The Advisor will serve as a critical member of the Emergency Health and Nutrition (EHN) team in supporting emergency health responses, strategy, capacity building and operational planning. To this end, the Emergency Health Advisor will serve as a first responder including leading and/or supporting emergency needs assessments and program development, supporting global and country level advocacy efforts and mobilizing resources for emergency health activities. The Advisor will work closely with Department of Health and Nutrition (DHN) and Division of Humanitarian Response (DHR) colleagues to facilitate emergency health program learning and innovation as well as building agency wide capacity. The Advisor will coordinate and collaborate with other Save the Children International members and mechanisms and represent the agency in various global emergency health fora.
Responsibilities:
• Technical support for quality health programs
• As requested, support defining agency emergency health strategy and direction
• Oversight and backstopping to ongoing emergency health programs Provide technical assistance to country offices in formulating EH specific response strategies
• Provide learning and Innovation, participate in the design, testing and evaluation of innovations to advance emergency health programming
• In consultation with EHN leadership, participate in EH related fundraising priorities
• Serve as spokesperson for Emergency
• Health related policy and advocacy issues both internally and externally
Requirements
• MD or equivalent, preferred
• 5-7 years of field experience in humanitarian or relief work experience in developing countries, with experience working in emergency situations (including rapid onset emergency).
• Experience in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health , familiarity with the MISP
• Experience in quality assurance in a clinical setting desirable
• Skills in applied epidemiology
Employee Type: Full Time
Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In 2010, we improved the lives of over 64 million children in need in the United States and around the world. Our goal is to reach more than 74 million children annually by the year 2012. Join our dedicated and diverse staff committed to improving the well-being of children.
Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity
How to apply:
Submit resume on-line to www.savethechildren.org under "Careers"
Closing Date: Thursday, 05 January 2012
Responsibilities:
• Technical support for quality health programs
• As requested, support defining agency emergency health strategy and direction
• Oversight and backstopping to ongoing emergency health programs Provide technical assistance to country offices in formulating EH specific response strategies
• Provide learning and Innovation, participate in the design, testing and evaluation of innovations to advance emergency health programming
• In consultation with EHN leadership, participate in EH related fundraising priorities
• Serve as spokesperson for Emergency
• Health related policy and advocacy issues both internally and externally
Requirements
• MD or equivalent, preferred
• 5-7 years of field experience in humanitarian or relief work experience in developing countries, with experience working in emergency situations (including rapid onset emergency).
• Experience in Maternal, Newborn and Child Health , familiarity with the MISP
• Experience in quality assurance in a clinical setting desirable
• Skills in applied epidemiology
Employee Type: Full Time
Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In 2010, we improved the lives of over 64 million children in need in the United States and around the world. Our goal is to reach more than 74 million children annually by the year 2012. Join our dedicated and diverse staff committed to improving the well-being of children.
Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity
How to apply:
Submit resume on-line to www.savethechildren.org under "Careers"
Closing Date: Thursday, 05 January 2012
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