Job Title: Health Advisor
The Health Advisor will sit within the Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL) team and closely liaise with the other Global Health Advisors (across the themes of WASH, Nutrition and Health) as well as the wider SAL team. The Advisor's primary responsibility is to ensure that Concern countries of operation have the capacity to deliver high-quality sustainable health interventions.
Responsibilities:
* Work as part of the wider health team to provide technical support for country and regional Health Programmes with a focus on health integration across nutrition and health
* Conduct country technical health visits (to include primary health care and nutrition) and work with the health team in country to develop a country specific health programme development plan
* Support health capacity building initiatives with Concern and partner organisations including formal and informal training, and lessons learnt documentation within country programmes
* Contribute to developing Concerns approach to Outbreak Preparedness and Response as a key component of Concerns Health Programming in countries at risk of risk of outbreaks
* Ensure that reproductive health remains a key approach to health programmes and support with the strengthening of this approach
* Participate in the identification of health funding opportunities and provide technical inputs as requested to proposals and donor reports
* Work with other health SAL colleagues in particular nutrition to ensure that health and nutrition health programming is fully integrated across all stages of the programme cycle
* In coordination with country programme staff, document, and disseminate lessons learned from Concerns Health Programming
* Support country programmes with Monitoring and Evaluation of health programmes in coordination with Concerns Programme Learning Team and work with country teams around trying to develop potential themes for operational research
* Support and maintain relationships with other health agencies and donors and represent Concern in national, regional and international forums as required; actively engage in health networks with key institutions/agencies and donors
* Participate in annual health work planning including Strategic Planning and Reviews for Health with the wider Health Team in Concern
* Support with recruitment of health staff in country programmes as required by the country management team
* Working with Concerns Global Pharmacist provide support to country health programmes in the management of pharmacy and medical supplies
* All staff are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern's values, including our workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and safeguarding values.
* All staff are required to participate and contribute as necessary towards Concern's emergency response as and when required.
Role Holder Requirements:
Essential:
* Masters degree in public health/Infectious Diseases or similar
* Please note - Fluency in French is a must
* Experience of working in French speaking humanitarian health contexts
* Undergraduate degree in Nursing, Medicine, Public Health or similar
* Strong, current knowledge of primary health care programming and approaches to health system strengthening with a particular focus on fragile/conflict affected health systems
* 4-5 years experience in the management of health programmes in variety of country contexts including design, implementation, and monitoring of programmes (with some experience of working in Sub-Saharan Africa)
* Basic competence using quantitative, qualitative, and participatory methods for programme planning / design, monitoring, and evaluation
* Excellent interpersonal, communication, and writing skills in English
* Ability to travel internationally up to 30% in fragile contexts, sometimes on short notice and for 2+ weeks
Desirable:
* Experience in health system strengthening and a good understanding of capacity building approaches
* Training and facilitation skills
* Experience of behaviour change approaches
* Previous experience of supporting country programmes with the management of pharmacy and medical supplies
* Experience of managing reproductive health programmes in humanitarian and development settings
* Midwifery or reproductive health skills