Save the Children - UK
The job of a Save the Children UK’s Director of Deputy Head & Technical Advisor is exciting and challenging
§ Do you have experience working with partners and stakeholders in the Health and Nutrition?
§ Do you have a background in public health?
Do you have hands-on experience of enabling knowledge management and creating learning platforms to advance objectives
§ Are you motivated by our vision of creating a world where every child doesn’t just survive but thrives and can go on to change the world – and of inspiring and leading others to do the same?
If the answers to these questions are yes, we would love to hear from you!
Note:
To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
About Us
Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.
Job Purpose
Reporting directly to the Head of Pneumonia Support Hub, you will be responsible for leading on as well as coordinating and supporting the work Save the Children members, regional and country offices to achieve the movement-wide ambitions around Pneumonia and Child Survival – a key pillar in Save the Children’s “Healthy Start in life” strategy.
As a rights-based organisation, we are committed to anti-racism and actively opposed systemic oppression of any form. You will support our commitment to celebrate diversity, challenge inequality, and build an inclusive environment for every one of our employees so we can better represent the children we protect.
Main Accountabilities
The Director of Deputy Head & Technical Advisor’s key duties will be to:
Programme and Technical Leadership
§ Lead on movement-wide coordination working with programme, advocacy and technical colleagues to surface and share the latest updates, resources and expertise related to our Pneumonia and other high burden diseases, as well as related “Healthy Start in life” technical priority areas.
§ Work closely with the Pneumonia Support Hub Head, and perform deputy functions, to identify any synergies needed to support Save the Children’s wider “Healthy Start in life” ambition
§ Lead the coordination of 2022 annual workplan and the development of a workplan for 2023
§ Support resource development and financial strategies, as well as ensuring reporting and monitoring requirements are met
§ Work closely with the Hub’s Research and Data Adviser, to ensure monitoring and tracking of progress of the PCC global strategy and workplan
§ Work closely with multi-disciplinary focal points supporting via LOE to the hub, as well as the Every Breath Counts Lead, to ensure our pneumonia beacon country advocacy alignment.
Coordination, Networking and Knowledge Management
§ Maintain and support linkages between global workstreams, backstops and the pneumonia beacon country focal points associated with our existing community of practice
§ Support and ensure integration with the Save the Children International Programme Quality and Impact (PQI) Health and Nutrition team and other PQI thematic breakthroughs
§ Represent Save the Children internally and externally in relevant child health/healthy start events and meetings
§ Foster program relationships between relevant Save the Children Members, regional and country office staff and coordinate efforts on work in overlapping countries
§ Establish and maintain internal knowledge management and learning platforms to facilitate the transfer and strengthening of knowledge within Save the Children pneumonia beacon countries as well as other country offices prioritizing child survival
§ Coordinate with PQI knowledge management and communication colleagues to produce required products
Person Profile
Skills
§ Experience working with partners and stakeholders in the Health and Nutrition (i.e. national governments, NGOs, multi-laterals and/or foundations)
§ A background in public health and ideally experience of working within a high-burden disease countries (pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, etc)
§ Significant project management and coordination experience, along with proven mediation and facilitation skills
§ Experience of successfully working and navigating multi-layered institutions
§ Hands-on experience of enabling knowledge management and creating learning platforms to advance objectives
§ Good technical knowledge in the team’s area of focus to support Save the Children’s existing Childhood Pneumonia Community of Practice
Abilities
§ A proven capacity to build and maintain excellent relations and to work effectively in a multicultural and multi-ethnic environment respecting diversity
§ A demonstrable ability to think critically, objectively, analytically and strategically, solve problems quickly and show initiative
§ Strong personal organisational and self-management skills with an ability to work in teams and motivate others
§ A self-starter using initiative to see opportunities to achieve objectives in this role
Aptitude
§ A demonstrable commitment to the principles of diversity and inclusion and their practical application and integration in the work environment
§ A commitment to Save the Children UK’s aims and core values of accountability, ambition, collaboration, creativity, and integrity
Save the Children UK is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity in all aspects of our work both external and internal. We strive to be an inclusive employer and particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, and from less advantaged socioeconomic backgrounds.