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Humanitarian Advisor

1 month ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Save the Children Full time
The Save the Children Fund, commonly known as Save the Children, is an international non-governmental organization that promotes children's rights, provides relief and helps support children in developing countries

Role Purpose:


The Humanitarian Advisor - Health Informatics is a key member of Save the Children's Humanitarian Public Health team (HPHT) and is responsible for leading on the technical and operational needs of health informatics priorities and platforms to ensure that Save the Children's health information system, IMPACT (DHIS2), and other systems and processes are well-functioning.

The role will provide timely guidance and technical support to IMPACT users and technical teams in relation to their heath informatics needs and use of existing data to support decision-making across the movement


This position reports to the Senior M&E Advisor, Humanitarian Public Health and will serve as a member of the HPHT, the Humanitarian Health sub-team and as a member of Save the Children's broader One Humanitarian Team and will work closely with Global Humanitarian Technical Advisors, the Global Monitoring, Evidence and Learning team, Digital Analytics teams and Country Office Technical Advisors to ensure timely support and guidance.


EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
Essential

Minimum of a Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 7 years of relevant experience
Qualification or equivalent experience in public health or health information systems
Proficiency in use and maintenance of DHIS2
Excellent computer literacy, including advanced Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills

Experience developing and conducting training programs for field staff including curriculum design, presentation and teaching skills, and training-of-trainers methods.

Experience conducting quantitative and qualitative data analysis and interpreting results, and experience using statistical software.

Ability to work under tight deadlines, manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and work effectively both independently and as part of multicultural teams.

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.
Excellent computer literacy, including advanced Microsoft Office with advanced Excel skills
Ability to solve problems, work under own initiative and see tasks through to completion
Proven organisational and time management skills with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines while maintaining attention to detail
Experience organising and delivering training to colleagues in person and remotely
Fluency in written and spoken English
Understanding of and commitment to humanitarian work
Ability to travel up to 30%, including to ongoing humanitarian settings

Desirable:
Formal qualification in DHIS2
Formal training in or experience of data protection regulations (including GDPR) and their application to digital information systems
Experience working in or supporting humanitarian health crisis
Experience using web content management systems and or with HTML5
Fluency in written and spoken French, Arabic or Spanish

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