Description du poste
REGIONAL HUMANITARIAN HEALTH TECHNICAL ADVISOR
The role
Regional Humanitarian Technical Experts drive the quality, accountability and timeliness of humanitarian responses and contribute to emergency preparedness in the region. The Regional Humanitarian Health Technical Advisor will use her/his in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between the Save the Children’s global and country level technical work, strengthening our technical offer at the regional level. She/he will play a strong role in regional capacity building efforts, mentoring and building networks across CO TEs, and foster cross-CO learning. She/he will support regional advocacy and influencing and drive regional strategic partnerships for learning and new business development. She/he will provide Quality Assurance and demand driven TA to COs, in line with regional priorities and design and input to implementation and monitoring of regional programmes. The post holder will support Save the Children International (SCI) humanitarian health programmes in West and Central Africa regional office, so as to ensure SCI is able to position and respond to new emergencies and chronic crises with quality sound technical inputs.
As such, the role holder will work alongside other technical advisers (nutrition, WASH, child protection, etc.) and other operational functions. The Humanitarian Health Advisor may directly line manage HSTs and ensure deployments of key staff are supported in order to ensure the delivery of high quality, timely and accountable humanitarian health programmes. The role will also contribute to the Global Humanitarian Health Technical Working Group annual work plan, which contributes to the movement wide humanitarian health work.
Qualifications and experience
A medical or public health professional with a Mas
The role
Regional Humanitarian Technical Experts drive the quality, accountability and timeliness of humanitarian responses and contribute to emergency preparedness in the region. The Regional Humanitarian Health Technical Advisor will use her/his in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to provide a critical link between the Save the Children’s global and country level technical work, strengthening our technical offer at the regional level. She/he will play a strong role in regional capacity building efforts, mentoring and building networks across CO TEs, and foster cross-CO learning. She/he will support regional advocacy and influencing and drive regional strategic partnerships for learning and new business development. She/he will provide Quality Assurance and demand driven TA to COs, in line with regional priorities and design and input to implementation and monitoring of regional programmes. The post holder will support Save the Children International (SCI) humanitarian health programmes in West and Central Africa regional office, so as to ensure SCI is able to position and respond to new emergencies and chronic crises with quality sound technical inputs.
As such, the role holder will work alongside other technical advisers (nutrition, WASH, child protection, etc.) and other operational functions. The Humanitarian Health Advisor may directly line manage HSTs and ensure deployments of key staff are supported in order to ensure the delivery of high quality, timely and accountable humanitarian health programmes. The role will also contribute to the Global Humanitarian Health Technical Working Group annual work plan, which contributes to the movement wide humanitarian health work.
Qualifications and experience
A medical or public health professional with a Mas
