Mental Health Facilitator

Job Title: Mental Health Facilitator

Organization: The American India Foundation Trust (AIF)

Program: Public Health

Role: Mental Health Facilitator

Reporting Relationship: District Coordinator

Location: Madhya Pradesh (Bhopal)

Number of Positions: 1

Nature of Employment: Fixed Term Employment

Duration: July 2026 – March 2027

About American India Foundation

The American India Foundation Trust (AIF) is committed to improving the lives of India’s underprivileged, with a special focus on women, children, and youth. The Foundation does this through high-impact interventions in education, public health, and livelihoods because poverty is multidimensional.

Founded over two decades ago, in the aftermath of the devastating Gujarat earthquake, as a humanitarian initiative by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ji, and the U.S. President, Mr. Bill Clinton, AIF has impacted the lives of 20.47 million of India’s poor across 35 States and Union Territories of India.

Registered as a Trust in India, with an independent Board of Trustees, AIF adheres to strict financial and governance standards, ensuring transparency, accountability, and responsible management of resources. As per statutory mandates, AIF is registered under 80G and 12A. These registrations and certifications are tangible evidence of the organization's existence, credibility, and compliance with the applicable legal and regulatory frameworks while demonstrating a firm commitment to its vision and mission.

Learn more at www.aif-india.org.

About the Program

Public Health

MAANAS, AIF's Public Health Initiative, works with the Government to strengthen the delivery of public health services in geographically hard-to-reach and socio-economically vulnerable communities.

Adopting a life-stage approach, MANSI aims to address the critical Health & Nutrition needs of adolescent girls, young couples, pregnant and nursing women, newborns, and children under five. Training Frontline Health Workers (ASHAs, ANMs, & AWWs) in Home-Based Care (HBC) to strengthen individual and family knowledge about healthy behavior during and after pregnancy, MANSI ensures that pregnant women and children receive preventive, promotive, and curative care to survive and thrive.

The initiative empowers adolescent girls in sexual and reproductive health and promotes mental well-being. Addressing childhood undernutrition and anemia across all age groups, MANSI also promotes the adoption of nutrition habits and feeding practices through behavior change activities in communities and focused supplementation efforts.

Over the last 15 years, the program has served 517,239 pregnant women, provided a continuum of care to 380,876 newborns, trained 27,862 Frontline Health Workers, and empowered 259,932 adolescent girls to build agency and menstrual equity.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Overview: The position is responsible for conducting Mental Health sessions for adolescents (Grade 6-12) at the school level. The resource will closely work with school and health authorities/stakeholders and organize training programs for teachers and community stakeholders. The Facilitators will work closely with the senior program manager for the effective transaction of sessions at the school level.

The responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Responsible for implementation of the program at the school level.
• One Facilitator will manage 20 schools and concerned communities.
• Conduct Mental Health Modules along with mental health and wellness sessions.
• Undertake capacity building of teachers in the schools and conduct sessions with parents on mental health and resilience.
• Facilitate identification of students with mental health counseling requirements and referrals.
• Build capacity in the school system to adopt and integrate the training modules into the curriculum.
• Parental and teachers counselling to ensure a positive environment in school.
• Coordinate with Block coordinators for conducting training sessions and workshops for teachers and Master trainers.
• Facilitate and coordinate high-quality and timely training of program staff and other stakeholders.
• Regular school visits to gauge the program’s relevance, use, and challenges.
• Responsible for database management – update of information on the transfer of enrolled teachers and any deputation.
• Provide support to teachers in effective lesson planning and instructional design.
• Provide training to the enrolled teacher’s Mental health curriculum, mentoring at the school level.
• Provide demo classes to the teachers.
• Responsible for data collection – school profile, teachers’ and students’ profiles, and any other data as requested by the line manager.
• Responsible to coordinate and ensure timely program delivery and update the respective stakeholders.
• Periodical reporting on program deliverables.
• Responsible to organize and conduct workshops/summer camps / centralized training for the students as and when required.
• Work closely with schools and mental health and wellness counselors to document case studies.
• Any other work as assigned by the line manager.
• Work on any other task or role, as desired by the Program Manager and other team members of AIF.

Desired Qualification, Experience & Skills

Language Requirements: Proficiency in Hindi is mandatory. Working knowledge of English will be an added advantage.

Academic Qualifications: Master's/Bachelor’s degree in any stream / Graduation in Psychology with 1–2 years of experience in the relevant sector or Diploma in Child Guidance and Counselling will be preferred.

Work Experience: Training/teaching experience in schools.

• Good program knowledge and relevant training experience in life skills/mental health wellness curriculum.
• Prior experience in team supervision and stakeholder coordination is preferred.
• Skills in focusing on program quality and a positive approach to resolving challenges.
• Good data analysis skills with program planning and design, monitoring and evaluation frameworks and techniques.
• Good analytical and numeracy skills.
• Ability to travel extensively.

Other: Must possess a valid driving licence for a two-wheeler and be willing to travel extensively within the assigned district.

Key Competencies

• Strong team management and supervisory skills.
• Good understanding of school-based and community-based programs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).
• Strong presentation, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and field-based activities independently.
• Strong documentation, reporting, and stakeholder management skills.

Salary

Salary shall be commensurate with experience.

Position Availability

Available to join September 1, 2026.

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Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

 

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