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  • Posted: May 17, 2019
    Deadline: May 31, 2019
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    Catholic Relief Services (CRS) has been working in Ghana since 1958 in Health, Agriculture, Peace Building, Water and Sanitation, Microfinance and Education programs.Catholic Relief Services carries out the commitment of the Bishops of the United States to assist the poor and vulnerable overseas.
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    Technical Advisor I – Health

    Job Description

    • Support the development and contribute to the implementation of strategies, standards, tools and best practices in health that effectively engage partners, donors, and Ghana Health Services (GHS). Help ensure a cross-sectoral approach integrating gender, protection mainstreaming, beneficiary accountability and disaster risk reduction where relevant.
    • Provide technical solutions to health programming teams for strategic planning and how to best apply standards, best practices, partnership principles, tools and M&E, helping to ensure high-quality implementation.
    • Lead the development of the technical design and costing for health-related proposals.  Support the process of preparation, design, submission and approval of project concepts and proposals. As needed, act as a technical writer on proposal development teams. Advise project teams on integrating donor strategies, priorities and technical requirements into CRS’ approach.
    • Oversee the Rural Emergency Health Service and Transport (REST II) project and provide focused attention to health innovation/learning activities within this project.
    • Support the development, implementation, monitoring and documentation of a learning agenda for Ghana’s health portfolio and the dissemination/presentation of results; leverage results for new funding and incorporate in new project design.
    • Support capacity strengthening initiatives in health programming for staff and partner through helping develop learning and training strategies and agendas/curriculums, conducting trainings and workshops, and coaching.
    • Support in the preparation of progress and final program reports for donors with attention to data presentation and analysis and in accordance with CRS and donor standards and requirements.
    • Contribute to maintaining relationships with donors, peer organizations, research and other institutions, participate in forums in the area of health to collect and share best practices and promote CRS’ work.
    • Design/develop marketing and branding material for the health program portfolio for diverse audiences external to CRS.

    Requirement/Skills

    • Master’s Degree in Public Health or health related field required, doctorate degree preferred.
    • Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience with progressive responsibilities, ideally with an international NGO.
    • Knowledge of technical principles and concepts in public health. General knowledge of other related disciplines to ensure proper cross-sectoral approach.
    • Four or more years of experience in program implementation and program management.
    • Experience with program monitoring and evaluation and analysis.
    • Experience in project design and proposal development. Experience in writing content for proposals.
    • Experience working with local partners; knowledge of capacity strengthening best practices.
    • Experience and skills in networking and relations with donors, peer organizations, and faith-based and civil society partners. Understanding of partnership principles.
    • Proficient in MS Office packages (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Web Conferencing Applications, information and budget management systems, knowledge-sharing networks.
    • Strong inter-personal, relationship management skills with ability to influence and get support from people not under direct supervision and to work with individuals in diverse geographical and cultural settings.
    • Good strategic, analytical, problem-solving and systems thinking skills with capacity to see the big picture and ability to make sound judgments.
    • Good technical writing skills.
    • Presentation, facilitation, training, mentoring, and coaching skills.
    • Proactive, resourceful and results-oriented.

    Method of Application

    Interested applicants should send CVs and letter of interest to [email protected].

    The e-mail subject line for all applications and CVs should make reference to the position applied for: Application/CV. (Name) Health TA.

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