based, for the duration of employment.
• Language Requirements: English (additional language of French, Spanish or Arabic preferred)
• International Travel: up to 20%
• People Management: Number of people managed in total: 3; Manager of a team: Yes; Team Manager (manager of multiple teams): No
• Remit: Global

Principal Accountabilities

• Lead the provision of Country Office facing technical support for MHPSS, ensuring the highest standards are maintained and adjusting strategies to meet evolving needs and priorities of COs.
• Line manages a team of technical experts, fostering an inclusive and collaborative work environment, promoting continuous professional development, and ensuring the team brings and applies experience across humanitarian, nexus, and development contexts
• Ensure technical support to all new rapid onset emergencies
• Coordinate and prioritise the team's efforts across multiple awards and activities, ensuring efficient allocation of