About HelpAge
HelpAge International works with partners and a diverse global network of more than 199 organizations over 98 countries, supporting millions of older people to live safe, dignified, and healthy lives. Through our partnership and collaborations, we work to ensure the inclusion of older people across society and strive to deliver a just and fair world for everyone, whatever their age.
About the Job
We are seeking a passionate, professional and experienced candidate to support our Healthy Ageing portfolio, someone who thrives in collaborating with others (inside HelpAge International and beyond) and who can work in agile ways and across boundaries.
This role will focus on advancing Universal Health Coverage (UHC) with a specific emphasis on ensuring that the needs of older people are addressed in UHC processes. The individual will lead advocacy and policy work, coordinate with partners and stakeholders, and contribute to key global health processes like the World Health Assembly and WHO engagements.
Key areas for impact/influence and responsibilities
- Lead the organisation’s work on Universal Health Coverage policy and advocacy to ensure older people’s voices are heard and their needs and rights responded to in UHC processes at all levels. This will include advancing our UHC fit for an ageing world framework and strategy, building partner capacity, stakeholder engagement, participation in key meetings and events, and delivering an impactful influencing strategy around the upcoming high-level meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases (HLM NCDs)
- Co-lead the UHC Thematic action group and the delivery of the UHC TAG advocacy and campaign plan
- Co-lead the older people’s health and care champions group, building the capacity and shaping the work of the group
- Contribute to the wider work of the Healthy Ageing platform, including the leadership group, the work of other thematic action groups, and technical leadership on catalytic grants related to UHC
- Lead HelpAge engagement in WHO processes, including WHO Executive Board and World Health Assembly
- Contribute to stakeholder analysis and engagement, including leading HelpAge engagement within specific alliances, groups and in key meetings
- Contribute to resource development and fundraising, identifying relevant opportunities, developing and delivering project and programme proposals, and shaping donor engagement strategies
- Provide technical expertise and support to HelpAge and the network, including reviewing reports, documents, project proposals and contributing to the design and delivery of funded projects and programmes.
- Produceanddisseminate communications, including articles, blogs, briefings, reports and statements on key issues
- Contribute to horizon scanning, keeping up to date with and sharing global health and ageing news and opportunities across HelpAge and the network and providing strategic analysis to inform our work
- Support improved Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning on healthy ageing and utilisation of related information, data, learning and evidence across the network.
Skills and experience required
Essential
- In depth knowledge of health and care, public health and global health, ideally with a Master’s Degree or higher in related topic.
- At least 10 years’ experience working on health and care in development and/or humanitarian contexts.
- Demonstrable skills and experience in designing and delivering impactful advocacy strategies to influence decision-makers at national and international levels, including governments, UN system, donors and civil society.
- Experience of working on policy development.
- Ability to conduct and deliver thorough analysis, research, report writing and dissemination of information to a broad range of audiences.
- Ability to think strategically and analytically.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and dependably with colleagues and in a way that encourages experimentation, learning and agency.
- Strong facilitation and convening skills.
Desirable
- Experience working with older people and/or on older people’s health and care specifically
- Previous experience working with HelpAge
- Speaking Spanish
Key Behavioural Competencies
At HelpAge International, we believe in the importance of empowering our people to be change makers and leaders at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our values, challenging themselves every day to identify issues that are most important to older persons and their communities, and to make an impact that matters.
In addition, as an HelpAge employee you are expected to:
Working Collaboratively with Others: Work collaboratively, building mutual trust and respect, with external organizations and partners to achieve our strategic aims and objectives; being accountable for the work we do together.
Adaptability and Flexibility: Adapt to new directions or opportunities arising within the organisation and in our work area; being flexible in our role, constantly using the feedback to learn more and evolve further.
Supporting and Facilitating Change: Lead behavioural and cultural change through embracing a supportive, collaborative and highly inclusive environment where everybody feels supported, respected and engaged.
Extend HelpAge’s Reach and Impact: Extend HelpAge’s reach and impact by creating and identifying new business development opportunities and building relationships with new partners.
Diversity and Inclusion: Lead and promote a culture of including the voices of older people across our support, convening and thought leadership roles, in a way that is transformative, empowering and highly inclusive of those marginalised by gender, economic status, disability and other factors of discrimination.
Leading Others (for managers): Demonstrate strong leadership to own unit/department and manage people in a well and reputable manner. Create an atmosphere of trust and an enabling environment where staff can contribute their best and develop their potential.
Safeguarding
HelpAge International is committed to safeguarding the communities with which we work, our partners, staff and any others who we come into contact with. The post holder will also be responsible for:
- Preventing harm and abuse from our people, operations and programmes to anyone that encounters our work.
- Reporting all safeguarding incidents you see, hear, hear about or suspect, using our internal reporting mechanism.
- Complying with all safeguarding framework policies and practices.
- Completing mandatory training courses relating to our safeguarding policy framework and complying with HR vetting procedures.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
All employments at HelpAge International will be subject to satisfactory references and appropriate screening checks, which can include misconduct disclosure schemes and terrorism finance checks.
How to apply
All interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their Cover Letter and CV only to Jobs@helpage.org not later than Sunday, 16 February 2025 . Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.