Australia: Health Manager, Technical Services

Organization: Save the Children
Country: Australia
Closing date: 26 Sep 2014

About us

Save the Children is Australia’s leading independent humanitarian relief and development organisation for children. We protect and support children in need. We save lives in emergencies. We stand up for children’s rights.

About the role

The Health Manager’s technical leadership will define strategic direction and ensure high quality health and nutrition programming in domestic and internationally funded programs.

Through strong technical leadership the postholder will:

· Manage a vibrant health technical unit, which is viewed as a turn-to unit for technical expertise within SC Australia, the wider SC family and the sector within Australia and the Asia Pacific region

· Develop and implement a health and nutrition thematic strategy encompassing Save the Children’s theory of change and programming approach, influencing Save the Children International global strategy

· Improve the technical quality of Save the Children Australia’s health and nutrition portfolio through ensuring enhanced technical assistance to country programs, and through strengthening the capacity of staff to implement them

· Represent and intensify the voice of Save the Children Australia on health and nutrition issues internally and externally

About You

· Ability to problem-solve, multi-task, determine priorities, take initiative, and work independently and in multi-cultural settings.

· Strong interpersonal, oral and especially written communication skills, including strong public speaking skills.

· Demonstrated leadership skills across a range of diverse stakeholders in a complex environment.

· Proven expertise in Health and Nutrition international development work.

· Experience in program design and proposal development for private foundations, bi- and/or multilaterals, and/or Government.

· Experience in representation with international bodies, government, and donors.

· Experience designing and leading trainings and capacity building exercises for diverse target audiences.

· Demonstrated senior leadership and team management experience.

· Demonstrated experience in monitoring project implementation, technically and financially.

· Sound understanding and experience of the child rights approach to development.

· Experience of Emergency Health and Nutrition programming desirable.

· Degree in medicine or nursing desirable, with substantial experience in Health and Nutrition development-related work in international settings.

How to apply:

If you have the above skills and experience and you share our vision of a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation then we’d love to hear from you.

To apply please submit your cover letter and Resume via our careers pagehttp://www.savethechildren.org.au/about-us/careers

Applications close 26 September 2014

All applicants must undergo a National Police Check and sign the Child Protection Policy and Code of Conduct.