Save the Children - US
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Summary
The Senior Advisor, Maternal and Reproductive Health is a critical member of the Save the Children (SC) Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Adolescent Health (RMNAH) team and as such will provide institutional, technical and strategic guidance and support to Save the Children’s global work in maternal and reproductive health programming. In this role, you will provide technical assistance to country offices to help assess needs and opportunities, and design and support the implementation of high quality, effective, state-of-the-art Maternal and Reproductive Health programs in selected high priority country offices. You will also represent SC/US in the broader international maternal and reproductive health community, assist and support other SC/US teams, as appropriate, and collaborate with Save the Children International (SCI) and other Save the Children members in defining and advancing SCI’s global maternal and reproductive health agenda.
What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)
Technical Leadership and Support for Maternal and Reproductive Health (50%)
- In collaboration with the Managing Director, RMNAH, define the vision, strategy and operational plan for SC’s global maternal, newborn and reproductive health work.
- Be accountable for achieving the results set out in the strategic and operational plans and be able to articulate sector approaches to measuring global results and monitoring progress towards agreed upon results.
- Provide senior level technical expertise and oversight to ensure programs apply evidence-based maternal and reproductive health interventions and approaches, and develop and support new state-of-the-art approaches.
- Serve as a principal expert in maternal and reproductive health, and integration of maternal and newborn health within SC and with external partners.
- Work with SC country offices to build their maternal, newborn and reproductive health programming capacity, including approaches to integrating maternal, newborn and reproductive health into other health programming, and especially into nutrition, livelihoods and HIV work as needed.
- Provide leadership, training and technical support for workshops, and collaborate in developing training modules and other tools, as needed.
Mobilize Public and Private Resources (20%)
- Collaborate and develop long-term funding strategies for SC’s technical and programming priorities in maternal and reproductive health.
- Establish and maintain new/existing relationships with key donors (headquarters and regional/country level) and program partners to grow maternal and reproductive health portfolio.
- Play a leadership role in identifying, developing and submitting quality proposals in maternal, newborn and reproductive health.
Program Learning and Innovation (20%)
- Articulate key maternal and reproductive health program innovation and learning priorities, especially related to key gaps in the evidence base for programming, and the steps needed to inform policy, and translate policy into practice at scale.
- Identify best practices from country programs and global work, document these practices, and disseminate and promote uptake within the agency.
- Share SC best practices internally and externally, and introduce new evidence-based best practices into SC global and country level work.
- Support monitoring and evaluation, including high quality baseline, midterm and final evaluations and other program planning assessments, with a focus on sound data collection, analysis, and interpretation for program management, proposal development, and documentation of project innovations and impact.
- Represent Department of Global Health (DGH) on maternal and reproductive health-related matters internally and externally including technical working groups and coalitions, and on specific technical topics with donors, academic institutions, and other organizations.
Technical Leadership for Policy and Advocacy (10%)
- Help define SC’s global advocacy agenda related to MRH to advance key agency priorities.
- Contribute to building alliances and strategic partnerships to influence policy and support learning and innovation.
- Provide technical expertise to policy and advocacy related to the maternal and reproductive health for country and global advocacy efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience in international maternal and reproductive health programming
- Demonstrated experience and expertise in maternal health, family planning/reproductive health systems strengthening and service delivery
- Demonstrated experience in facilitating midwifery clinical training
- Previous experince with USAID and other global donors and strong record of fostering new and effective partnerships within the US and with international partners
- Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
- Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
- Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
- Willing and able to travel internationally up to 15%
Preferred Qualifications
- Health professional (MD or BSc or higher nurse midwife) with midwifery training skills (pre-service and/or in service clinical training)
- Professional proficiency in French
Compensation
Save the Children is offering the following salary ranges for this position, dependent on candidate location:
- Geo 1 – NY Metro, DC, and other locations with labor costs significantly above national average: Target Salary for this position is $108,800 – $121,600 base salary
- Geo 2 – Locations around the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $98,600 – $110,200 base salary
- Geo 3 – Locations significantly below the US National Labor Cost Average: Target Salary for this position is $88,400 – $98,800 base salary
Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, base salary of internal peers, business sector, and geographic location.
Why you should join the Save the Children Team…
Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.
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