National Consultant: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Programme Analyst, Yangon, Myanmar

The Position:

The MHPSS Programme Analyst will work closely with the GBV and SRH Programme Analysts at the field offices and the MHPSS Programme Analysts based in Yangon and Taunggyi, and will ensure periodic monitoring visits to UNFPA-supported facilities across the country.

The consultant will directly report to the Coordination Specialist, GBV & MHPSS.

How you can make a difference:

UNFPA is the lead United Nations agency for delivering a world where every pregnancy is intended, every childbirth is safe, and every young person's potential is fulfilled. The UNFPA Strategic Plan for 2026-2029 articulates the organization’s response to a complex global environment, providing a roadmap for resilience and renewal. It is designed to accelerate the implementation of the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. This mandate is pursued through a focus on four interconnected outcomes: ending the unmet need for family planning; ending preventable maternal deaths; ending gender-based violence and harmful practices; and adapting to demographic change through evidence and rights-based policies.

In a world where fundamental human rights are at risk, we need principled and ethical staff, who embody these international norms and standards and who will defend them courageously and with full conviction.

UNFPA is seeking candidates who transform, inspire, and deliver high-impact and sustained results and ensure effective external relations, communications, and partnership-building and resource mobilization in a rapidly changing development and funding landscape. We need staff who are transparent, exceptional in how they manage the resources entrusted to them, and who commit to delivering excellence in programme results.

Job Purpose:

In Myanmar, under its fourth Country Programme (2018–2025), UNFPA prioritizes advancing gender equality, empowering women and girls, improving access to sexual and reproductive health services, preventing and responding to gender-based violence, and promoting mental health and psychosocial well-being as part of ensuring dignity and resilience for all individuals.

Within this broader mandate, UNFPA Myanmar plays a leading role in advancing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) as a critical component of humanitarian and development response. MHPSS has become increasingly important in Myanmar given the protracted crisis, widespread displacement, and ongoing conflict, which continue to generate severe psychological distress and trauma across communities.

The MHPSS Programme Analyst (individual consultant) will provide technical and programmatic support to strengthen the integration and delivery of MHPSS interventions across UNFPA’s implementing partners and sub-grantees. This will include technical assistance and on-the-job training to implementing partners and sub-grantees, support for evidence generation and knowledge management, and contributions to the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of MHPSS initiatives. By enhancing the quality of MHPSS programming with implementing partners and sub-grantees, the consultant will contribute to strengthening UNFPA Myanmar’s broader efforts to promote mental health and psychosocial support services and the integration of MHPSS within Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) services to ensure safe and dignified access to services for the most vulnerable individuals in need of urgent services.

You would be responsible for:

Under the overall guidance and direct supervision of the Coordination Specialist, GBV & MHPSS, the MHPSS Programme Analyst will undertake the following tasks:

A. Supporting UNFPA’s MHPSS Programme:

• Support implementing partners, through regular technical visits to UNFPA-supported facilities and coordination with the UNFPA IP focal points, to integrate structured MHPSS packages into SRH and/or GBV prevention and response programming, and monitor implementation with ongoing technical support.
• Conduct regular monitoring of facility-based MHPSS interventions at GBV, SRH, and youth service facilities across different regions and states.
• Work closely with UNFPA GBV Programme Analysts to provide strategic support and technical guidance for Peer Support Network (PSN) initiatives, ensuring alignment across regions and contributing to the overall capacity development framework.
• Promote the use of international standards by orienting partners and systematically applying the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines for MHPSS in Emergency Settings and related protocols during assessments, planning, and implementation.
• Support monitoring and reporting by compiling inputs from the implementing partners, contributing to progress updates, and sharing lessons learned and good practices to inform national-level documentation and reporting.
• Maintain networks with MHPSS staff across the UN, NGOs, INGOs, and CSOs to promote coherence, identify gaps, and ensure UNFPA’s support is targeted to needs.
• Support implementing partners and sub-grantees in promoting community-based MHPSS interventions across programme locations.

B. Capacity Building of the Implementing Partners and the Sub-granttees:

• Conduct capacity needs assessments among implementing partners and sub-grantees on integrated MHPSS services at GBV and SRH facilities.
• Facilitate training on Psychological First Aid (PFA), Psychosocial Support (PSS), and specialized mental health-related issues as required for implementing partners and sub-grantee staff.
• Conduct periodic individual and group supervision sessions with frontline workers, including case workers, PSS counselors, midwives, and other relevant staff members.
• Support the MHPSS Programme Analysts based in Yangon and Taunggyi in developing and rolling out PSS manuals (group and individual).

C.Promoting Staff Well-being and Direct Support (as needed)

• Provide direct MHPSS support for UNFPA’s implementing partner staffs, sub-grantee staffs and other UN staff and family members, as required.
• Deliver additional MHPSS-related services or outputs depending on emerging needs identified by UNFPA.

Place where services are to be delivered: Based at the UNFPA Country Office in Yangon, with frequent field missions as required, subject to security conditions.

Duration and Working Schedule: Full-time, 6 months from the start date, with the possibility of extension subject to performance and funding availability.

Qualifications and Experience:

Education:

• An advanced degree with a specialization in areas such as clinical psychology, clinical social work, or mental health.

Knowledge and Experience:

• At least 2 years of experience in community-based psychosocial support interventions, humanitarian response and training/coaching.
• S/he must demonstrate knowledge of and experience of using IASC Guidelines on MHPSS in Emergency Settings.
• Understanding of the UN system in Myanmar and its engagement with local counterparts on MHPSS issues is preferred.
• Strong training, coaching, mentoring and supervision experiences.

Languages:

• Proficiency in English and Myanmar languages.
• Fluency in other ethnic languages (Shan, Karen, Kachin, Rohingya) is an asset.

Required Competencies:

Values:

• Exemplifying integrity,
• Demonstrating commitment to UNFPA and the UN system,
• Embracing cultural diversity,
• Embracing change

Core Competencies:

• Achieving results,
• Being accountable,
• Developing and applying professional expertise/business acumen,
• Thinking analytically and strategically,
• Working in teams/managing ourselves and our relationships,

Functional Competencies:

• Ability to work within a team structure, flexible, and can cope with stressful workloads and working with limited resources.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work within different socio-cultural environments.

UNFPA Work Environment:

UNFPA provides a work environment that reflects the values of gender equality, diversity, integrity and healthy work-life balance. We are committed to ensuring gender parity in the organization and therefore encourage women to apply. Individuals from the LGBTQIA+ community, minority ethnic groups, indigenous populations, persons with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups are highly encouraged to apply. Reasonable accommodation may be provided to applicants with disabilities upon request, to support their participation in the recruitment process. UNFPA promotes equal opportunities in terms of appointment, training, compensation and selection for all regardless of personal characteristics and dimensions of diversity. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is at the heart of UNFPA's workforce - click here to learn more.

Disclaimer:

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