CBM Global Zimbabwe
DUE: 24 SEP 2024
Mental Health Director
Permanent Contract
Full-Time
CBM Global
Our Vision: an inclusive world in which all people with disabilities enjoy their
human rights and achieve their full potential.
Our Mission: fighting to end the cycle of poverty and disability.
Our Values:
• We champion inclusion
• We strive for justice
• We pursue excellence
• We embrace partnership
• We live with integrity
While the world has been making progress in tackling poverty, people with
disabilities are being left behind. CBM Global works alongside people with
disabilities in the world’s poorest places to fight poverty and exclusion and
transform lives. Driven by Christian values, we seek out and work with the most
marginalised in society, irrespective of race, gender or religion, recognising the
equal worth of every individual.
Drawing on over 100 years’ experience and world-leading expertise in disabilityinclusive community development and humanitarian action, inclusive eye health
and community mental health, CBM Global works with partners to break the cycle
of poverty and disability and build inclusive communities. Our programmes across
Africa, Asia and Latin America are developed and delivered with local partner
organisations to ensure long-term transformation and accountability in
communities we serve. We’re deeply committed to the principle of “nothing about
us without us”, and we therefore work closely with and support organisations of
people with disabilities.
CBM Global is made up of CBM Australia, CBM Ireland, CBM Kenya, CBM New
Zealand, CBM Switzerland, and CBM UK with programmes worldwide and Country
Offices in Philippines, Bangladesh, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia, Kenya, Zimbabwe,
Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Madagascar and Bolivia. CBM Global works in over 20
countries, maximising our impact through long-term, authentic partnership and a
coordinated mix of inclusive community-based programmes, local to global
advocacy and delivering inclusion advice to other organisations.
We draw on learning and evidence from our community work to inform our
advocacy hand-in-hand with the Disability Movement at local, national and
international levels, including with the UN, to achieve systemic change for people
with disabilities. We advise governments, UN bodies and other organisations on
how to ensure inclusion in their own organisations, policies and programmes to
further amplify our impact.
The Role
Mental Health Director
Permanent/Full-Time contract.
Reports to:
The Mental Health Director will report to the Executive Director of CBM Global.
Job Overview
The job holder is responsible for leading CBM Global’s Community Mental Health
(CMH) work at a global level, guided by the new Community Mental Health
Framework, aligned to the CBM Global Federation Strategy. This involves the
integration of external global standards and organizational vision, mission, and
values into planning and operational direction, including setting and maintaining
quality in programme implementation and advocacy. As a dual mandate
organisation, the role will involve both engagement in mental health aspects of
international development, and in mental health and psychosocial support
(MHPSS) in emergency settings and Disaster Risk Management.
The role is primarily focused on strategic leadership in the organisation, and
setting of normative standards to guide the direction of the CMH work within the
CBM Global Federation. Impact on programme quality is mainly through enabling
Regional Advisors to support Country Team and Member Team Mental Health Focal
Points and Disaster Risk Management staff to offer good standards of input to
partners. This is a key role in facilitating the 3-way collaboration between Member
Teams, Country Teams, and other thematic Technical Teams. We seek to
increasingly work in an integrated way across our technical areas of expertise,
building on our collaboration with the disability movement.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the position holder will lead the Core CMH
Team which leads this area of technical specialism for the organisation globally.
Based: This role can be based in any CBM Global Office. Applications are therefore
encouraged from those with the right to work in: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso,
Indonesia, Kenya, Lao PDR, Madagascar, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Zimbabwe, as
well as Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland, and the UK.
Hours: Full-Time
Salary range: The salary offered will be competitive, dependent on skills and
experience, as well as country of location. We offer a local contract.
Responsibilities and Duties
• Strengthening and growing the work in mental health and psychosocial
disability in CBM Global by liaising with other parts of the CBM Global
Federation: Member Teams, Secretariat leadership, Country Teams, and
other Technical Teams.
• Developing and further refining the Community Mental Health Framework,
Good Practice Guides, position papers, and contribution to the Impact
Framework and other Technical Frameworks.
• Providing strategic leadership and management. Line manage Regional CMH
Advisors and Core CMH Team members as they support Country Teams and
partners in the delivery, monitoring, evaluation, and continued refinement
of programmes.
• Providing an external voice for CBM Global in the field of mental health on
relevant global forums, advocating for approaches to mental health that
align with CBM Global positions on inclusive development, disability, and
human rights.
• Promoting CBM Global’s CMH work within the organization and representing
CBM Global externally, strengthening relationships with the wider disability
movement.
• Providing advice and support to the global organization in relation to mental
health as part of the wider programme and fundraising work of the
organization, as well as in strategic direction.
• Building an organisation that supports wellbeing of staff in line with our
organizational culture and vision of an inclusive society.
• As head of the Core Team for CMH, overseeing and ensuring the delivery,
monitoring, and evaluation of mental health components of CBM Global’s
programme, based on the CMH Framework and CBM Federation Strategy,
and according to CBM Global’s operating model.
• Identifying opportunities for resourcing and developing, in 3-way
collaboration with Member and Country Teams, new programmes, both
focused on mental health and integrated into other sectoral work (at
country, regional and global levels).
Key outcomes expected from this role
• Growth in the number and quality of programmes developed and funded
that successfully deliver improvement in quality of life for people with
mental health conditions.
