REGIONAL HEALTH TECHNICAL ADVISOR

Department: East Africa Regional Office (EARO) – Nairobi, Kenya

Reports To: Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:

The RTA for Health will supervise a regional office health team and provide broad leadership around health for the East Africa Region.

Other members of the health team include one RTA for HIV and AIDS and one RTA for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC).

The RTA will provide technical assistance for the five countries in the East Africa Region: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Sudan. The RTA will create linkages between on-going health, water, OVC and HIV and AIDS programs in the region.

Key health issues in the region include water-related diseases, HIV and AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and malnutrition, especially among children.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Provide technical assistance for health and nutrition activities in the East Africa region.

2. Take an active role in promoting implementation of the region’s strategy on Health.

3. Promote the application of Agency Program Quality standards for health in the programs in the region.

4. Provide guidance and support for gender-sensitive health programming.

5. Participate in project reviews and support proposal development, acquisition of funding and monitoring and evaluation.

6. Actively explore cross-sectoral linkages between health programming and micro-finance, conflict resolution, multiple uses of water, nutrition and agriculture.

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

A. Technical assistance, Training and Program Monitoring

1. Provide technical assistance to country programs to ensure program quality.

2. Participate actively in the recruitment of country program health and nutrition staff and serve as a mentor to them.

3. Assist country programs in identifying problems and in developing solutions.

4. Assist country programs with their strategic plans for health, nutrition and HIV and assist in development of those plans.

5. Coordinate requests for external consultants and temporary duty assignments of other CRS staff.

6. Assist programs in the development of quantitative and qualitative assessments including baseline surveys, participatory rural assessments and computer analysis of results, if needed.

7. Assist in the design and drafting of program detailed implementation plans.

8. Assist in writing country funding proposals.

9. Be familiar with donor health and nutrition related strategies

10. Provide training as required on health, nutrition and HIV/AIDS, including training on CRS strategies.

11. Share lessons learned from CRS evaluations of health and nutrition projects including in formal settings set aside for that purpose.

12. Assist in the design of evaluations, the identification of external evaluation consultants, and in reviewing reports for publication.

B. Leadership in Health

1. Disseminate Best Practices in health programming.

2. Bring innovations to health programming in EARO, including innovations created by the RTA.

3. Strengthen monitoring and evaluation of health programs and projects.

4. Assist with the testing of new health and nutrition tools developed by the field or headquarters.

5. Work to integrate health programming within the sector and with other sectors such as water, agriculture, micro-finance and peace-building.

6. Provide vision for health programming and supervise and mentor other members of the health team so as to achieve the vision.

C. Networking and Alliance-Building

1. Network with appropriate organizations to build CRS’ profile in East Africa and to build alliances that further strategic objectives.

2. Develop and maintain strong linkages with international donors. Market and obtain external funding for regional and country program strategies.

3. Inform country programs of regional activities and opportunities.

4. Facilitate and attend workshop in core areas related to the health program organized by headquarters, consortia and country programs.

5. Share lessons learned and educational opportunities with country programs.

6. Facilitate communication between country programs and HQ departments in matters pertaining to health and nutrition.

7. Attend international health conferences, preferably as a presenter of CRS work. Prepare abstracts for conferences and assist country programs in preparing their abstracts.

COMPETENCIES

· Serves with Integrity

· Models Stewardship

· Cultivates Constructive Relationships

· Promotes Learning

KEY WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

1. Report to the Deputy Regional Director for Program Quality.

2. Supervise two RTAs for health/HIV/AIDS.

3. Collaborate with the Country Representatives, the Heads of Programming, and the country Health Program Managers and other country staff.

4. Collaborate with other NGOs, UN Agencies and local government on health matters.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Applicants must provide a statement of claims addressing the selection criteria below, which should detail suitability to perform the duties of the position including personal qualities, experience, skills and knowledge relative to the selection criteria:

· Sound knowledge of health and development, including an understanding of the main challenges of:

a. Nutrition

b. HIV and AIDS, OVC and key African health issues.

c. Health systems and service improvement in low income Africa and the broad range of health development partners involved in this work.

QUALIFICATIONS

· Advanced degree in public health, nutrition or health-related field.

· Minimum of 8 years experience in international health development either as a technical advisor or health program manager, preferably in Africa.

· Experience in program design/management, program quality and performance assessment as part of ongoing efforts to improve aid effectiveness.

· Experience in community participation in development projects. Experience with adult learning methods and tools.

· Interest and capacity to learn about new areas.

· Good M&E skills.

· Strong analytical skills, sound judgment and the capacity to think and plan strategically, including the ability to produce high quality policy materials and advice for development implementation.

· High level English oral and written communication skills, including representation and liaison skills.

· Excellent communication, interpersonal, networking and negotiation skills, including in a cross-cultural context as a team player.

· Experience collaborating with local NGOs preferred.

· Excellent coordination skills.

· Knowledge of spreadsheets and budgeting.

· Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

Disclaimer Clause: This job description is not an exhaustive list of the skills, effort, duties, and responsibilities associated with the position.

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