Reports to:
Head of Health, Nutrition & WASH Support
Department:
Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL)
Terms:
Two-year Fixed Term, full time contract
Location:
Dublin, hybrid
Salary:
€70,088 - €77,875
Requirements:
The role involves travel up to 30% of the time and there is the potential be deployed to support emergency responses .
About Concern:
Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries.
Role Purpose:
This senior health expert will contribute to the successful delivery of Concern's global health policy and strategy, leading on technical support to country programmes on health programming, including health system strengthening. The Senior Health Adviser will manage a team of at least two staff (a Global Health Adviser and Global Pharmacy Adviser) and play a lead role in ensuring health programme quality, building the technical health capacity of country and global programme teams, synthesising and applying learning, coordinating with other health actors and supporting resource mobilization for Concern's health programmes. Concern's Health sector encompasses three thematic areas: Health Systems, Nutrition and WASH. The Senior Health Adviser will lead the Health Systems work, report to the Head of Health, Nutrition and WASH Support and work closely with other advisers, particularly those for Nutrition and WASH to ensure integrated and effective delivery of Concern's health programming.
Responsibilities:
* Ensure relevant technical assistance for health programming is provided to all country teams and other relevant colleagues, including acting as health focal point for a small number of countries.
* Provide guidance on technical implementation and strategic direction to Concern's health programming and ensure integration with health and nutrition and coherence with Concern's other thematic and sectoral areas.
* Develop and ensure the quality of Concern's technical guides and learning resources for health programming – ensuring that they are appropriate for country teams and coherent across all thematic areas.
* Contribute to evidence of effective health programming – either through engagement in formal research or documentation based on Concern and partner work in health.
* Lead the synthesis of programme data from our health programme activities and outcomes for internal and external reports. Work with Concern monitoring and evaluation teams to develop relevant tools for health data collection and analysis, including needs assessments.
* Identify areas for new and innovative programmes, including seeking funding for specific technical work.
* Ensure relevant health technical support to design, develop and review health programme and proposals
* Represent Concern in health fora and identify opportunities for Concern to influence health policy and practice, playing an active role in at least one strategic global health body or network.
* Identify and foster potential strategic, programmatic and funding partnerships.
* Build and develop strong relationships with all stakeholders across the organisation, working collaboratively with them to achieve common goals across both support office and country teams.
* Promote a locally led approach both through programme design and implementation and engagement with local actors.
* Provide leadership and development of the global Health Systems adviser team through effective direction, delegation and coaching, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance
* Demonstrate leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion and to role model a positive safeguarding ethos.
* All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern's values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos.
* All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.
Role Holder Requirements:
Essential:
* Post graduate qualification (master's degree) in a clinical health/ public health discipline or an undergraduate degree plus ten years of professional experience.
* A minimum of five years' experience supporting health programming in fragile and conflict affected countries or contexts within an NGO environment, across multiple countries
* Experience working on health programming within integrated, multisectoral programmes, particularly linked to WASH and nutrition activities.
* Demonstrable leadership ability, with experience of working within the voluntary sector
* Experience managing a team effectively: demonstrated capacity to lead, motivate and challenge a team to deliver on Concern's health objectives and to continuously develop their skills and competencies.
* Experience coordinating with health sector actors at an international or regional level
* Excellent relationship management skills across sectors and departments, with demonstrable ability to build credibility, work with and influence a variety of colleagues at all levels of the organisation
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
* Strong project management and analytical skills
* Empathy with Concern's ethos, values, strategy and longer-term objectives.
Desirable:
* French language (or Arabic or another working language in a Concern programming country)
* A first degree and experience in a clinical health profession
Apply with your CV to our web-site or using the link below.