Job Vacancy Announcement - Technical Health Advisor
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Bamako, Mali
Save the Children, a major international relief and development or-
ganization seeks a Technical Health Advisor, to be based in Bamako,
Mali. Reporting to the Sahel Field Office Director, the Technical
Health Advisor provides technical support and program development to
ensure that Save the Children's health programs in the Sahel Field
Office meet best practice standards and donor requirements in the
field of child survival and reproductive health.
The Technical Health Advisor will have primary responsibility for:
* formulating program design and developing proposals for funding;
* working with senior management staff to help ensure efficient and
effective planning and implementation of all health program activi-
ties in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso;
* ensuring monitoring and evaluation of all program activities
against established indicators;
* helping ensure compliance with all grant requirements;
* working closely with ministries of health in each country and with
local and international state-of-the-art organizations to present
promote and attract support for SC programming.
REQUIREMENTS:
* Masters' Degree in Public Health.
* At least five to seven years' management responsibility of child
survival, reproductive health/HIV/ AIDS programs in Africa.
* Demonstrated achievements in proposal development and program im-
plementation working with national staff and other partners.
* Experience with specific strategies including IEC targeting mothers
and youth, community-based distribution and community based primary
health care.
* Strong background in research, program monitoring and evaluation
using research methodologies and data analysis.
* School health programming experience.
* Ability to travel extensively within West Africa and occasionally
beyond.
Interested candidates send resume and salary requirements to:
Save the Children
Dept. 1113/ SH / MIM,
54 Wilton Road
Westport, CT 06880, USA
Fax: +1-203-221-4077
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Melanie Myers
Recruitment and Staffing Manager
Save the Children
mailto:mmyers@savechildren.org
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