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Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn Health

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Washington, DC, USA
Full-time

The Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn Health, is responsible for providing technical and programmatic expertise to help develop, guide, and implement Save the Children’s (SC) newborn health program.  The incumbent will be a core member of SC’s Newborn Health team in the Department of Global Health (DGH) and will engage as a technical expert in both global- and country-level newborn health initiatives and programs.  The incumbent will provide leadership, guidance, and inputs related to newborn health, including strategy development; new business development; technical guidance and support to country teams to introduce, implement, and scale up newborn interventions in existing health systems; help to develop and execute monitoring and evaluation plans; systematically document program learning and lead or collaborate in program-based research; and develop dissemination products to share key results and learning. This position will work in collaboration with other key stakeholders in newborn and maternal health including research institutions, professional associations and academic entities, international development partners, and host country governments.  The positon will also provide technical assistance and support to ensure that state-of-the-art newborn survival and health evidence is implemented in SC’s health programs in accordance with the Saving Newborn Lives (SNL) Common Approach, adopted in 2017. 

Areas of Responsibility: 

Technical leadership and expertise (50%)

  • Provide hands-on technical assistance to Country Offices in strategy and program development, focusing on technical content and approaches that lead to increased coverage, use, and quality of high impact newborn health interventions at scale.
  • Reporting under the Sr. Director for Newborn Health, contribute to Agency, divisional and departmental strategy development and annual goal setting.
  • After review by their senior management, ensure that newborn health objectives are implemented achieving key milestones and overall success.
  • Exercise independent judgment and discretion on significant matters, including the provision of technical guidance on newborn health programming.
  • Provide technical expertise and leadership in the development of learning modules, adoption, implementation, monitoring, and dissemination of the Saving Newborn Lives Common Approach.
  • Provide technical expertise and leadership to Save the Children and partners/stakeholders in integrating newborn health into RMNCH policy and programs at global and country levels.
  • Provide technical assistance to country teams and partners in identifying, planning, designing and evaluating introduction and/or implementation of innovative technologies and delivery approaches to improve newborn survival and health at scale.
  • Provide technical inputs and oversight for research and innovation activities; including technical and ethical review of research proposals as required, technical monitoring of research implementation, including research design and protocol, conducting site visits, and participating in or reviewing analysis approaches, conclusions, and publications.
  • Provide technical expertise representing Save the Children in policy, program, and research dialogues with key international organizations (e.g., WHO, UNICEF, etc.) and in technical discussions with host-country counterparts and key stakeholders, including donors and partners, that are engaged in newborn health.
  • Oversee program monitoring, evaluation and learning in designing, implementing, and synthesizing key learnings from a portfolio of projects.

Mobilizes public and private resources (30%)

  • Collaborates and develops long-term funding strategies for SC’s technical and programming priorities in newborn health.
  • Plays a leadership role in DGH and with Country Offices in the identification, development and submission of quality proposals in newborn health.
  • Provide technical inputs in new proposal conceptualization, development, review, and feedback, including bilateral bids, solicited proposals by donors, etc.

Leads program learning and innovation specific to Newborn Health (20%)

  • Collaborate with the knowledge management teams in identifying important technical content for dissemination activities, and help ensure the technical integrity and accuracy of information in publications and reports produced by SC.
  • Utilize research results and program learning to inform and influence key stakeholders and partners on important technical and policy issues affecting newborn health.
  • Contribute towards building global SC capacity in newborn health (e.g., via online platforms such as webinars).
Educational Background: 
Minimum of Bachelor’s degree
Skills/Experience: 
  • Strong newborn health technical knowledge, skills, and experience to provide technical advice, guidance and direction
  • Minimum of 10-15 years' experience in public health
  • At least 5 years’ experience working in a developing country, preferably in Africa or Asia, on health programs.
  • Ability to think critically and strategically
  • Excellent writing and communication skills in English required
  • Ability to travel up to 30 percent time, primarily internationally

Preferred Qualifications

  • Medical degree or other appropriate clinical background (e.g., midwife), preferably with experience in pediatrics and/or newborn health)
  • MPH or equivalent highly desired
  • Experience in public health research highly desired
  • Experience working in maternal/newborn/child health (MNCH) programs strongly preferred
  • Experience in applying technical expertise for advocacy and in using results to inform programming highly desired
  • Recognized technical expertise in maternal, newborn and child health as demonstrated by participation in global networks and forums, presentations at technical meetings, authoring relevant peer-reviewed publications) highly desired
  • Proficiency in other language(s) (e.g. French) high desired
Compensation/Benefits: 
  • Meaningful work, with a knowledge that you are changing the lives of children all around the world
  • A family friendly work environment
  • Highly collaborative and innovative teams
  • Generous paid vacation days, holidays, family leave days, and sick time
  • Healthcare plans including medical, dental, and life insurance
  • Retirement savings account with matching company contributions
  • Structured and formalized management development and coaching programs for mid and senior level managers
  • Extensive e-learning opportunities on a variety of topics offered through our affiliation with several prestigious universities, as well as language learning opportunities

Organization Info

Save the Children US

Overview
Headquarters: 
Fairfield, CT, United States
Annual Budget : 
More than $500M
Founded: 
1964
About Us
Mission: 

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in nearly 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to create immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. in times of acute crisis, we mobilize rapid assistance to help children recover from the effects of war, conflict and natural disasters. Save the Children is a member of the International Save the Children Alliance, a global network of 30 independent Save the Children organizations working to ensure the well-being and protection of children in more than 120 countries.

Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Nov 18 2018
Active Until: 
Dec 18 2018
Hiring Organization: 
Save the Children US
industry: 
Nonprofit