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TITLE: Senior Advisor – MaMoni Health System Strengthening Program
TEAM/PROGRAMME: MaMoni Health Systems
Strengthening Program
GRADE: TBC
LOCATION: Dhaka, Bangladesh
CONTRACT LENGTH: Until June 2017
CHILD SAFEGUARDING:
Level 2: either the role holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part
of their work; or they will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal
executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or as applicable).
ROLE PURPOSE:
Save the Children is seeking a Senior Advisor for a Health System Strengthening Project in Dhaka,
Bangladesh. The project focuses on strengthening the health systems at national, district and sub-district
levels. The goal is to assist Bangladesh Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOH&FW) to scale up evidencebased, high-impact maternal, newborn, child health, family planning and nutrition interventions that
contribute to significant reductions in maternal and child mortality in Bangladesh.
The Senior Advisor will report to the Chief of Party and work with and other senior team members to
provide technical and managerial leadership for the implementation of the project. S/he will provide essential
management support to the project, which includes working with all stakeholders to develop project
workplans and budgets through extensive consultations, ensure timely completion of deliverables, facilitate
coordination among thematic teams, and support program learning and dissemination efforts. The Senior
Advisor is also expected to contribute to the national level advocacy and technical assistance efforts to
enhance the health systems responsiveness for achieving improved maternal, newborn and child health
outcomes. S/he will also oversee the result-oriented management of partnerships and subgrants.
Overall the position provides input to the strategic and operational plan for the project. Provides supervision
and mentoring support to direct reports. Builds effective relationships with peers and managers and
maintains cordial working relations with all project staff, partners and stakeholders.
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Reports to: Chief of Party
Number of direct reports: Senior Manager – Strategic Communications, Advisor - Advocacy & Media and
Deputy Manager - Coordination
KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
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Lead the annual planning processes, in close collaboration with district implementation team and the
thematic teams; be responsible for the submission and finalization of the annual workplans and annual
budgets.
Coordinate regular review of project performance and make necessary mid-course corrections and
adjustments to implementation plans and budget
Guide and support the Finance and Grants team to develop the project annual budget in line with the
workplan; and periodic budget revisions and adjustments
Review and finalize all documents, data, reports to be shared with USAID and respond to all requests
for information from SCUS, Jhpiego or USAID
Track progress of programs against deliverables specified in the original proposal and with detailed
approved work plans;
Ensure timely completion of project reports and other USAID deliverables – Quarterly reports, Annual
Reports
Conduct regular programmatic and managerial reviews with partners and subgrantees and oversee
implementation of recommendations for result-oriented management
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Represent the project in relevant Technical Working Groups and other task groups established from
time to time to provide technical assistance for health systems strengthening, for advocacy or to facilitate
stakeholder coordination.
Support and coordinate international technical assistance needs with the technical team; coordinate
with STTA to determine the timing and content of TA inputs; ensure follow up actions
Support the ACPL team to prepare abstracts, papers for publications, policy briefs and other documents
for dissemination; ensure the technical and scientific appropriateness of products for publication
Advise the implementation teams and thematic teams to develop tools and guidelines to facilitate
periodic program reviews at national and district levels and guide necessary mid-course corrections;
Participate in the program senior management team meetings and contribute to the program level
management decision-making;
Provides supervision and mentoring for the Communications Team and guides the strategic
communication efforts of the project
In collaboration with the COP, represent the program in appropriate technical and managerial advisory
groups with government, external stakeholders and with USAID;
Respond to natural disaster or emergency anywhere in Bangladesh serving as Health, Nutrition &
HIV/AIDS point person, if deployed;
Carry out any other assignments requested by the Supervisor.
BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
Accountability:
 Holds self accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role
modelling Save the Children values
 Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom
to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance
and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved
Ambition:
 Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own
personal development and encourages others to do the same
 Widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
 Future orientated, thinks strategically.
Collaboration:
 Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external
partners and supporters
 Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
 Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to
Creativity:
 Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
 Willing to take disciplined risks
Integrity:
 Honest, encourages openness and transparency
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
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Master’s degree in Public Health or an advanced degree in a health management related discipline;
At least 7 (seven) years of overall experience in managing international public health programs
Expertise in multiple technical areas is highly desired, such as maternal, newborn child health, nutrition,
health systems strengthening or health policy
Superior writing skills, including expertise in writing scientific documents, manuscripts and documents
for publication
Past experience of managing USAID funded projects in a developing country context is highly desired
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 Experience in the development of detailed implementation plans and budgets
 Proven leadership skills and expertise in strategic program planning, implementation and management;
 Ability to build capacity and collaboration between governmental and non-governmental partners and
other project implementers;
 Experience in designing, analyzing, editing and presenting data for donor reporting and presentations;
 Excellent technical writing skills in English and strong oral presentation skills;
 Demonstrated ability to manage a large-scale, complex program, work collaboratively across technical
disciplines and implement according to plans;
 Willingness to conduct frequent field trips to districts and communities. About 30 percent of the time
will be required for field travel.
Date of issue: 19/01/2016
Author: SCI
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