Concern
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Closing date: 03 Jan 2010 -- (CLOSED)
Location: Niger (the) - Niamey
Concern Worldwide is an Irish-based non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and working towards the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
We are recruiting for a Health Advisor in Niger
Job Location: Niger, Niamey with regular trips to the programmes in Tahoua
Length: 2 years contract
Status: Accompanied terms
Salary: Grade B
Start date: as soon as possible
Application deadline: 3 January 2010
Job Purpose:
The Health Advisor provides technical support and guidance to the Health and Nutrition programming of Concern, develops and leads Concern’s advocacy strategy and action in the health sector.
Main duties & responsibilities:
1. Lead the development of Concern Niger’s Health Programme Strategy in close collaboration with Assistant Country Director-Programmes, Concern Niger staff and key stakeholders.
2. Lead Concern’s health advocacy at regional and national levels
3. Provide technical oversight of health and nutrition programming (advise and mentor project staff in project activities, planning, etc.).
4. Support project managers in the use of Concern’s Programme Planning, Monitoring & Evaluation tools.
5. Support project managers to ensure high quality donor reporting.
6. Identify and promote opportunities for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) within the health programming.
7. Liaise with staff from other programme sectors to ensure Concern’s work is both integrated and complimentary.
8. In collaboration with Concern programme staff work with MoH structures to develop capacity building plans as per project planning.
9. Ensure technical rigor and quality of monitoring, evaluation and operations research for all of Concern Niger’s health programming.
10. Work closely with the Concern Worldwide’s Health Support Unit to document and share learning from Niger’s health programming.
11. Manage all health project-related communication with technical backstop in Concern New York office.
12. Serve as the principal conduit of learning between Concern’s Health Innovation Programming (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) and Concern Niger’s directly implemented health programming.
13. Represent Concern and actively liaise with national and regional-level Ministry of Health (participation in bi-annual health reviews, annual health planning, strategy validation workshops, MoH – Partner meetings, etc.)
14. Represent Concern on the National CMAM Integration Working Group.
15. Actively liaise and seek opportunities for collaboration with health sector Technical and Financial Partners in Niger.
16. Serve as Regional Focal Point for health sector Technical and Financial Partners in Tahoua Region (co-facilitate meetings with regional MoH, maintain up-to-date list of partners working in the region, collaborate with regional MoH for joint advocacy efforts, etc.).
Person specification:
Essential
- Masters Degree in Public Health (in the development context) or similar
- Working in community based public health in a developing country (3 Years min).
- Work with technical capacity building of government and/or civil society
- Managing behaviour change initiatives
- Social research, specifically in KAPB (Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Behaviour)
- Training and capacity building of staff
- Previous advisory experience
- Working in partnership with National NGOs and/or CBOs
- Working/living in a different culture to one’s own
- Development of programme monitoring and evaluation
- Competent in the use of SPSS or other statistical software and survey methods
- Strong French language skills
- Excellent written and spoken English
- Basic understanding of Right Based Development
- Excellent writing skills
- Able to take initiative and work independently
- Ability to motivate diverse teams
- Ability to get on with others
- Flexibility in dividing time between centres of intervention
- Computer skills including Microsoft Word and Excel
- International Driving Licence
- Yellow Fever Certificate
Desirable
- Qualifications in nutrition, health care (nurse or doctor)
- First degree in social development or related subject (Anthropology included)
- Support of government planning processes
- Working/living in a francophone setting
- Familiarity with the principals of CTC/CMAM, IMCI
- Leading and/or managing teams
- Programme work in primary education and/or emergency response.
- Flexibility to sharing accommodation when necessary
- Travel extensively in rural areas with poor infrastructure
Concern has a Staff Code of Conduct and a Programme Participant Protection Policy which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organization, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context staff have a responsibility to the organization to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.
Reference Code: RW_7Y7FF7-77
