International Rescue Committee Senior Technical Advisor, Emergency Health Jobs in Kenya
Scope of Work
The Senior Technical Advisor, Emergency Health will be responsible for the strategic and technical delivery, quality and communication of emergency health work within the IRC; this includes primary (and some targeted secondary) health care (including child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, maternal and newborn care, mental health and psychosocial support), sexual & reproductive health and rights, environmental health (including WASH), nutrition, and preparedness and response. Importantly, this role will steer strategic direction, technical resource development and overall leadership related to the IRC’s Emergency primary healthcare (PHC), Nutrition and WASH (EH) programming. The STA will additionally prioritize management and capacity development of the health Emergency Response Team (ERT), Emergency Surge Team (EST) and Global Surge Team (GST) through ongoing 1-1 support, mutual identification of areas and opportunities for professional development, and prompt recruitment of crucial emergency health p
Responsibilities
Provide solid technical and strategic leadership for the initiation and quality delivery of new classified emergencies and outbreaks per the QiE technical assistance model.
Provide response support, technical leadership, and strategic direction to the health ERT.
Ensure program quality, accountability, and consistency in emergency & outbreak response programming by providing remote and on the ground technical support for country program-led responses and ERT/EST and GST during deployments.
Directly supervise ERT & GST coordinators, providing ongoing mentoring and technical strengthening during and when not deployed for ERT.
As required, deploy to lead emergency health programming or outbreak response start-up in complex or large-scale emergencies (30% of time and maximum 6 weeks for single deployment). This is inclusive of, but not limited to, responsibilities such as:
Work closely with the deployment team to identify appropriate emergency health staff to be deployed to support responses as needed.
Ensure all emergency health response tools and resources are current and available to response teams.
Requirements
Work Experience:
8-10 years of experience in emergency public health programs including outbreak response implementation in low resource settings, and emergency (conflict, disaster/crisis and outbreak) settings. Field experience in emergency public health and outbreak response strategy development, program design and implementation, working across sectors or disciplines, and in coordination/team leadership roles is required. Field experience in leading strategy and implementation for conflict and/or outbreak preparedness & response is required. Proven skills in development of operational guidelines and tools, delivery of training/on-the-job mentorship, and in program monitoring and evaluation. Proven experience in representation, advocacy, communications, and resource mobilization.
Master’s degree in public health, global health, health service management or equivalent is required; First degree in health care (eg. Doctor, Nurse, Midwife) is desirable. Additional experience may substitute for advanced qualifications in public health.
Demonstrated expertise in humanitarian emergency health, nutrition and WASH assessments, strategy development, program design, operational planning, proposal development, implementation, and in monitoring.
Demonstrated expertise in bridging conceptual frameworks and operational guidance, ability to turn concepts and strategy into measurable action.
Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate and supervise teams; Ability to provide technical assistance and transfer knowledge and skills, either through formal/informal training, on the job coaching and mentoring, adapting to needs and level.
Highly organized, with excellent skills in prioritization and multi-tasking. Proven project management experience.
Outstanding capacity to understand country and emergency contexts.
Demonstrated success in working with donors, partners, and media, at global and field level.
Demonstrated abilities to build consensus among and facilitate decision making across multiple stakeholders
How to Apply
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