Project Assistant – Mental Health job at World Vision International
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Posted date: 2026-Apr-23
Location: Kampala
Project Assistant â Mental Health 2026-04-23T10:42:18+00:00 World Vision International https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_756/logo/world%20vision%20logo.png https://www.ugashare.com/jobs/ FULL_TIME Kampala Kampala 00256 Uganda Professional Services Social Services & Nonprofit, Healthcare, Communications, Writing 2026-04-30T17:00:00+00:00 8 World Vision Uganda World Vision Uganda is hiring a Project Assistant â Mental Health with the following key duties and responsibilities; Key Duties and Responsibilities: Activity implementation - Regular updates and monitoring of MHPSS activities ensure technical support to Community structures and Children.
- Support community-based child protection and MHPSS structures, childrenâs groups and stake holders in advocating for child protection and participation, and MHPSS interventions.
- Facilitate the integration of child protection, MHPSS and social cohesion activities within the refugee settlements and host communities.
- Provide information for projects design, implementation, monitoring and reporting
- Mobilize community meetings with children and key stakeholders at all implementation levels to achieve Child protection and MHPSS outcomes.
- Build the capacity of community structures, volunteers to support child protection and MHPSS using adopted Models (PM+ and EASE)
- Facilitate case management, and data collection in line with the required and approved standards for child protection and MHPSS.
- Collect and compile statistical data and information regarding caregivers, community members and children participation in activities in the child protection and MHPSS activities.
- Mobilise communities to identify children with disabilities, psychological distress and model families for projectâs implementation.
- Develop, monthly, quarterly and annual project management reports and submit them to the relevant authorities.
Technical support and Capacity Building - Organize and conduct monthly meetings with community structures (CPCs, Parents, volunteers) and children on child protection, positive parenting, child participation and MHPSS
- Mentor and build the capacity of children, community, community structures in child protection, positive parenting, MHPSS and the learning frame work using approved approached and models.
- Support communities, community structures, partners and children in maintaining the minimum standards for child participation and MHPSS.
- Develop tools to manage data and information collection and analysis in establishing and maintaining a Monitoring and Evaluation adherences
- Document impact and success stories evidenced with quality pictures to share milestone with staff, partners and donors.
- Regular updates and monitoring of the Child protection and MHPSS to ensure technical support is given in regard to play equipment and materials as per the global minimum standards.
- Facilitate communities to fully participate in project activities for enhanced community ownership, peaceful coexistence and sustainability.
- Facilitate advocacy forums led by children on issues affecting them. The forums are aimed at awareness creation and sensitization of communities.
Networking, Coordination and Collaboration - Participate in coordination meetings in the Zones of allocation
- Support all referral needs that may arise from time to time in the community and ensure that all children referred for any services are well documented.
- Represent the organization in Zonal sector meetings and cluster coordination meetings giving updates and progress of implementation and establish strategic partnerships with other organizations.
- Establish and liaise closely with other partners, agencies and local leaders regarding project activities to ensure a coordinated approach to project implementation, including participation in relevant workshops, meetings and keep the Facilitator informed.
Financial Management, Budget Control and Monitoring - Prepare and submit monthly payment requisitions for community structures, volunteers in line with financial policy requirements
- Prepare and submit all payment requisitions for activities conducted within 3 days from the last day of an activity.
- Prepare concepts notes, project activity budgets, expenditure, preparation of activity quarterly financial and narrative reports as per the grant guidelines and submit them within the agreed timeframes.
- Preparation of payment advance and purchase requests for appropriate project transactions in line with approved M&E documents.
- File all accountability and attendance lists in line with audit requirements.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: - A Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Psychotherapy, Community psychology or other relevant areas.
- A minimum of (3) three or more years field experience working with communities in child protection and MHPSS programming and program management in an NGO context.
- Past exposure and experience with integrated Child Protection and MHPSS operations in humanitarian context.
- Past experience in working with communities.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, problem solving, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Working knowledge of humanitarian industry including sphere standards, NGO code of conduct and humanitarian charter.
- Very strong communication skills.
- ABILITY TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A VALID RIDING LICENCE IS A MUST.
