Senior Advisor, Adolescent Family Planning and Maternal & Newborn Health (open to remote SCI locations) At Save the Children – US

Staff whose work requires or potentially could require any in-person interaction with Save the Children colleagues, partners, or beneficiaries must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless otherwise required by law. Save the Children complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

Summary

The Senior Advisor, Adolescent Family Planning and Maternal & Newborn Health (FP/MNH) will provide technical expertise to projects focusing on FP and MNH for adolescents and youth in several countries. You will provide capacity strengthening and ongoing coaching for country-based teams working on community- and facility-based FP and MNH interventions specifically tailored to adolescents and youth. You will advance global thought leadership on key aspects of adolescent FP and MNH, contribute to establishing and advancing project learning agendas, and will lead documentation and sharing efforts through technical and peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. You will also contribute to new business development opportunities through proposal development, strategic positioning, and partnership development.

What You’ll Be Doing (Essential Duties)

Technical Expertise to Country Program Efforts (45%)

• Provide ongoing support to Save the Children country teams and/or local partners to develop, implement, and refine evidence-based FP and MNH approaches for adolescents, including targeted postnatal care and postpartum FP for young first-time parents, adolescent-responsive health systems efforts, and efforts to address social norms that limit adolescents’ uptake of FP, MNH, and other essential services.
• Support country teams to document and apply program results and lessons learned to refine activities and implementation.
• Provide adolescent FP and MNH capacity-strengthening and mentorship to Save the Children country teams and local partners.
• Drive development and implementation of innovative FP and MNH approaches for adolescents.
• Input into monitoring and evaluation plans, data collection tools including monitoring tools and databases, facility assessment and supervision tools, and training materials.

Technical Thought Leadership and Documentation (40%)

• Contribute to regular donor reporting for global and multi-country projects in adolescent sexual and reproductive health.
• Lead and collaborate with project staff to translate project learning and results into accessible technical products, conference presentations, webinars, and/or peer-reviewed journal articles for global and country stakeholders focused on adolescent FP and MNH.
• Conceptualize, convene, and present in technical consultations, webinars, and other engagements internally and externally.
• Facilitate and contribute to external communities of practice in adolescent sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on adolescent FP and MNH.

Resource Mobilization (15%)

• Facilitate adolescents sexual and reproductive health, FP, and MNH program design, contribute technical content, and review drafts for FP, MNH, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, or integrated proposals.
• Cultivate partnerships with diverse organizations related to adolescent FP and MNH programming, research, and learning.
• Support country offices in positioning for funding opportunities.
• Stay informed of global technical and donor funding trends to ensure that proposals are evidence-based and responsive to donor requirements and priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least seven (7) years of relevant experience
• Professional proficiency in MS Office suite
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English
• Demonstrated ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with individuals and teams at all levels, both internally and externally
• Demonstrated commitment to fostering and maintaining and environment of diversity, inclusion, and belonging
• Proven proficiency in design, implementation, and monitoring of FP and MNH programs, particularly for adolescents and youth, in low- and middle-income countries
• Demonstrated experience working within health systems in low- and middle-income countries
• Proven experience in strengthening the capacity of Ministry of Health and other local partners in FP and MNH for adolescents
• Demonstrated knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research methods and interpretation
• Demonstrated experience with applying implementation learning and applying evidence and learning to rapidly adapt programming, such as through collaborating, learning, and adapting approaches
• Demonstrated commitment to innovating and adapting, delivering results, creativity in problem solving and decision-making
• Experience with developing technical products (briefs, reports and manuscripts)
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally up to 25%

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical degree (e.g., nursing, midwifery or medical)
• Personal and professional commitment to FP and MNH for adolescents and youth
• French proficiency
• Experience with global, multi-country projects funded by USAID and/or Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Why you should join the Save the Children Team…

Save the Children US offers outstanding benefits that include health, dental, vision and life insurances, pet insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage, an Employee Assistance Program, 403(b), generous vacation, personal sick leave, family leave, parental/adoption leave, commuter benefits, dress for your day, and much more.

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