Deadline of this Job: 31 August 2022
About Palladium:Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.
This Opportunity:
Our Data, Informatics, and Analytical Solutions (DIAS) group is made of three portfolios that strengthen and harness digital and data ecosystems to accelerate development investments and outcomes: 1- Information Systems, 2- Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Analytics and 3- Digital Solutions and Transformation.
Palladium is seeking a Regional Technical Advisor to support the Translating Data for Implementation (Data.FI) Project. Data.FI is a five-year global project funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the HIV and COVID-19 response. Data.FI partners with programs to accelerate and sustain access to high-quality data to expedite HIV and COVID-19 epidemic control and maintenance. By improving global, regional, national, and community/local in-depth analyses of HIV and COVID-19 epidemiologic and programmatic data, Data.FI expedites program achievements to improve client services and attain and sustain control of the epidemics. Data.FI supports host country governments to enhance existing health information systems (HIS), informing management responses to gaps in programming and sustaining impact by supporting local partner transition.
The Regional Technical Advisor, Data Use and Quality Improvement will provide technical backstopping to country programs in the area of data use and quality improvement to strengthen government initiatives to prevent and control HIV and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. This position is supervised by the Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use.
Location:
This position will be based in one of Palladium’s offices in Africa including South Africa, Tanzania, Nigeria, and Kenya, depending upon work authorization.
You and Your Career:
If you have exceptional facilitation skills, proven expertise in quality improvement, deep familiarity with PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) indicators, demonstrated capacity building and mentoring expertise, a keen understanding of health systems in Africa, and an interest in using data to improve health outcomes, we are interested in hearing from you.
We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!
Reporting and Supervision:
• This position will report to the Senior Technical Advisor, Data Use
• The position will entail up to 25% regional travel within Africa dependent on funding and COVID-19 restrictions
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
• The Regional Technical Advisor, Data Use and Quality Improvement will provide technical assistance to teams implementing data use and quality improvement initiatives at central, regional and district levels in the African Region. Specific responsibilities are:
• Lead and facilitate regular data review with counterparts in government, partner organizations and project teams designed to solicit feedback on bottlenecks and identify barriers to performance, implementing or strengthening QI and data use initiatives in the areas of HIV prevention and treatment, COVID-19 response, and vaccine deployment
• Design, plan and deliver on activities, particularly those related to improving health outcomes by supporting program improvement actions and data-informed strategic planning
• Use QI tools to develop and institutionalize processes for data review and analysis within Ministries of Health designed to articulate priority questions of interest and identify public health challenges, gain new insights, and make recommendations for improvement accordingly
• In collaboration with data engineers and visualization specialists, support the development of compelling data visualization products (dashboards and standard analyses) for use by government and other stakeholders to monitor performance against established targets for improved resource allocation and corrective action
• Support capacity building in data analysis and interpretation with government stakeholders to identify root causes of performance problems and collaboratively engage in corrective action planning with stakeholders
• Liaise with project stakeholders to plan, implement and review activities across the region for workplanning and reporting purposes. Mentor staff, including the Data.FI/Palladium Data Use Advisors in African buy-ins, and supervise consultants as needed
• Participate in the development and review of training materials and facilitation guides related to data use and quality improvement for utilization at the national and sub-national levels
• Work with the Data.FI Communications team to produce regular data use briefs, blogs, and materials for dissemination
• Contribute to proposal development through contributions to strategy, partnerships and written contributions to the technical approach and capability statements
Key Competencies Required:
• Experience in HIV/AIDS programming and PEPFAR MER indicators and/or in COVID-19
• Working knowledge of and interest in health information systems and data analysis and use
• Deep experience in quality improvement and/or promoting data demand and use in a global health context
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex activities, meet deadlines, and exercise sound judgment and discipline
• Willingness to think outside the box, approach challenges with creative solutions
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a global team with a high degree of drive, initiative and autonomy
• Prior experience of working in a fast-paced, solution-focused and dynamic workplace, with expert skills in multi-tasking
• Ability to work cross-culturally with flexibility across time zones, accommodating meeting times beyond the regular workday when required
• Ability to travel regionally throughout Africa, up to 25%
• Professional oral and written communication skills in English
• Demonstrated project management skills
• Ability to use Microsoft Office suite, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Proven ability to consolidate learnings and synthesize findings for impact among diverse audiences
Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:
Advanced technical skills in a Data.FI strategic area: digital health, data governance, collaborating, learning, and adapting (CLA) or local partner capacity building and transition
Fluency in French
Current use of project management software
Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.
Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.
Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as “the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm”. We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.
Deadline of this Job: 26 August 2022
OverviewEvery child has the right to survival, development and protection, fundamental rights which the Regional WASH Technical Advisor will work to uphold through programming and advocacy. The Regional WASH Technical Advisor will use their in-depth contextual understanding, technical expertise, and relationship building skills to define and deliver our strategic ambition and direction for WASH. In addition, the Advisor will play a critical role in growing the funding portfolio for WASH, including supporting Country Offices in identifying and positioning for key opportunities and developing proposals to ensure child outcomes. The Advisor will also provide technical assistance and capacity building to their Country Office counterparts to ensure the implementation of high quality and high impact WASH programmes, and supports the generation of evidence to demonstrate impact and sharing learning across our programmes, teams and partners. This role includes representing Save the Children in internal and external fora and contributing to thought leadership on priority issues.
In order to be successful, you will bring/have:
Qualifications
• Masters degree in public health, health related disciplines, water engineering or equivalent post-graduate qualification.
Experience and Skills
• At least 7 years' experience of delivering high quality WASH programmes with experience in humanitarian preparedness and response.
• Understanding of the development/humanitarian WASH and public health sector in East and Southern Africa region.
• Excellent knowledge of theories and practices related to integration of WASH, including health promotion and disease prevention, community-based health interventions and school water and sanitation.
• Knowledge of global health issues, specifically relating to children and women, and the current trends, methods, approaches, policies and strategies to address national and global health issues, using WASH approaches in the context of conflicts, natural disasters, and recovery.
• Experience of strategy development and planning to develop multi-year, multi-stakeholder public health programmes for both development and humanitarian settings.
• Experience of context, capacity and policy analysis, and influencing and advocacy at regional/international level in order to hold duty bearers to account to realise children's rights.
• Skilled at networking, representation and partnership development in order promote learning, strengthen civil society and mobilise resources.
• Able to generate and use data and evidence to innovate, deliver, learn and share what works and what doesn't work for children. Leverages evidence in advocacy work with donors and governments on policies and responses to structural drivers
• Experience of promoting quality and impact while incorporating gender equality and inclusion, resilience and safe programming.
• Demonstrated program design, monitoring and evaluation skills, including designing pathways to sustainable impact at scale.
• Track record in successful business development/fundraising with major institutional donors and UN agencies, in both development and humanitarian settings.
• Significant experience in training, capacity building, and mentoring with proven experience in facilitating presentations, webinars and multi-day training events.
Desirable:
• Experience in first wave humanitarian response, including multi-sector assessments and health response strategies.
• Contract duration: 2-year Location: East and Southern Africa
The Organization
• We employ approximately 25,000 people across the globe and work on the ground in over 100 countries to help children affected by crises, or those that need better healthcare, education and child protection. We also campaign and advocate at the highest levels to realise the right of children and to ensure their voices are heard.
• We are working towards three breakthroughs in how the world treats children by 2030:
• No child dies from preventable causes before their 5th birthday
• All children learn from a quality basic education and that,
• Violence against children is no longer tolerated
We know that great people make a great organization, and that our employees play a crucial role in helping us achieve our ambitions for children. We value our people and offer a meaningful and rewarding career, along with a collaborative and inclusive environment where ambition, creativity, and integrity are highly valued.