SENIOR SPECIALIST, FAMILY PLANNING AND EMERGENCY OBSTETRICS CARE GLOBAL

 
Save the Children is seeking a Senior Specialist for Family Planning (FP) and Emergency Obstetrics Care (EO) who in emergencies will provide technical assistance in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of FP and Emergency Obstetrics funded projects in Pakistan and DRC; foster relationships with stakeholders; liaise with training institutes; document lessons learned; deploy to new emergencies and support countries with a high IDP and refugee population in start-up and scale up of FP and EO programs, supporting overall emergency health programs. Responsibilities: Provide technical support: conduct baseline assessments; provide management oversight (incl. finance and grants) of DRC and other new countries with FP/EO programs; Prepare reports, review workplans; support capacity building initiatives. Strategic and Operational Planning: Participate in agency/ departmental/ operational strategic planning process; support emergency health and nutrition strategic planning process. Program and Innovation Documentation: Assist programs and stakeholders in documenting program innovation. Program and Proposal development: Coordinate and support proposal development on emergency health and emergency FP/EO. Emergency Response: Deploy to new emergencies; Scale up and initiate FP and EO service delivery, support overall Emergency health response. Other duties as identified by Save the Children. REQUIREMENTS: Registered Nurse; Midwife or related medical training required; 5-7 years' experience with program management, emphasis on technical design; implementation and monitoring of reproductive health and health programs in emergencies. Fluent in French. Proven experience in family planning programming in developing countries. Previous experience and skills in emergency obstetrics care and EO programming. Proven report writing experience; community mobilization; experience and knowledge of health information systems. Demonstrated ability and experience in capacity building, trainings, competency-based training. Excellent organizational skills. Able to work as a team and independently; Strong written and verbal communication skills; strong interpersonal skills; strong change management and decision making skills. Experience working in insecure areas and emergency settings. Employee Type: Full time. Save the Children is the leading independent organization for children in need, with programs in over 120 countries, including the United States. We aim to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children, and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives by improving their health, education and economic opportunities. In 2010, we improved the lives of over 64 million children in need in the United States and around the world. Our goal is to reach more than 74 million children annually by the year 2012. Join our dedicated and diverse staff committed to improving the well-being of children. TO APPLY: Please apply on our website www.savethechildren.org. Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more. We are an equal opportunity organization dedicated to our core values of Accountability, Ambition, Collaboration, Creativity and Integrity.