Director - Health and Nutrition
Job Description
Title: Director - Health and Nutrition
Company Name: Save the Children
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Contractual
Educational Requirements:
∎ Medical Graduate (MBBS) with master's in public health (MPH), preferably with advanced degree in health education.
Experience Requirements:
∎ At least 10 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Do you have proven leadership experience in Health and Nutrition sector in the country? We are looking for a dynamic, agile and proven individual to lead our Health and Nutrition sector (one of the five thematic sectors of Save the Children in Bangladesh). This is a Senior Management position, reportable to the Deputy Country Director. If you are up for excellence and excitement, this might be the position you are looking for as the role covers a broad range of responsibilities including strategic direction, innovative and scalable programming, resource mobilization, external representation, technical guidance and championing organizational values and culture.
∎ The greatest motivation for you could be the opportunity to be a part of Save the Children, the world`s leading independent organization for children. In Bangladesh, we have been working for last 53 years with impactful presence and reputation. We invite applications from potential candidates who have long experience in the Health and Nutrition Sector and have spent a substantial time in a leadership role. Qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply.
∎ Minimum requirements will be flexible for the potential female candidates.
∎ Contract Type: Regular
∎ The position is for Bangladeshi Nationals Only.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ The key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
∎ Programme Development & Resource Mobilization: Provide strategic guidance and active engagement in developing country strategic plan for the health and nutrition thematic areas in-line with the objectives of the SCI global strategy.
∎ Programme Management: Direct line management supervision of COPs/Project Directors/Project Managers implement specific health and nutrition projects/programs.
∎ Programme Quality: Mobilize internal and external capacity building opportunities and resources to ensure technical knowledge management within the team and provision of high-quality technical assistance to program implementation team.
∎ Human Resource management and development: Support in hiring, managing and providing guidance to all staff in the sector as and when needed.
∎ Representation and Networking: Ensure that country office has effective and appropriate representation at national, regional and international related forum and participates/contributes to conferences, workshops and meetings that will enhance our programs.
∎ Others:
∎ Participate in SMT & ESMT meetings and attend other meeting both within and outside SC and represent SC whenever requested by the Supervisor.
∎ Respond to natural disaster or emergency anywhere in Bangladesh serving as Health and Nutrition point person, if deployed.
∎ Champion GESI, Safeguarding and Risk & Compliance concepts and procedures to anticipate and prevent potential risks and report and respond to any non-compliances in this regard
Additional Requirements:
∎ Minimum 10 years' experience in health programming with diverse technical areas in public health domain, including 7 years' experience in a senior management position.
∎ Significant demonstrated experience in providing high quality technical advice in health and nutrition programmes for children both in development and humanitarian context.
∎ Understanding of Core Humanitarian Standard and emergency health and nutrition programming
∎ Experience in resource mobilization, business development
∎ Experience in national level advocacy
∎ A commitment to children's rights and an ability to provide leadership in this area.
∎ Experience in managing health related significant grants especially with USAID, the Global Fund, EU, F etc with excellent donor relationship.
∎ Experience with strategic planning process.
∎ Experience of working effectively with partner organisations.
∎ Demonstrable competence in training, monitoring and evaluation, policy review and formulation, proposal and report writing.
∎ Advanced knowledge on health sector policy and programs, the country situation
∎ Clear understanding of Government's policy as well as Donor's perspective
∎ Clear understanding of Donor landscape and financial strategy
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 1 Jan 2024
Company Information:
∎ 23 Dec 2023
∎ Save the Children
∎ Business : We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
- No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
- All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
- Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive workplace where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.
Category: Medical/Pharma
