Director, MHPSS Technical Lead- AEMEA Region

Position Title: Director, MHPSS Technical Lead- AEMEA Region

Department: Regional Programs – AEMEA (Asia, Eurasia, Middle East, and Africa)

Key Relationships

Reports to: VP, Regional Programs - AEMEA

Direct Reports (number): 2

Location: Remote in CT, DC, FL, GA, IL, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, OR, PA, Puerto Rico, TN, TX, VA, and WA; with global work travel expectations up to 20% of the time

Salary Range: $127,000 to $139,600 USD gross annually

Benefits: Please review our benefits summary on our Careers page.

About Americares: Americares is a global health and disaster relief organization that helps people and communities around the world access health in times of disaster and every day. Each year, Americares reaches 80 countries on average, including the United States, with life-changing health programs, medicine, medical supplies and emergency aid. Americares is one of the world’s leading nonprofit providers of donated medicine and medical supplies. For more information, visit americares.org.

Americares Values:

We create global community, treating people as they want to be treated.

We respond effectively and responsibly, putting plans into practice.

We embed ethics and equity in our work and workplace.

We are better together; partnership is at our core.

We ask and listen, to create sustainable solutions for a healthier tomorrow.

We commit to quality, growing and improving to ensure individuals and communities thrive.

Key Outcomes:

In the first 6 months, the Director, MHPSS-AEMEA will:

-Complete pending components of the global strategy (e.g., Medicine Security, perinatal mental health, climate and disaster resilience) with input from technical stakeholders.

-Co-lead internal global-technical working groups with the Americas MHPSS Director, leveraging them for strategic planning, alignment, and structured problem-solving.

-Identify opportunities to innovate program approaches or pilot new solutions as part of regional adaptation of the global MHPSS strategy.

-Begin engaging in thought leadership by contributing lessons learned, insights, and emerging best practices to MHPSS communities of practice, HQ discussions, and technical networks.

-Analyze the MHPSS training and resource inventory and present a plan to standardize and expand resources across programs.

-Collaborate with Safe and Accountable Programming Technical Advisor to develop and align systems, processes, and tools ensuring safe and accountable programming, especially for highly vulnerable populations.

-Establish monitoring and feedback mechanisms to assess technical quality, program outcomes, and strategic impact, including starting the development of an outcomes framework in collaboration with MERL and the Americas teams.

-Provide ongoing technical leadership to priority MHPSS programs, supporting design, implementation, adaptation, measurement, and refinement of technical tools across mental health areas, including primary care and perinatal mental health.

-Co-develop and supervise annual goals for MHPSS AEMEA staff.

-Play a lead technical role in priority MHPSS business development efforts and identify new funding leads and strategies for the region.

-Develop a draft work plan for engagement with Americas Regional Director and MHPSS staff, HP staff (including Global Readiness), QIL Emergency Medical Officer and others regarding coordination of potential AEMEA MHPSS emergency responses, EMT support, roster member capacity building and transitions to recovery or long-term development.

In the first year, the Director, MHPSS-AEMEA will:

-Fully socialize and operationalize the global MHPSS strategy across priority regions, producing regionally tailored strategy tools, roadmaps, or guidance for the majority of the portfolio.

-Embed technical assistance, quality assurance, and safe and accountable programming systems across MHPSS programs, particularly those serving highly vulnerable populations.

-Establish and institutionalize monitoring, evaluation, learning, and feedback mechanisms that support adaptive management and continuous quality improvement, in collaboration with MERL.

-Serve as a trusted technical advisor to priority MHPSS programs, supporting program design, implementation, adaptation, measurement, and the review/refinement of technical tools across areas such as mental health in primary care and perinatal mental health.

-Collaborate with regional program leads and country directors to help identify and solidify priority local MHPSS partnership opportunities aligned with regional and global MHPSS strategy.

-Develop and roll out a comprehensive MHPSS outcomes and measurement framework, including illustrative logframes and a learning agenda for implementation of research/evidence generation, in collaboration with MERL.

-Draft preliminary knowledge-sharing materials (briefs, guidance notes) to support global MHPSS programs and emerging thought leadership.

-Support country teams in applying measurement approaches consistently and using data to inform program decisions, learning, and adaptive management.

-Strengthen knowledge management by leading the dissemination of program outcomes, lessons learned, and evidence-based practices to internal and external audiences, including leading the curation and management of content on SharePoint as an internal knowledge management hub.

-Implement standardized, scalable MHPSS training resources and curricula across regions.

-Implement various targeted capacity-building initiatives -- including mentoring and structured learning opportunities -- to complement training resources, build a connected regional MHPSS network, facilitate cross-country peer learning, and strengthen applied technical skills over time.

-Develop and refine high-quality technical guidance and external-facing collateral in collaboration with Development and Marketing and Communications.

-Play a lead technical role in priority MHPSS business development efforts, contributing to competitive proposals, donor engagement, and pipeline growth.

Ongoing Duties and Responsibilities:

-Global and Regional Strategy Leadership: Collaborate with the Regional Programs -Americas and MHPSS staff to finalize the global MHPSS strategy; lead strategy execution into actionable regional plans, tools, and roadmaps; support country-level adaptation and implementation. Build and oversee multisectoral MHPSS approaches (e.g., perinatal mental health) tailored to regional context.

-Program Quality and Technical Excellence: Provide ongoing technical leadership to priority MHPSS programs, strengthening program design, implementation, measurement, and safe, accountable programming systems; align programs with evidence-based practices, health systems strengthening approaches, and support innovation.

-Measurement, Learning, and Evidence Use: Develop and operationalize outcomes frameworks and monitoring systems; support teams in applying measurement approaches and using data for program adaptation, learning, and continuous improvement.

-Capacity Building and Knowledge Management: Build out and implement standardized suite of training, mentoring, and peer-learning initiatives adapted to local contexts; build a connected regional MHPSS network to strengthen cross-exchange and application of technical skills over time.

-Development of Tools and External-Facing Guidance: Lead the development, review, and refinement of technical tools, assessments, guidance, and collateral, in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality program implementation.

-Readiness and Emergency Response: In coordination with the Regional Programs- Americas and Humanitarian Programs teams, support MHPSS emergency preparedness, response, and recovery efforts in the region; coordinate with HQ teams on technical guidance and roster member capacity-building; support transitions from response to recovery and development programming within the region.

-Business Development and Thought Leadership: Provide technical leadership for proposals, donor engagement, and pipeline development; identify and help shape new MHPSS funding opportunities. Participate in and subsequently contribute to global MHPSS forums, conferences, and technical networks to advance innovation and thought leadership.

-People manage staff, ensuring their success in meeting objectives while also supporting their professional growth

-Actively model and contribute to Americares values, work culture and mission.

-Engage in and contribute to team spaces with openness, global competencies, and a growth mindset.

-Travel approximately 20% of the time.

-Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.