- Possess the ability to work with different partners, local authorities, local organizations and NGOs to develop and maintain positive relationships.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychological stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
- Ability to cope and deal with stress and work under stressful work conditions is required.
- Knowledge of the local language (Madi or Arabic) is added advantage.
- Regular updates and monitoring of MHPSS activities ensure technical support to Community structures and Children.
- Support community-based child protection and MHPSS structures, childrenâs groups and stake holders in advocating for child protection and participation, and MHPSS interventions.
- Facilitate the integration of child protection, MHPSS and social cohesion activities within the refugee settlements and host communities.
- Provide information for projects design, implementation, monitoring and reporting
- Mobilize community meetings with children and key stakeholders at all implementation levels to achieve Child protection and MHPSS outcomes.
- Build the capacity of community structures, volunteers to support child protection and MHPSS using adopted Models (PM+ and EASE)
- Facilitate case management, and data collection in line with the required and approved standards for child protection and MHPSS.
- Collect and compile statistical data and information regarding caregivers, community members and children participation in activities in the child protection and MHPSS activities.
- Mobilise communities to identify children with disabilities, psychological distress and model families for projectâs implementation.
- Develop, monthly, quarterly and annual project management reports and submit them to the relevant authorities.
- Organize and conduct monthly meetings with community structures (CPCs, Parents, volunteers) and children on child protection, positive parenting, child participation and MHPSS
- Mentor and build the capacity of children, community, community structures in child protection, positive parenting, MHPSS and the learning frame work using approved approached and models.
- Support communities, community structures, partners and children in maintaining the minimum standards for child participation and MHPSS.
- Develop tools to manage data and information collection and analysis in establishing and maintaining a Monitoring and Evaluation adherences
- Document impact and success stories evidenced with quality pictures to share milestone with staff, partners and donors.
- Regular updates and monitoring of the Child protection and MHPSS to ensure technical support is given in regard to play equipment and materials as per the global minimum standards.
- Facilitate communities to fully participate in project activities for enhanced community ownership, peaceful coexistence and sustainability.
- Facilitate advocacy forums led by children on issues affecting them. The forums are aimed at awareness creation and sensitization of communities.
- Participate in coordination meetings in the Zones of allocation
- Support all referral needs that may arise from time to time in the community and ensure that all children referred for any services are well documented.
- Represent the organization in Zonal sector meetings and cluster coordination meetings giving updates and progress of implementation and establish strategic partnerships with other organizations.
- Establish and liaise closely with other partners, agencies and local leaders regarding project activities to ensure a coordinated approach to project implementation, including participation in relevant workshops, meetings and keep the Facilitator informed.
- Prepare and submit monthly payment requisitions for community structures, volunteers in line with financial policy requirements
- Prepare and submit all payment requisitions for activities conducted within 3 days from the last day of an activity.
- Prepare concepts notes, project activity budgets, expenditure, preparation of activity quarterly financial and narrative reports as per the grant guidelines and submit them within the agreed timeframes.
- Preparation of payment advance and purchase requests for appropriate project transactions in line with approved M&E documents.
- File all accountability and attendance lists in line with audit requirements.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, problem solving, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Very strong communication skills.
- ABILITY TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A VALID RIDING LICENCE IS A MUST.
- Possess the ability to work with different partners, local authorities, local organizations and NGOs to develop and maintain positive relationships.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychological stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
- Ability to cope and deal with stress and work under stressful work conditions is required.
- A Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Psychotherapy, Community psychology or other relevant areas.
- A minimum of (3) three or more years field experience working with communities in child protection and MHPSS programming and program management in an NGO context.
- Past exposure and experience with integrated Child Protection and MHPSS operations in humanitarian context.
- Past experience in working with communities.
- Working knowledge of humanitarian industry including sphere standards, NGO code of conduct and humanitarian charter.
- Knowledge of the local language (Madi or Arabic) is added advantage.
JOB-69e9f78a17946 Vacancy title: Project Assistant â Mental Health Jobs at: World Vision International Deadline of this Job: Thursday, April 30 2026 Duty Station: Kampala | Kampala Summary Date Posted: Thursday, April 23 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS:
World Vision Uganda World Vision Uganda is hiring a Project Assistant â Mental Health with the following key duties and responsibilities; Key Duties and Responsibilities: Activity implementation - Regular updates and monitoring of MHPSS activities ensure technical support to Community structures and Children.
