Senior Director Health and Nutrition Implementation

JOB TITLE: Senior Director Health and Nutrition Implementation

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Nutrition Program Implementation

LOCATION: Islamabad/Peshawar

GRADE: 1

POST TYPE: National

Child Safeguarding Level 3 - the responsibilities of the post may require the post holder to have regular contact with or access to children or young people

ROLE PURPOSE:

The purpose of the post is to provide strategic, technical and management leadership, for the health and nutrition programs in Pakistan. The Sr. Director Health & Nutrition Implementation will be responsible to ensure quality and appropriateness of health and nutrition programs implementation, supervise and provide support to program implementation, strategize, and provide overall direction of all the health and nutrition programs. The Sr. Director Health & Nutrition Implementation will work at the national level in Pakistan to influence policy and ensure that best practices and lessons learned are utilized to improve existing programs and program development.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

As a member of the Expanded Senior Management Team, contribute to:

Provide quality leadership in the design and implementation of all health and nutrition programming.

Support the Country Office in its ambition to scale up in order to reach many more children in Pakistan.

Active involvement and participation by providing valuable input where required/needed.

Support the SMT to develop an organization culture where team work is applied and commitment and accountability is given value and importance.

Technical Expertise

In collaboration and coordination with the Director Health and Nutrition facilitate the provision of quality and timely technical support to program teams.

Identify and coordinate the acquisition of technical assistance from the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI) members.

In close coordination with the Director of Health and Nutrition, provide strategic direction to health and nutrition programming to ensure efficient and effective implementation and strategic opportunity for long term development.

Contribute in the donor Proposals and reports.

Management

• Provide management oversight in the implementation of the PEI Pakistan health and nutrition programs.
• Provide guidance and supervision to program directors and managers responsible for program implementation of existing and new health and nutrition programs.
• Provide program quality support for field staff, including training needs, needs assessments, accountability, and budget development/tracking.
• Coordinate health and nutrition activities with government ministries, donors, UN agencies, and local/international organizations.
• Provide regular coaching and mentoring to program staff under his/her supervision.
• Represent and participate in important national and international forums, meetings, conferences and workshops on health and nutrition matters

Perform other tasks as assigned.

Monitoring and Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

• Regularly analyze relevant data related to health and nutrition and work with program managers to incorporate and improve planned or new activities.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor activities and to provide timely advice and guidance. the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI)

SKILLS AND BEHAVIOURS (our Values in Practice)

Accountability:

· Holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modeling the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI) values

· Holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved

Ambition:

· Sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves (and their team), takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages others to do the same

· Widely shares their personal vision for the Poverty Eradication Initiative (PEI), engages and motivates others

· Future orientated, thinks strategically.

Collaboration:

· Builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters

· Values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength

· Approachable, good listener, easy to talk to

Creativity:

· Develops and encourages new and innovative solutions

· Willing to take disciplined risks

Integrity:

· Honest, encourages openness and transparency

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

· Masters level qualification in Public Health or equivalent

· Significant experience (minimum 5 years relevant experience) in managing complex health and nutrition programs and/or relevant field at scale.

· Experience in advocacy at the level of Govt., communities, NGOs, and donor agencies.

· Excellent management and communications skills.

· Ability to analyze and interpret health data.

· Ability to write clear and concise reports.

· Ability to work independently to a high professional standard.

· Fluent spoken & written English language.

· Understanding of security management and willing to live and work within difficult and remote environments, including conflict affected areas (FATA, DIK, Tank, Malakand Division and Balochistan)

· Proven training and capacity building skills.