Country: Bangladesh, India, Nepal
Closing date: 05 Jul 2016
Job description
The Regional Advisor is responsible for building competencies in the field of Health, to ensure the relevance and consistency of the projects carried out in the countries of intervention of the Asian region. (S)He will provide methodological, strategic and technical support for developing regional initiatives: networking and strengthening internal regional dynamics.
Main responsibilities
Contributes to the development and contextualisation of program strategies and policies at regional and headquarter levels.
Participates in country / regional situational assessments, strategic planning, project design, proposal writing, proposal review, reporting to donors in line with thematic policies and strategies.
Provides technical guidance and assistance to country and regional projects /programmes including monitoring, evaluations, capitalizations, baseline surveys, operations research and data analysis.
Supports programme and projects fundraising by leveraging existing results, identifying and cultivating opportunities, and pursuing these through proposal and concept note development.
Participates in the recruitment, mentoring and evaluation of key country programme staff in their thematic area
Develops local capacity in their thematic area through formal training,
Promotes the exchange of experiences and innovations across the region. Documents and shares lessons learned, best practices and research findings in the form of journal articles and presentations and consolidates regional data in periodic reports
Supports efforts to grow the program impact) through regional advocacy, relationship building, intelligence gathering and positioning.
Represents Tdh regional work to key stakeholders.
Manages regional advisor’s budget
Fosters links between his field and the other main and cross-cutting thematics.
Ensures the correct matrix organization structure with the operational staff and the thematic adviser referent (depending of the matrix of responsibilities around the Regional Advisor) and a good cooperation with other advisors and support functions.
The following competencies are required for the role
- Post-graduate qualification in Medicine (MBBS) and public health or a closely related field
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of current evidence-based obstetric care and internationally agreed global strategies and interventions for the reduction of maternal mortality and how to operationalize these.
- Experience in programme design/management, programme quality and performance assessment as part of ongoing efforts to improve aid effectiveness
- Experience in applying Behavior Change Communication models
- Skills in community participation in development projects
- Experience with adult learning methods and tools would be an asset
- Competence in emergency response would be an asset
- Experiencein collaborating with local NGOs preferred
- Knowledge in prospect research a plus
- Cooperates and contributes to achieving goals
- Supports and advises colleagues
- Adapts communication to the intercultural environment
- · Stays informed of any innovation in the field of work
- · Contributes to the development of tools and methods that might be useful in the field of work
- · Shows negociation skills
- Respect for others
- Fluency in oral and written communication in English, including representation, liaison and negotiation skills. Knowledge of Bangla and Nepali would be an asset. Computer literacy and familiarity with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint presentations, and Excel spreadsheets and budgeting).
How to apply:
Please apply online before the 05-JUL-2016 :
https://www.tdh.ch/fr/emplois/regional-health-advisor-asia
The post will be based in one of our Asian delegations: Dhaka / Kathmandu / Kolkata
In view of the regional span, salary will be defined according to the local conditions depending on the chosen base duty station.