- Support community-based child protection and MHPSS structures, childrenâs groups and stake holders in advocating for child protection and participation, and MHPSS interventions.
- Facilitate the integration of child protection, MHPSS and social cohesion activities within the refugee settlements and host communities.
- Provide information for projects design, implementation, monitoring and reporting
- Mobilize community meetings with children and key stakeholders at all implementation levels to achieve Child protection and MHPSS outcomes.
- Build the capacity of community structures, volunteers to support child protection and MHPSS using adopted Models (PM+ and EASE)
- Facilitate case management, and data collection in line with the required and approved standards for child protection and MHPSS.
- Collect and compile statistical data and information regarding caregivers, community members and children participation in activities in the child protection and MHPSS activities.
- Mobilise communities to identify children with disabilities, psychological distress and model families for projectâs implementation.
- Develop, monthly, quarterly and annual project management reports and submit them to the relevant authorities.
Technical support and Capacity Building - Organize and conduct monthly meetings with community structures (CPCs, Parents, volunteers) and children on child protection, positive parenting, child participation and MHPSS
- Mentor and build the capacity of children, community, community structures in child protection, positive parenting, MHPSS and the learning frame work using approved approached and models.
- Support communities, community structures, partners and children in maintaining the minimum standards for child participation and MHPSS.
- Develop tools to manage data and information collection and analysis in establishing and maintaining a Monitoring and Evaluation adherences
- Document impact and success stories evidenced with quality pictures to share milestone with staff, partners and donors.
- Regular updates and monitoring of the Child protection and MHPSS to ensure technical support is given in regard to play equipment and materials as per the global minimum standards.
- Facilitate communities to fully participate in project activities for enhanced community ownership, peaceful coexistence and sustainability.
- Facilitate advocacy forums led by children on issues affecting them. The forums are aimed at awareness creation and sensitization of communities.
Networking, Coordination and Collaboration - Participate in coordination meetings in the Zones of allocation
- Support all referral needs that may arise from time to time in the community and ensure that all children referred for any services are well documented.
- Represent the organization in Zonal sector meetings and cluster coordination meetings giving updates and progress of implementation and establish strategic partnerships with other organizations.
- Establish and liaise closely with other partners, agencies and local leaders regarding project activities to ensure a coordinated approach to project implementation, including participation in relevant workshops, meetings and keep the Facilitator informed.
Financial Management, Budget Control and Monitoring - Prepare and submit monthly payment requisitions for community structures, volunteers in line with financial policy requirements
- Prepare and submit all payment requisitions for activities conducted within 3 days from the last day of an activity.
- Prepare concepts notes, project activity budgets, expenditure, preparation of activity quarterly financial and narrative reports as per the grant guidelines and submit them within the agreed timeframes.
- Preparation of payment advance and purchase requests for appropriate project transactions in line with approved M&E documents.
- File all accountability and attendance lists in line with audit requirements.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience: - A Bachelors Degree in Psychology, Psychotherapy, Community psychology or other relevant areas.
- A minimum of (3) three or more years field experience working with communities in child protection and MHPSS programming and program management in an NGO context.
- Past exposure and experience with integrated Child Protection and MHPSS operations in humanitarian context.
- Past experience in working with communities.
- Excellent analytical, documentation, problem solving, interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Working knowledge of humanitarian industry including sphere standards, NGO code of conduct and humanitarian charter.
- Very strong communication skills.
- ABILITY TO RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A VALID RIDING LICENCE IS A MUST.
- Possess the ability to work with different partners, local authorities, local organizations and NGOs to develop and maintain positive relationships.
- Cross-cultural sensitivity, flexible world view, emotional maturity and physical stamina.
- Ability to maintain performance expectations in diverse cultural contexts, psychological stressful environments and physical hardship conditions with limited resources.
- Ability to cope and deal with stress and work under stressful work conditions is required.
- Knowledge of the local language (Madi or Arabic) is added advantage.
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 36 Level of Education: bachelor degree Job application procedure
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