• Strong CMH Team that is competent in delivering good technical advice to
other teams and partners.
• Good representation of CBM on the international and national stage, so that
the organization is seen as a leading voice in the field.
Safeguarding Responsibilities.
Focuses on self-awareness and behavior regulation, observing and reporting
others’ behavior, training.
Knowledge
• Understands what safeguarding means for the teams/departments they
manage and the work they do.
• Understands power imbalances, how team/organizational culture may be
reinforcing negative stereotypes and biases, and the impact of these
dynamics on the vulnerable and marginalized.
Skills.
• Leads teams to develop the necessary skills and expertise to undertake
their roles and responsibilities for safeguarding.
• Explicitly and visibly challenges power imbalances, inequalities, gender bias,
and discrimination in organizational systems and processes.
• Leads on organizational change within their teams to embed safeguarding in
their work and processes.
• Develops indicators and frameworks for measuring how well teams deliver
on safeguarding roles and responsibilities.
• Creates organizational mechanisms that strengthen accountability to
communities, Members, and donors on safeguarding.
Behaviours
• Holds teams accountable for delivering on safeguarding standards
• Articulates and promotes the strategic importance of safeguarding all
aspects of the organization’s work.
• Demonstrates leadership in ensuring that staff, programs, and operations
are safe for all program participants, staff, and volunteers.
Person Specification
All of the following requirements are essential, unless marked with a * when they
are desirable, and will be assessed from a combination of information provided from
the application form and interview process.
CBM Global welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and people
with lived experience of disability.
Qualifications Education, Knowledge & Professional
Experience
• Professional qualification in mental health, psychiatry, psychology,
psychosocial disability, or related field
• Background and experience in development cooperation, including in
applying relevant tools and methods (Project Cycle Management, inclusive
and participatory approaches, WHO resources like mhGAP, QualityRights,
etc)
• Minimum of 5-10 years working experience in international development
• Strong understanding of disability-inclusive development and experience in
applying these principles
• Experience in mental health and psychosocial support and Disaster Risk
Management, including programme implementation and understanding of
relevant frameworks (IASC etc)
• Experience in networking, advocacy, and influencing with knowledge of key
global and continental networks. Active participation in relevant networks
and strong relationships across key actors in the field
• Knowledge and understanding of key players and stakeholders in CMH on
global and regional levels
• Experience in raising funds through competitive proposals and engaging
with institutional funders
• Experience in managing and working in multidisciplinary and multi-cultural
teams
• Experience in operational research, and interpretation and application of
evidence in practice
• Experience in teaching/ training/ coaching
Languages
• English (professional proficiency, spoken and written is essential)
• French, Spanish (desirable)
Tools
• Project Cycle Management, narrative, financial and statistics reporting
• Tools and resources specific to mental health work; QualityRights, mhGAP;
MHPSS in emergencies (IASC)
• Good skills in MS Office, Teams/Zoom, ability to manage budgets in Excel
Core Competencies
• Developing others
• Managing performance
• Persuasive communication
• Result orientation
• Decisiveness
• Fostering teamwork
• Building collaborative relationships
• Strategic thinking
• Initiative
• Global Perspective
• Business Acumen
Employee Benefits
• We offer flexibility and working from home arrangements.
• As part of our commitment with inclusion, CBM Global aims to encourage
applications from people with disabilities and those with health conditions.
We have a comprehensive equality and diversity policy.
Useful Information
Shortlisting and Interviews
CBM Global is an equal opportunities employer, committed to ensuring all
applications are treated fairly.
All applications are subject to our shortlisting process; if you are shortlisted we will
contact you and invite you to attend an online interview. You will also be advised at
this point if there will be any skills tasks to complete as part of the recruitment
process.
Diversity Policy Statement
Everyone has the right to be treated with consideration and respect. CBM Global is
committed to achieving a truly inclusive environment for all, by developing better
working relationships that release the full potential, creativity and productivity of
each individual. CBM Global aims to ensure that all staff, volunteers, donors,
partners, contractors, and the general public are treated fairly. This will be
regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, marital or civil
partnership status, race (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, or national origin),
disability, medical status, age, religion or belief, political opinion, social or economic
status.
Employment Checks
CBM Global is committed to the safety and best interest of all children and
vulnerable adults accessing CBM Global supported services and programmes.
Relevant background checks including working with children, police and reference
checks will be completed prior to the preferred candidate’s employment being
confirmed.
All applicants must have the right to work in the relevant country. All offers of
employment are made subject to the following criteria: Proof of eligibility and
satisfactory employment screening, and three references satisfactory to CBM
Global.
TO APPLY
More information about CBM Global Disability Inclusion can be found by
visiting the CBM Global website: www.cbm-global.org
Closing date: 24th September 2024.
Please:
• Use this link https://cbmglobal.peoplehr.net/Pages/JobBoard/Opening.aspx?v=e40fb2a8-
eba1-4743-9ca5-97aea9461575 to apply.
• Prepare your CV in English please, as you will need to upload it into our ATS system.
• Download and complete the Application Form in English please, as you will need to
upload it into our ATS system.
• No email applications will be considered. If you have any problems with the system,
please redirect them to our email address [email protected] with the
following format: Family Name First Name: (JOB TITLE, COUNTRY).
We also welcome informal enquiries, which should also be sent to the above email address.