Information Management Specialist, Mental Health

The consultant will provide technical support to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine to support the mental health agenda through information management, data coordination, evidence consolidation, and technical inputs for policy development and review. The role involves maintaining a coherent evidence base on mental health and producing analytical products to inform planning and decision-making at national and regional levels.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to the Ministry of Health of Ukraine on mental health information management and data coordination.
• Map mental health and psychosocial support services, programmes, implementing partners, and key stakeholders, including updating stakeholder database and analytical summary of gaps and overlaps.
• Establish and maintain a consolidated mental health information repository with key datasets, assessments, reports, policies, and information products.
• Prepare evidence summaries, technical briefs, or information packages to inform mental health policy development and review.
• Produce monthly mental health information products including dashboards, briefing notes, situation updates, and analytical reports for Ministry planning and decision-making.
• Develop and update monitoring and progress-tracking products for national mental health policy frameworks.
• Submit a final consultancy report documenting activities, information products, key findings, recommendations, and priorities for strengthening mental health information management and reporting systems.

Requirements

• A first-level university degree in public health, psychology, psychiatry, statistics, data science, health information management, or another relevant field.
• Additional training or experience in mental health, epidemiology, or health data analysis is desirable.
• Minimum two years of experience in mental health and information management.
• Experience consolidating and mapping information from multiple sources into a coherent analytical product.
• Experience with mental health-related data specifically (service coverage, workforce, indicators, or population mental health needs) is desirable.
• Experience working with e-health data systems or national health information platforms is desirable.
• Experience working with the Ministry of Health of Ukraine or other governmental institutions is desirable.
• Excellent analytical and data visualization skills, with strong attention to accuracy and consistency.
• Ability to consolidate large or disparate datasets into clear, decision-useful outputs.
• Ability to communicate analytical findings clearly in writing to non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work in multicultural and multidisciplinary settings with excellent interpersonal skills.
• Effective use of Microsoft Excel, Outlook, OneDrive, PowerPoint, Teams and SharePoint.
• Written and spoken fluency in English and Ukrainian is essential.
• Working knowledge of other UN languages is an advantage.

Skills

• Public Health
• Psychology
• Psychiatry
• Statistics
• Data Science
• Health Information Management
• Mental Health Data Analysis
• Epidemiology
• Information Consolidation
• Data Mapping
• Mental Health Data Management
• E-health Data Systems
• Health Information Platforms
• Analytical Skills
• Data Visualization
• Data Consolidation
• Technical Writing
• MS Excel
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft OneDrive
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Teams
• Microsoft SharePoint

Languages

English, Ukrainian