Health Advisor

Job description

With 75 years of experience, our focus is on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.Come join our 31,000+ staff working in nearly 100 countries and share the joy of transforming vulnerable children’s life stories!Employee Contract Type:Local – Fixed Term Employee (Fixed Term)Job Description:The Health Advisor leads World Vision Malawi’s health and nutrition programming. Sponsorship-funded maternal, newborn and child health programming is delivered through 28 Area Development Programmes in 16 districts. Grant-funded programming extends delivery to almost nationwide coverage and includes Global Fund-supported HIV and tuberculosis services and malaria prevention. The Advisor supports integrated health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in coordination with the WASH Manager. As part of the Business Development and Impact technical team, the Advisor works with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, Finance, Communications, sector advisors, local partners and Operations to strengthen programme quality and resource mobilisation.Major Duties and Responsibilities1. Resource Mobilisation, Donor and Government EngagementLead technical contributions to resource mobilisation by identifying and tracking opportunities, developing fundable health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene concepts, and contributing technical content, evidence and costed inputs to competitive proposals.Maintain current intelligence on sector developments, evidence, innovation, government policies and plans, donor priorities and funding mechanisms.Map and engage bilateral and multilateral donors, development banks, relevant health financing mechanisms, United Nations agencies and World Vision Support Offices. This includes the Global Fund and Gavi where relevant.Maintain a forward-looking funding pipeline and health engagement plan, identifying the purpose, timing and follow-up for priority engagements.Prepare and conduct targeted donor and government meetings with clear agendas; document minutes, commitments, action owners and deadlines; follow up actions; and update the engagement plan and tracker.Work with Business Development and Impact, technical colleagues and Communications to prepare sector capacity statements, competency statements, briefs, presentations, case studies and other evidence-based external engagement materials.Share opportunities and funding intelligence with the senior leadership team and Operations.2. Programme Quality, Learning and Technical SupportProvide technical guidance across World Vision Malawi’s health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene work in 28 Area Development Programmes in 16 districts and across grant-funded and emergency programmes delivered with local partners and by World Vision Malawi.Lead or facilitate technical consultations at national and district levels with government counterparts, Operations teams and partners to resolve implementation challenges and promote consistent quality.Develop, adapt and support the use of technical guidance, standards, tools and standard operating procedures.Work with Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning colleagues to develop and adapt assessment, monitoring and learning tools that capture relevant standards, indicators, inclusion and safeguarding considerations and are practical for teams and partners.Contribute technical input to grant opening and management meetings; review programme and donor reports for technical accuracy and evidence; facilitate after-action reviews; and support application of lessons.Promote safeguarding, child protection, gender and disability inclusion, and accountability to affected people, escalating significant risks promptly.3. Programme DesignLead or contribute to health, nutrition and water, sanitation and hygiene contextual analyses, needs assessments and evidence reviews across Area Development Programmes, and grant-funded programmes, emergency responses and funding opportunities for which World Vision Malawi is positioning or preparing proposals.Use assessment findings, government priorities, donor strategies and emerging evidence to identify needs and design options.Co-design technically sound programmes with local partners, government structures and relevant academic and technical institutions.Contribute to design workshops, theories of change, results frameworks, logical frameworks and proposal content, including programming in primary and community health, maternal and child health, nutrition, immunisation, malaria prevention, Global Fund-supported interventions and water, sanitation and hygiene.Work with Business Development and Impact, Finance, Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning, and Operations to prepare feasible designs with clear activities, targets, staffing, implementation arrangements and cos