🇸🇱 Job Vacancies @ International Rescue Committee (IRC) – Multiple Openings

Requisition ID: req53288

Job Title: Call for Local Health Experts

Sector: Health

Employment Category: Consultant

Employment Type: Part-Time

Open to Expatriates: No

Location: Sierra Leone

Work Arrangement: In-person

Job Description

Rol e requirements for Short Term Technical Assistance (TA) and Long Term Technical Assistance (TA):

•  Public health specialists with strong experience providing technical assistance on health system strengthening, primary health care, and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health with a proven track record of working with country governments (or Ministries of Health) and provision of technical and strategic support to their priorities.
•  Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality technical and analytical products, including but not limited to tools, policies, policy briefs, technical and analytical reports, research products, and other relevant program documents.
•  Broad knowledge of the wider determinants of health (including nutrition, climate, etc.) and able to engage meaningfully on WASH, nutrition, and other aspects of SRHR.
•  Familiarity with FCDO's EPD strategy and key barriers to progress.
•  Skills in program design and development networking with international and national institutions and development agencies which promote primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
•  Policy and advocacy skills and experience advising government actors.
•  Specialized expertise in one or more technical areas: health systems strengthening, reproductive health care, health policy and administrative management, essential nutrition, family planning, and primary drinking water supply and sanitation.
•  Flexibility and adaptability to provide focused technical support in various settings and experience advising government actors in policy and the design of investments.
•  Experience and ability to provide leadership and direction to political leaders and operate in a flexible environment.
•  Ability to navigate a flexible and dynamic environment where priorities may shift, requiring adaptability and resilience to respond to changing directives and evolving program needs.
•  Ability to work in complex and fragile settings.
•  Fluency in English is required, and fluency in the language(s) of flagship countries is preferred. eUH1szM C0zkIc
•  Qualified candidates from the flagship countries are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Rol e requirements for Short Term Technical Assistance (TA) and Long Term Technical Assistance (TA):

•  Public health specialists with strong experience providing technical assistance on health system strengthening, primary health care, and reproductive, maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health with a proven track record of working with country governments (or Ministries of Health) and provision of technical and strategic support to their priorities.
•  Demonstrated ability to develop high-quality technical and analytical products, including but not limited to tools, policies, policy briefs, technical and analytical reports, research products, and other relevant program documents.
•  Broad knowledge of the wider determinants of health (including nutrition, climate, etc.) and able to engage meaningfully on WASH, nutrition, and other aspects of SRHR.
•  Familiarity with FCDO's EPD strategy and key barriers to progress.
•  Skills in program design and development networking with international and national institutions and development agencies which promote primary healthcare, reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health.
•  Policy and advocacy skills and experience advising government actors.
•  Specialized expertise in one or more technical areas: health systems strengthening, reproductive health care, health policy and administrative management, essential nutrition, family planning, and primary drinking water supply and sanitation.
•  Flexibility and adaptability to provide focused technical support in various settings and experience advising government actors in policy and the design of investments.
•  Experience and ability to provide leadership and direction to political leaders and operate in a flexible environment.
•  Ability to navigate a flexible and dynamic environment where priorities may shift, requiring adaptability and resilience to respond to changing directives and evolving program needs.
•  Ability to work in complex and fragile settings.
•  Fluency in English is required, and fluency in the language(s) of flagship countries is preferred.
•  Qualified candidates from the flagship countries are strongly preferred.

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