Job Description
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY :
PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN
- Identify and pursue opportunities for synergistic, inter-sectoral programs to address the holistic needs of children, especially the most deprived.
- Work with Save the Children technical and awards staff to develop funding strategies and proposals to expand the Health and Nutrition portfolio in line with strategic priorities and technical best practice from a range of sources. This will involve continuously developing concepts and innovations and packaging them for a range of donors, both for proactive and reactive fundraising efforts.
- Ensure that cross thematic objectives (gender equity, disability and social inclusion, climate change, child participation) are included in programme design and monitoring.
- Introduce innovative ideas and approaches to support health system strengthening, quality improvement, and universal health coverage in Nepal.
- In consultation with Programme Operations Department (POD) colleagues, ensure that Health and Nutrition activities contribute to sponsorship strategy and meet agency significant benefit standards.
- With Programme Operations Department (POD) colleagues, continuously assess staffing patterns and competencies to ensure that right staff are in place to support realistic programme design, sector needs, and development.
- Contribute to the development or revision of Health and Nutrition related guidelines or guidance documents.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION
- Take lead role in formulating CO’s vision for long term programming in Health and Nutrition in Nepal, including the development of its Country Strategic Plan (CSP) for Health and Nutrition sector.
- Participate actively in the Country Annual Planning and Country Annual Reporting, providing oversight and compiling the reports for the health and nutrition sector.
- Identify needs and opportunities for potential programs, through situation analyses/feasibility studies, networking, and leveraging research and evaluation findings from both internal and external sources.
- Maintain oversight of programme portfolio (at country and field level) and ensure alignment with CSP.
- Provide thought leadership and links with SCI’s global thematic initiatives
REPRESENTATION AND NETWORKING
- Maintain working relationships with relevant Ministries and Departments and their Health and Nutrition programs; connect Save the Children’s flagship programs with government and other non-government interventions.
- Ensure that the country office has effective representation on national, regional and international networks/committees/working groups related to Health and Nutrition to enhane coordination and that we participate in conferences/meetings that will enhance our reputation and programming.
- Maintain excellent relationships with donors for positioning and influencing.
- Develop and maintain partnerships with academia, private sector and other non-traditional partners.
- Represent CO on the Regional and Global meetings on health and nutrition, both internal and external.
- In collaboration with the Senior Partnerships Manager take the lead in identifying strategic national and local partners in the Health and Nutrition sector.
QUALITY ASSURANCE & MEAL
- Ensure the incorporation of quality assurance at multiple levels (strategy, design, implementation, proposal, monitoring processes, evaluation and learning, reporting) for Health and Nutrition.
- Generate best practice guidance on integrating health sensitive and specific interventions and champions the use of evidence to strengthen Health and Nutrition programming for children, seeking opportunities to share learning to influence the CO and the wider SCI movement as well as other relevant organisations.
- With the MEAL team, ensure Quality Benchmarks are appropriate and applied to all Health and Nutrition programming. Including supporting in drafting and monitoring Quality Benchmarks.
- Support field teams to identify and carry out operational research related to Health and Nutrition, including designing relevant research ToRs and reviewing research and evaluation reports.
- Ensure that Save the Children’s regional and global experience is reflected in our Health and Nutrition programmes in Nepal.
POLICY AND ADVOCACY
- Lead in defining Save the Children’s advocacy agenda in the Health and Nutrition sector, as informed by SC’s experience in Nepal and globally. Lead in networking and articulating Save the Children’s position, policy and strategy in national forums and meetings. Engage in key debates related to national health and nutrition sector policies and programs, in coordination with technical colleagues and other relevant staff.
- Support the PDQI Director in ensuring strategic policy and influence networking, and co-design/facilitate high level advocacy and policy meetings in both federal and provincial level for health and nutrition.
- Support advocacy actions for positioning SCI in Nepal as the leading child rights advocate linked to health and nutrition.
- Ensure engagement of children and youth in advocacy and policy influencing as appropriate.
- Lead in translating national messaging to provincial and palika-level policy and action plans. Work with project and programme teams to develop provincial and palika-level policy and action plans.
- Engage in policy development with central authorities; with POD, support field-based technical staff to engage with local authorities as per the CSP, advocacy plans, and relevant policy concerns. Develop policy briefs and position papers based on field inputs and experiences.
CAPACITY BUILDING
- In coordination with POD, provide on-going and one-off technical support and advice to programs and partners as needed.
- Coordinate with POD to identify internal and external capacity building opportunities and resources to provide high quality technical assistance to Health and Nutrition projects, supporting SCI and partner staff to build knowledge and technical competence.
- Ensure that core Health and Nutrition sector training modules and new tools and approaches are rolled out effectively and with fidelity to Health and Nutrition staff and partners.
OTHER
- Other tasks as requested by the Senior PDQ Advisor[LP1]
- Support the Save the Children Humanitarian responses where appropriate, ensuring timely and quality responses in line with international standards and technical best practice.
Job Specification
Qualifications and Experience:
- Master’s degree in public health, nutrition or related field with demonstrable commensurate experience.
Essential
- 7+ years of working experience in relevant field, including 5 years in a technical advisory role.
- Strong leadership abilities, leading and inspiring others.
- Very proactive and propositional, collaborative mindset and flexible.
- Excellent inter-personal communication skills, able to work with a range of different people in-person and remotely.
- Proposal design and writing experience is a must.
- Excellent skills on process facilitation and coordination with high standard.
- Good presentation skills.
- Good supportive supervision skills, developing self and others.
- Excellent English communication skills, specifically written.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver results, engage in effective and collaborative problem solving and decision making, and foster programme innovations and adaptations.
Desirable
- SBC experience at community-level
- Experience with using technology in health/e-health and nutrition
Experience in inclusion of GEDSI in health and nutrition
Required No.(s): 1 (Nepalese Citizen Only)
Contract length: Fixed Term
Location: Kathmandu, Country Office
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