Humanitarian Health Adviser at Save The Children

Job Description

• With the increasing frequency and severity of emergencies world-wide, Save the Children UK is increasing its capacity to support humanitarian programmes and as Humanitarian Health Advisor you can help. You will manage a small number of roving Humanitarian Surge Team Health Advisers focusing on the West and Central Africa region including CAR, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and DRC.
• Working in more than 120 countries, we do whatever it takes to create breakthroughs in the way the world treats children. We work closely with our teams in country offices to increase our capacity to meet the humanitarian health needs of children and their families affected by crises. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.
• In this challenging role, as Humanitarian Health Advisor, you will need to travel, quite frequently and at short notice. One of your main roles will be to support and lead on the establishment of health programmes in emergency settings, including technical assessments, developing health plans, strategies and master budgets. You will also:
• Provide backstopping support to up to three countries, which will include technical support visits as required
• Contribute to head office discussions and policy formulation in thematic areas including vaccination and epidemic alert and response
• Contribute to the design and rollout of our humanitarian health capacity building initiatives for Save the Children staff and partners’ staff at head office and in the field
• Support country programmes and head office in the recruitment of humanitarian health staff
• We are looking for a clinician with both a public health background and field operations experience to join us as the Humanitarian Health Advisor.

Requirements
To be successful, you will be motivated by ensuring the high quality of health services for the most deprived children and their families. You will have substantial and progressive experience in the field and management of humanitarian health programmes. You will also need:

• Field experience in diverse acute emergencies
• Proven experience in developing proposals for major donors
• Experience with health or nutrition cluster coordination
• Experience of capacity building and mentoring
• Fluency (written and oral) in English and French