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  • Posted: Feb 15, 2019
    Deadline: Feb 28, 2019
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    Healthcare Financing & Advocacy Coordinator

    Job ID: 190000DI
    Locations: Lagos & Duste, Jigawa
    Employee Status: Permanent

    Role Purpose

    • The Health and Finance Advocacy Coordinator will lead on health policy analysis and support the design and implementation of the programme within the right based programming approach.
    • S/he will be responsible for leading on the development and delivery health advocacy and financing strategy within the context of Universal Health Care.  
    • S/he will support the Chief of Party and Project Manager to promote pro-poor governance agenda in the delivery of primary health care with focus on improving quality and access to health services and strengthening the health system.
    • S/he will support the Chief of Party in raising the visibility of the Project and raise the profile of Pneumonia among relevant stakeholders.

    Key Areas of Accountability
    Programme Quality:

    • Develop and lead policy and research on health financing, health systems and Universal Health Coverage, especially for influencing national processes and discussions
    • Support actively in the process of developing the programme short- and long-term governance and advocacy agendas.  Particularly as it relates to exploring governance-related barriers to the elimination of exclusion and inequity.
    • Develop and deliver advocacy strategies to influence relevant stakeholders and achieve health policy changes at national and State levels
    •  Assist colleagues to strengthen their knowledge and skills/capacities to incorporate governance frameworks, policy research, analysis and advocacy into their work.
    • Monitor trends in the external environment, identifying opportunities to promote the programme and policy advocacy objectives
    • Keep abreast of the external political and policy environment and create the right opportunities for engagement and influencing

    Communication and Representation:

    • Act as SC’s representative at state and national levels with local authorities, partners etc. as required, mainly in events relating to advocacy for child health services.
    • Organise events on health issues, including small and high-level seminars/workshop, national and international days for child health diseases including Pneumonia
    • Develop and maintain a professional network for governance issues within Nigeria and within SC globally.
    • Organise events for dissemination of important information and messages
    • Develop position papers, briefings and policy advocacy messaging to clearly communicate our advocacy goals

    Skills and Behaviours (Our Values In Practice)
    Accountability:

    • Holds Self- Accountable For Making Decisions, Managing Resources Efficiently, Achieving And role modelling Save the Children values
    • Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

    Ambition:

    • Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same
    • Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
    • Future orientated, thinks strategically
    • Build strong influencing networks among policy makers, donors and CSOs to push the UHC agenda

    Collaboration:

    • Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, members and external partners and supporters
    • Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
    • Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

    Creativity:

    • Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
    • Willing to take disciplined risks

    Integrity:

    • Honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

    Skills & Experience
    Essential:

    • Level of Education - Post Graduate
    • Specified Study Area - Public Health / Development Economics / Development Studies
    • Desired Number of Years’ experience - 5 (in health/development advocacy with a focus on health financing, health governance and enhanced voice and accountability)
    • Language Requirements - English - Excellent.
    • Level of IT Expertise Required - Excellent
    • Profound knowledge of governance and health systems and political terrains in Nigeria
    • Strong knowledge of global health policy goals and commitments
    • Ability to write strong position papers and policy briefings
    • Strong analytical framework to clearly articulate and communicate our policy positions
    • Ability to be strategic and proactive when required to be able to keep advocacy plans dynamic and aligned to new policy and political developments
    • Ability to clearly communicate and easily relate to federal and state authorities
    • Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
    • Comply with the requirements of Save the Children’s commitment to protect children in accordance with the Child Safeguarding Policy.

    Prior Experience Expectations:

    • Building external networks
    • Health financing background
    • Strategic Planning
    • Governance and Gender advocacy
    • Enhanced voice accountability
    • Training and Facilitation

    Method of Application

    Interested and qualified? Go to Save The Children on stcuk.taleo.net to apply

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