Ethiopia: Technical Team Leader- Health and Nutrition (Re-Advert)

Job Title Technical Team Leader- Health and Nutrition (Re-Advert) Code 0969 Place of Work Addis Ababa No of Positions 1 Monthly Salary in ETB As per the organization scale Length of Contract One year with possibility of extension

JOB SUMMARY

The Health and Nutrition (H&N) Technical Team Leader (TTL) is responsible for ensuring the quality of all SCI Ethiopia’s H&N Program in humanitarian and development contexts. This includes developing a multi-year thematic strategy and annual plans; working with donors and other NGO to identify funding opportunities; leading the design of new programs; developing and maintaining strong external relations with key stakeholders in particular the Government of Ethiopia Federal Ministry of Health; overseeing the provision of quality and timely technical assistance to all projects; leading/managing a team of experts; producing and utilizing high quality and well-articulated project evidence and research; supporting Communities of Practice to disseminate learning and knowledge; and supporting advocacy and campaign strategies. S/he represents SC values and principles in interactions with staff and external audiences, including frequent interaction with member technical staff. These values and principles include commitment to the mission of Save the Children, team orientation, quality management and leadership development, introducing systems and procedures to strengthen staff motivation and productivity. The H&N TTL will also understand our work in the field by frequently travelling to field locations. S/he is a member of Program Development and Quality (PDQ) Department Senior Leadership Team and the CO National Management Team.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY: Strategic Program Development and Representation • Provide overall leadership for the strategic development and quality implementation of the H&N program, including development of strategic plans and supporting a portfolio of projects, research and initiatives required to achieve of strategic objectives.
• Lead the strategic planning process for H&N and then annual operational planning based on the strategic plan, and regular internal program planning and review meetings for the health and nutrition teams, as well as related inputs to quarterly and annual reports. • Support MEAL for the documentation of program achievements • Communicate program achievements against agreed strategic objectives and milestones, and any emerging new evidence for a wide range of internal and external audiences. • Actively communicate and coordinate with the Directors and CD, other sector heads and relevant technical advisors and project managers to ensure integrated approaches across themes that take into account current good practices. • Ensure a deep understanding of FMOH priorities; communicate these to the H&N and relevant Program Operations team; and use these for program development and implementation. • Maintain and cultivate key external relationships including with the GOE FMOH, donors, multi-lateral organizations, and INGOs • Regularly coordinate with member technical staff. Identify technical support requirements, inclusive of field visits, as and when necessary. • Serve as the senior representative for all relevant external representation opportunities

Program Development • Oversee strategic fundraising to support implementation of the H&N Strategic Plan including advocacy. This includes identifying funding opportunities for projects, research and advocacy to support policy change objectives. • Analyze donor priorities and strategic plans in H&N. • Develop and maintain contacts with current and potential donors, potential partners and key technical agencies, in coordination with the Program Development Unit (PDU) and DCD PDQ. Attend relevant donor meetings and visits.
• In collaboration with PDU and SCI members, identify institutional and other funding opportunities. • Lead the provision of technical input to proposals • Support pre-positioning for identified opportunities including understanding FMOH and donor priorities, and identifying partners • Contribute to the development and regular updating of an SCI Ethiopia fundraising opportunities matrix. • Ensure current technical knowledge, research and current/previous programming lessons learned and good practices are used in proposals.

Program Quality and Effectiveness • Ensure all projects and research is carried out to high technical standards.
• Ensure relevant, timely, and high-quality technical support is provided to all H&N projects throughout the project cycle. • Work closely with Program Operations teams to support quality implementation including incorporation of recommendations for technical improvements.
• Conduct regular field visits to provide supportive supervision to programs. • Lead the development of a robust evidence-based learning to support program implementation, development and advocacy. Ensure that lessons learned and good practices are properly documented, effectively disseminated and, where appropriate, incorporated into wider advocacy initiatives. • Work closely with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning (MEAL) team to ensure quality benchmarking is in place for program implementation and all evaluations are conducted at a high level of quality. • Work with MEAL to ensure dissemination of learning and knowledge to H&N PDQ and relevant Program Operations and partner staff through the active use of one or two Communities of Practice
• Develop and implement effective strategies to integrate resources and lessons of large stand-alone projects in the thematic area; support cross-fertilization of good practices. • Understand cross-cutting issues of resilience, gender, child participation, and others to ensure their incorporation into program design and implementation. • Support Program Operations and Awards in submitting quality donor reports by providing timely and thorough technical review of such reports including recommendations on how these reports could be improved.

