Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Technical Advisor
Save the Children · Syrian Arab Republic · Apply by October 29, 2026
About this role
TEAM/PROGRAMME: Programme Development and Quality LOCATION: Damascus GRADE: Grade 2 **CONTRACT LENGTH:**12 months CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 3: the role holder will have contact with children and/or young people either frequently (e.g. once a week or more) or intensively (e.g. four days in one month or more or overnight) because they work in country programs; or are visiting country programs; or because they are responsible for implementing the police checking/vetting process staff. ROLE PURPOSE: The MHPSS Technical Advisor provides overall technical leadership for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support programming across the Syria Country Office (SCO), ensuring that MHPSS programmes are high quality, evidence-informed, -systematically integrated across sectors and aligned with Save the Children and international standards. A key part of the role is to lead and quality-assure MHPSS inputs into programme design, concept notes and proposals, ensuring that technical approaches, activities, indicators and budgets are coherent, realistic and responsive to identified needs. The Advisor also supports the integration of MHPSS across existing thematic programmes, particularly Child…