Health, Nutrition HIV Advisor - Southern Africa Region

Health, Nutrition HIV Advisor - Southern Africa Region

World Vision International

World Vision is a humanitarian, development and advocacy organisation devoted to improving the lives of children, families and their communities around the world. Our 45,000+ staff members working in more than 90 countries are united through our ethos, mission and shared desire for all individuals, especially children, to overcome poverty, inequality and injustice.

Here’s where you come in:

As Health, Nutrition HIV Advisor – Southern Africa Region, you will build capacity of the National Offices (NOs) in Health, Nutrition and HIV & AIDS programming and to support them in developing and scaling up high quality Global Centre (GC) aligned programs that meet international standards

Requirements include:

• Must have a degree of Bachelor of Medicine with experience in the public health field or Masters in Public Health degree with first degree in health related science.
• Must be able to negotiate ideas within and outside the World Vision partnership, particularly with donor communities.
• Work environment: Office-based with frequent travel to program countries
• The position requires ability and willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 30% of the time.

HOW TO APPLY:

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World Vision is dedicated to our team members’ development and their success. We aspire for all employees to be fulfilled through their work and their contributions to an organisation working to provide long-term sustainable solutions to the world’s most vulnerable people.

Find the full responsibilities and requirements for this position online and apply by the closing date 11 Dec 2016. For more information on World Vision International, please visit our website: www.wvi.org. Due to the number of applications received, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.

Consultant - Costed Implementation Plan for Family Planning Liberia

Project Overview and Role Health Policy Plus (HP+) is a USAID-funded five-year $185 million project awarded to Palladium (formerly Futures Group) on August 28, 2015. HP+ has a mandate across global, country, and subnational levels to strengthen and advance health policy priorities in family planning and reproductive health (FP/RH), HIV, and maternal health. It aims to improve the enabling environment for equitable and sustainable health services, supplies, and delivery systems through policy development and implementation, with an emphasis on voluntary, rights-based health programs, and by strengthening in-country partners' capacity to navigate complex environments for effective policy design, implementation, and financing aligned to their priorities. We carry forward proven approaches to preserve achievements. These approaches inform how we manage programs and engage with stakeholders, and tools and techniques improve decision making and the achievement of predetermined goals.

HP+ is supporting governments to attain the ambitious commitments they made at the London Summit through strengthening national capacity to develop country-owned, broad-based, national FP costed implementation plans (CIPs) aligned to FP2020 pledges. FP Costed Implementation Plans are concrete and detailed plans for achieving the goals of a national family planning program over a set number of years. A CIP details the program activities necessary to meet national goals and the costs associated with the activities, providing clear program-level information on the resources it needs to raise domestically and from partners. A CIP is critical to give direction to a national FP program. To ensure that a country's London Summit commitments are implemented, there needs to be a detailed plan of where they want to go and how they intend to get there. Activities with measureable performance indicators also need to be developed so countries can monitor their progress against their plan. HP+'s innovative approach to supporting the CIP process in countries leads to greater country ownership and aligns with ongoing government planning and coordination efforts within a relatively short development process.

Palladium is seeking a Liberia-based Consultant to support the development of a Costed Implementation Plans for FP2020 in Liberia.

The consultant will support the development of the Costed Implementation Plan for FP2020 in Liberia.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical and strategic guidance to the team in-country in the development of the CIP;
• Draft and edit the Costed Implementation Plan documents for Liberia;
• Draft and edit budgeting for Costed Implementation Plans using MS Excel templates;
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, background reference briefing materials for internal stakeholders, and research briefings;
• Gather data on the costs of various family planning/reproductive health program and service delivery interventions;
• Prepare for and attend meetings and stakeholder interviews, make presentations, take notes, and circulate technical minutes to stakeholders;
• Provide logistical and administrative support in planning for meetings, events, and travel;
• Other related technical and administrative tasks as required

Requirements

• Based in Monrovia, Liberia
• Background in family planning policy and services, and strong knowledge of health systems in Liberia would also be beneficial
• Ability to work independently and solve day-to-day problems, but possess good judgment for escalating issues/problems
• Good diplomatic skills and experience interacting with host country government agencies including local governments, development partners, and civil society organizations
• Strong facilitation, problem solving, analytic, and evaluative skills;
• Experience in strategic planning and budgeting;
• Attention to detail and ability to effectively and efficiently perform multiple tasks and balance competing priorities often within a required timeframe.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree or higher in international health, international development, political science, social sciences, economics or health economics, or a related advanced degree (coursework in Family Planning/ Reproductive Health/ Population Studies is preferred);
• Based in Liberia and significant working experience in FP/RH;
• Strong skills in MS Word, and complex MS Excel documents;
• Strong interpersonal, writing, and oral presentation skills in English

Deliverables

• Costed Implementation Plan including a list of detailed activities to be implemented; cost estimates for implementation and any additional supporting products/tools developed based on request of the Ministry of Health (e.g., a landscape document, brochure, impact calculations, and monitoring tools for internal ministry use) to be approved by Ministry of Health and Social Welfare and Palladium. Final due date for all deliverables: October 30, 2017.

