Regional Humanitarian Health Adviser – East and Southern Africa

Based in Nairobi with travel within the East and Southern Africa

Salary: £33,402 pa plus £2500pa (hardship allowance)

2 years Fixed Term Contract

Right to work in Kenya or the UK are not required.

We are looking for a Regional Humanitarian Health Advisor to join our team and drive forward our health programmes in humanitarian contexts and to ensure we are delivering quality interventions by providing quality technical inputs and direction. You will also be responsible for driving the Public Health on the Front Line strategy.

Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. Our UK and Global Programmes department delivers humanitarian and development programmes, builds partnerships with institutional donors – including governments, multi-laterals and trusts – and drives lasting change. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

As Regional Humanitarian Health Advisor you will be deployed to the field at short notice in order to set up new emergency health programmes; including leading technical assessments, developing health programme plans, strategies and master budgets, and leading on coordination and representation. In addition you will:

• Ensure responses are based on Save the Children’s theory of change, strategies and principles of child rights programming, national policies and international best practice


• Work with the regional office and other Save the Children members to secure funding for humanitarian health programmes, coordinating with donor technical experts and developing high quality proposals


• Work closely with other advisors from the Humanitarian team on developing and implementing knowledge and best practice for integrated programming


• Effectively manage the deployment of Health HSTs, while supervising, mentoring and supporting their professional development


• Work closely with Save the Children Emergency Health Unit (EHU) on design and deployment criteria for the EHU.

To be successful you will have proven experience in the field, as well as head office in the implementation and management of humanitarian health programmes. You will also have a Medical Doctor, Nurse, Doctor of Philosophy degree or equivalent technical training. In addition you will have:

• Proven experience in developing strategies and proposals for major donors


• Experience of working on HIV programmes including PMTCT in emergency context


• Strong communication skills at a level appropriate for high level external representation and the ability to tailor communications to different audiences


• Experience of capacity building and mentoring with experience of team leadership and management


• Ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations for up to 50% of work time.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we"ll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing date: 7 November 2017

Pre-interview assessment: week commencing 13th November 2017 (exact dates to be confirmed)

Interview date: weeks commencing 20th and 27th November (exact dates to be confirmed)

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment, promoting and providing equal opportunities in employment. To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/