Senior Health Advisor

Requirements

To be successful, you’ll need:

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• Strong technical experience in WASH and health integration, WASH in health care facilities, health systems and programming, public health, environmental health, and/or other inter-related topics such as nutrition, cholera, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, across different settings, demonstrated through a progressive career record.
  
• A relevant post-Graduate degree or equivalent work experience.
  
• Strong experience in offering technical assistance, consulting, and/or advisory services to empower and to develop capacities.
  
• Ability to handle highly specialised, unusual, and challenging technical assignments, resolve complex issues in practical and imaginative ways.
  
• Strong writing ability in English. Experienced in producing practical knowledge products targeting needs of diverse audiences.
  
• Organised and efficient. Demonstrated ability to drive tasks forward to completion in a timely manner while maintaining high quality.
  
• Solid IT skills, particularly with core Microsoft Office software.
  
• Ability to travel internationally up to 30%.
  

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• Provide in-depth strategic and technical advisory support on WASH and health integration, WASH in health care facilities, health systems and programming, public health, environmental health, and/or other inter-related topics such as nutrition, cholera, neglected tropical diseases, maternal and child health, infection prevention and control, for high quality WASH programming in both urban and rural, low-income settings, including households, schools, health care facilities and/or other relevant public places, incorporating WaterAid’s and the sector’s leading practices, innovations and methods.
  
• Provide high quality, detailed technical analysis and advisory support to project design, inception, implementation, troubleshooting, monitoring, and/or assessments.
  
• Co-lead capturing of organisational programme knowledge and experience on health-related topics.
  
• Support country, regional and global colleagues to develop a consistent understanding and application of health-related technical considerations into WaterAid's core programme work, and in applying relevant guidance, standards and considerations to their specific context.
  
• Support fundraising, external engagement, and communications
  
• Champion WaterAid’s commitment to equity, inclusion and safeguarding.