Submit CVs – New Recruitment at Mental Health Uganda (MHU)
- Company: Mental Health Uganda (MHU)
- Location: Uganda
- State: Uganda
- Job type: Full-Time
- Job category: Healthcare Jobs in Uganda
Job Description
Mental Health Uganda (MHU) is a local Non-Governmental Organization established by people with a lived experience of mental health problems. It exists to create a unified voice that influences the provision of required services and opportunities, in favor of people with and survivors of mental health problems in Uganda.
Since 2020, MHU has implemented Phase I of the project “Amplifying the Voices of Young People with Mental Health Issues in Uganda”. The project seeks to address the problem of accessibility to mental health care in Uganda, particularly for youth (15-35 years) by, among other things, facilitating a national help line where people with, or caretakers of people with, mental health issues receive counselling and/or guidance on where to find appropriate help. Phase Il of the project will commence in January 2025.
The project is a national response but will focus. on 7 districts i.e. Arua, Gulu, Lira, Soroti Kampala/Wakiso, Mbarara and Kanungu. It will however be coordinated from Kampala at the MHU secretariat. To beef up the existing project team, MHU is recruiting suitably qualified and competent individuals to fill the following positions:
- Project Coordinator (One Position)
- Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Officer (One Position)
- Clinical Psychologist (One Position)
- Counselling Assistants, Part-time (Two Positions)
- District Coordinator, Kanungu (One Position).
The detailed job profiles are available on the MHU website:
https://www.mentalhealthuganda.org/adverts/
Method of Application
Interested individuals should send a motivation letter and CV as one merged PDF document/file (of maximum 8 pages for the Project Coordinator and 6 pages for all other positions), not later than 11:00pm on Sunday 29th December 2024 via email to [email protected] – subject line is the job title e.g. “Project Coordinator”.• Do not send academic documents – heavy files containing academic documents or submitted as images and or late applications will not be considered. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. The CV must include the details of 2 suitable referees who can comment on the candidate. MHU is an equal opportunities employer. However, women and Persons with Disabilities are highly encouraged to apply, especially those with a lived experience of mental health problems.
