Advisor, Health

ChildFund Australia is seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Advisor, Health to support the strategic development of ChildFund Australia’s health projects. The focus will be on child health, maternal and child health, nutrition and disaster risk reduction (DRR) projects. Technical skills and project management experience in at least one of these areas is preferable. Reporting to the Head of Programs, the Advisor, Health will also provide direct technical support to our Country Offices in Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor Leste and PNG. International and interstate travel is required and the successful candidate must have the current right to work in Australia. Both full-time and part-time availability will be considered.

Key areas of responsibility:

• Program development and implementation
• Capacity building and knowledge management and support
• Relationship development, participation and maintenance

Qualifications and Experience

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline such as Public Health, Nutrition and/or Maternal Child Health.
• Significant previous work experience in international development, implementation, policy, and project management, technical support, interfacing with donors, networking and building relationships with a wide range of people from bilateral agencies, developing country government to community members.
• Solid experience in developing project proposals related to health.
• Sound experience in training and mentoring (adult education/capacity building)
• Experience in managing multi-sectoral, multi-country participatory/action research in the NGO context program and projects development in NGO setting
• Experience in supporting staff to design, implement and mainstream health and nutrition programs;
• Experience in Disaster Risk Reduction and health/nutrition response.
• Cross cultural experience in an NGO/Development context
• Experience in developing grant applications in the field of child protection
• Familiarity with child‐focused programming, and with the geographical areas of ChildFund Australia’s operations (Papua New Guinea, Viet Nam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos), including relevant language skills

If you wish to apply for this position, please visit our website: https://www.childfund.org.au/work-with-us/ and download the Position Description as well as the Application Form.

Please follow the application process addressed in the Application Form.

ChildFund is an equal opportunities employer.

Applications close: Wednesday 31 January, 2018.