Policy Analysis, Policy Engagement and Advocacy for Policy Change • Oversee the development and implementation of Save the Children’s H&N advocacy work. Provide technical guidance to advocacy efforts (objectives, messages, targets, approaches) and manage the achievement of each specific objective. • Develop relevant policy briefs and position papers related to the H&N Program. Lead in networking and articulating SC’s position, policy and strategy in national forums and meetings.
• Ensure that the voices of children guide advocacy and policy change objectives and related activities. • Keep abreast of national policies and global trends/good practices in the area of H&N, analyze and share with relevant PDQ H&N and Program Operations staff- ideally through the Community of Practice. • Represent Save the Children in relevant working groups, task forces, seminars and related fora in the thematic area; and among donors, UN agencies, International NGOs, and national and sub-national government counterparts.

Staff and Budget Management • Lead and manage the H&N team composed of health and nutrition experts. Provide ‘dashed-line’ technical leadership for all SC H&N Program technical staff in Ethiopia. • Ensure the ‘right-sizing’ of the H&N team structurally and lead the identification of H&N specialist staff. • Coaches, mentors and provides structured training as necessary to team members. • Develop and manage budgets for staff of the H&N team, advocacy, consultancies and research, as required. • Conduct regular, comprehensive performance management. This includes work plans and performance reviews and support of staff learning and development. • Identify succession plans and team members with high capacity for future promotion

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION AND EXPEREINCE

• Post graduate level education or extensive experience in health or nutrition. • A minimum of 10 years management experience in a development environment working on H&N programs, including significant field experience with both emergency and development programs. • A recognized national expert in H&N • Strong technical experience overseeing or managing H&N activities in NGO, bilateral or multilateral agencies. • Experience providing technical oversight to a portfolio of diverse projects, including humanitarian and development, and research and advocacy projects. • Successful track record in designing and contributing technically to proposals for funding • Strong FMOH and donor relationships • Proven representation, influencing and advocacy skills and experience. • Strong analytical and writing skills with demonstrated ability to write briefing papers (ability to present complex information in a succinct and compelling manner) and reports. • Proven ability to manage a networked team of professionals, with good communication and interpersonal skills and an ability to motivate staff. • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching • Experience in humanitarian programs and preparedness. • Experience working with government partners, with partner agencies, including local partners, and in consortia and relevant to resilience programming. • An understanding of child rights programming and commitment to Save the Children values. • Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures • Strong results orientation, with the ability to challenge existing mindsets • Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload • Excellent spoken and written English • Good computer skills (particularly Excel, Word and database)

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants who met the MINIMUM requirements should send the following through ethiopia.recruitment@savethechildren.org on or before April 09, 2016. a. A CV (not more than 3 pages) b. A cover letter (not more than one page) c. A one page table summarizing your educational background, work experience, technical skills and competencies to facilitate the screening process. Refer the vacancy announcement while doing this Please DO NOT SUBMIT copies of transcripts, academic degrees or recommendation letters with the application. You will provide them upon request. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STATE THE CODE OF THE VACANCY ON THE SUBJECT OF YOUR EMAIL. For hard copy applicants you can forward your application through Save the Children; P.O. Box 387; Addis Ababa; Ethiopia ensuring that the job title is clearly stated in the cover letter. All applications should be received within 10 days of this advertisement.

In the selection of its staff, Save the Children is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities. “We need to keep children safe and as such, our selection process reflects our commitment to ensuring that only those who are suitable to work with children are considered for these posts. All successful applicants will, therefore, be required to complete a Police Check and must sign onto our Child Safeguarding Policy and Code of Conduct.”

Note: All travel costs should be covered by the applicant if invited for written exam or interview.