Timeline Start date: February 15, 2017 End date: November 30, 2017

Total Number of Work Days: Up to 100 days total maximum (to be charged per actual days worked)

To apply, email CV and cover letter to Emma Freeman at Emma.Freeman@thepalladiumgroup.com by January 15, 2017. Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please follow this link to apply: http://www.aplitrak.com/?adid=ZS5mcmVlbWFuLjIxMTIxLjM4MzBAcGFsbGFkaXVtLm...

Food Security Manager

PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Food Security Manager for the Development Food Assistant Program (DFAP) takes a leadership role in DFAP Food Security program coordination, needs / capacities assessments, staff and partner training, program implementation and evaluation. The DFAP Food Security Manager supervises the DAFP Food Security technical teams in South Kivu and Tanganyika Provinces, DRC.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Key Result #1 - Lead the Food Security program team and coordinate the various aspects of the DFAP food security portfolio (60%).
Key Result #2 - DFAP program staff development and partner training (30%).
Key Result #3 - Collaborate with FH / DRC leadership team for coordination of communications with external partners (10%).

MISSION STATEMENT
Motivated by Christ’s love, this position plays a key role in promoting the wholistic ministry of Food for the Hungry (FH) through the framework of the organization’s vision, “God called and we responded until physical and spiritual hungers ended worldwide”. In order to accomplish this vision, FH’s mission is to “walk with churches leaders and families in overcoming all forms of human poverty by living in healthy relationship with God and His creation”.

HOW TO APPLY:

For a complete version of the job description, qualifications, benefits, and to apply, access our Employment page on the FH website: http://www.fh.org/get-involved/employment

Regional Alternative Care Advisor IOR ESAF (Eastern and Southern Africa)

Established in 1949, SOS Children's Villages is a dynamic social development international organization working globally to meet the needs and protect the interests and rights of orphaned and vulnerable children.

The Regional Alternative Care Advisor will be responsible for designing, coordinating and monitoring alternative care initiatives in the region, with specific focus on Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zanzibar. In this work area, s/he provides expertise to Member Associations and proposes the related strategic goals and actions at regional and national level. S/he will also be responsible for establishing and maintaining a knowledge hub on behalf of the organization on all areas of alternative care.

Key performance areas and main responsibilities:

Coordinate regional program development on innovative alternative care

• To work with key Program co-workers to design and deliver innovative alternative care models within the region
• To coordinate the development of a regional alternative care strategy
• To monitor current debates within the organization, United Nations and other international forums on alternative care, and identify opportunities to shape and influence these policies
• To work with key Program co-workers to develop and maintain a knowledge hub and keep others in the organization informed of trends and opportunities
• To work with international liaisons to ensure that the region and Member Associations have relevant strategic connections
• Support reaching a consensus on SOS minimum standards on the implementation of the UN guidelines for the alternative care of children

Engagement with relevant stakeholders and the media

Based on an assessment of existing capacities, s/he will be expected to:

• Build and maintain contacts with relevant NGO networks working on alternative care to ensure the inclusion of SOS CV key messages into policy documents, meetings and events as appropriate
• Organize the regional alternative care conferences and other events, including liaison with other NGOs where appropriate in their design and implementation
• Represent the Association when appropriate at international, continental and national conferences, working groups and platforms of relevance, and incorporate other relevant co-worker(s) as necessary

Capacity building, knowledge management and information dissemination

• Develop, implement and evaluate different kinds of alternative care models
• Identify capacity gaps within the Regional Office and Member Association’s co-workers pertaining to alternative care of children, and facilitate capacity building processes accordingly
• Create, share, use and manage knowledge and information on alternative care within the region
• Develop and execute linkages between the regional advocacy strategy, national strategies and the alternative care models
• Remain informed and up to date on the main activities and events of the civil society within the region focusing on alternative care issues

Required Qualifications and Experience:

• Master's degree in human rights, child rights, international law, psychology, social work or other relevant social science degree
• At least 5 years of professional work experience in fields relevant to child protection and alternative care programming
• Demonstrated experience in building capacity of teams and staff;
• Aability to communicate clearly and audibly with different kinds of people; be it in the communities, or with government officials
• Highly developed leadership, facilitation and coordination skills;
• Knowledge of advocacy and awareness raising, policy influencing and monitoring and community mobilization
• Fluency in written and spoken English, with French and Portuguese being added an advantage
• Great computer skills: MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.
• Ability to plan, manage, organize and supervise others effectively
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to work well in a team as well as independently, and under pressure in response to changing needs
• Ability to plan well, set own targets and meet them

HOW TO APPLY:

Applications including at least three traceable referees should be sent electronically to:ESAF.HROD@sos-kd.org

If you don’t hear from us within 40 days, your application is not successful

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