Health Advisor – Lausanne, Switzerland At Terre des hommes

Position Start Date: 03.01.2022
Duration: 6 months, Maternity Cover
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Activity rate: 80%

Terre des hommes does not set closing dates for this position; recruitment is on-going until the position is filled

Tdh : Terre des hommes (Tdh) is the leading Swiss organisation for children’s aid. Since 1960, Tdh has helped build a better future for deprived children and their communities, making an impact with innovative and sustainable solutions. Active in around 40 countries, Tdh works with local and international partners to develop and implement field projects which improve the daily lives of over 4 million children and members of their communities, in the domains of health, protection and emergency relief. This engagement is financed by individual and institutional support, with administrative costs kept to a minimum.

Context: Terre des hommes (Tdh) focuses on developing and strengthening health activities to improve the conditions of the most vulnerable children around the world and to make a sustainable systemic change. In the frame of its Health Programme, Tdh focuses on improving access to good quality primary health care for children and their mothers with three defined priorities: perinatal health, digital health, and health systems strengthening.
In order to provide continuity to our activities at headquarters, we are looking for a qualified professional for a temporary replacement of our Health Advisor who will be on maternity leave.

Main Responsibilities:
The objective of this post is to support the Health Programme to reinforce Tdh’s position as a renowned international actor in Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (MNCH). Under the supervision of the Health Deputy Manager, the Health Advisor contributes with the definition and execution of health activities according to Tdh’s strategy and country needs, providing technical guidance in the areas of perinatal health, monitoring and evaluation, and knowledge management.

Function details :

1. Perinatal Health :

Evaluate the appropriateness and implementation of the perinatal health strategy.
Coordinate communications with expert advisors and regional and delegation health staff for perinatal health activities.
Provide sound, relevant, and up-to-dated guidance on perinatal health contributing to the development of project logical frameworks.

1. Monitoring & Evaluation :

Verify alignment of projects with health indicators framework.
Define and communicate a digital health indicators framework.
Support regional and country delegations on the development of project proposals.
Contribute to the analysis of health data and indicators for the institutional annual report.
Collect, synthesise, and document results, evaluations, and lessons learnt for reporting purposes.
Follow up predefined work plans and budgets of assigned projects.

1. Knowledge Centre :

Maintenance of the health knowledge centre with regular updates of key documents and events.
Made available a list of available and relevant trainings on health for all Tdh health staff.
Contribute to the periodical revision of Tdh’s web site providing updated information.

1. Other responsibilities :

Define and communicate of a Health-Migration integration roadmap.
Support the revision and ethical compliance of health projects.
Contribute to the definition of terms of reference for field missions and recruitment of consultants.
Participate in team meetings and external meetings of assigned networks and consortia.
Develop quality relationships with colleagues at headquarters and delegations as well as with external advisors, partners, and donors.
Under her perimeter of responsibility, represent the health programme within Tdh, and Tdh when in contact with external actors.

Profile:

Education/Qualifications :

Professional degree in nursing, medicine, or related health field.
A post-graduate degree in public health or health management would be an asset.

Experience :

Experience of at least 2 years on implementation of MNCH projects, preferably in low-income countries.
Experience on the implementation of monitoring and evaluation tools.
Experience on development of guidance documents and/or reports.

Language :

Excellent writing and oral presentation skills in French and English. Spanish would be an asset.

IT Knowledge :

Solid computer literacy skills, excel, word & PPT.

Tdh Global Code of Conduct and Risk Management Policies:

• Fully complies with Tdh’s Global Code of Conduct and systematically reports any breach to the Code through the whistleblowing procedure: raises awareness within the Foundation on abuse and violence and the rights deriving therefrom, respecting the rights and dignity of children, members of the communities and our own Staff
• Commits to respecting Risk Management Policies including: Safeguarding Policies (Child Safeguarding Policy, Policy on the Protection against Sexual Exploitation and the Directive on Staff Misconduct at the Workplace), Safety and Security Policy and Anti-Fraud/Corruption and Prevention of the Financing of Criminal Activities Policies
• Commits to reducing the risk of abuse and harm by developing a culture of open and informed leadership within the organization and in our work with children and the communities in which we intervene in.

We offer an exciting and varied work, useful and meaningful, in a team that wants to make a difference for vulnerable children.

Are you interested? Do you want to face this challenge?