Save the Children believes every child has the right to a future. In Canada and around the world, we do whatever it takes – every day and in times of crisis – to support children to fulfill their rights to a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. With over 100 years of experience, Save the Children is the world’s first and leading independent children’s organization – transforming lives and the future we share.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE:

Reporting to the Head of Program Quality and Impact, this position plays a leadership role in the development, implementation and evaluation of Save the Children Canada’s Health and Nutrition portfolio. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor will be the technical lead for engaging key donors (largely GAC) in pre-positioning for funding opportunities, as well as developing both concept notes and funding proposals. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor distills learnings from this portfolio to produce programming guidance and evidence on gender-transformative Health & Nutrition programming, thought leadership, and compelling fundraising proposals. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor stays abreast of industry developments and maintains relationships with key players in the Health and Nutrition space, both in Canada and at the international level. This position will also lead engagement in the Canadian Health & Nutrition sector as well as the greater Save the Children network in line with organizational strategic objectives. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor represents Save the Children Canada and provides strategic leadership within the Canadian sector. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor provides people leadership to the Health & Nutrition team in Canada, in addition to guiding the work of other Thematic Advisors working in Health and Nutrition projects. The Senior Health & Nutrition Advisor will also help support Save the Children’s policy advocacy work, including profiling with the Canadian Government.

 

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Business Development and Donor Engagement

• A primary focus will be pre-positioning and new opportunity generation from institutional (largely GAC) and private sources and assessment for funding Health & Nutrition programs in alignment to global and strategic plan and growth targets.
• Lead proposal development and technical oversight, leveraging technical expertise and project learnings from Save the Children programs in the Health & Nutrition sector.
• Design relevant technical tools for business development in addition to socializing them with the business development and technical teams while also providing oversight on their use.
• Support Country Offices to build Save the Children Common Approaches into project design.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships with key funders/donors, research institutes, peer NGO agencies, partners, and sector thought leaders in the Health & Nutrition sector.

 Thematic & Strategic Leadership, Portfolio Oversight and Technical Quality Assurance

• Lead the development and monitoring of the organization’s Health & Nutrition program vision and impact strategy.
• Provide leadership and strategic oversight of the organizations’ Health and Nutrition portfolio in both development and humanitarian contexts.
• Lead the translation of organizational strategy into concrete objectives and initiatives in the area of Health & Nutrition.
• Maintain line of sight on technical quality at the country level through effective relationships with Regional and Country offices, enabling timely provision of technical input and oversight.
• Manage and acquire strategic partnerships with research and technical partners in the area of Health and Nutrition.
• Lead the development, dissemination and monitoring of program quality tools including supporting program evaluations in the area of Health and Nutrition, with a focus on gender-transformative and adolescent-friendly health and nutrition programming.
• Collaborate globally with Save the Children peers and participate in relevant Health & Nutrition initiatives and working groups to achieve thematic outcomes and drive Save the Children breakthroughs.
• Representation on relevant Technical Working Groups within Canada and within Save the Children, in leadership and/or support roles.
• Provide strategic advisory support to SCC senior leadership related to Health & Nutrition.
• Provide support to the leadership and delivery of Save the Children Common Approaches in the area of Health & Nutrition.

Advocacy and Communications

• Support the development and execution of advocacy strategy to influence policy changes and resource mobilization, including producing high quality thought leadership materials and leading positioning activities such as representation at industry panels, presentations to donors, participation in external practitioner networks, and global Working Groups.
• Support the production of high quality thought leadership materials and other products to engage the public around Health & Nutrition initiatives.
• Act as a spokesperson for the organization around Health & Nutrition issues.

Program Learning & Innovation

• Lead the design, testing, and evaluation of innovations to advance gender-transformative and adolescent-friendly Health & Nutrition programming.
• Distill learnings and evidence generated into succinct and compelling programmatic guidance and thought leadership for internal and external consumption.
• Monitor developments in the sector and field to develop and refine program models and identify new research opportunities.
• Co-lead program impact initiatives on Health & Nutrition with the objective of generating compelling evidence on the organization’s Health & Nutrition portfolio, informing quality program design and implementation as well as innovations and best practice.
• Share results, evidence and learnings of Save the Children Common Approaches implementation with key internal and external stakeholders.

 Staff Management, Capacity Strengthening and Mentoring

• Lead the Health & Nutrition team in Canada to support strategic organizational goals.
• Provide mentoring and coaching, actively supporting the professional development of International Programs employees and their efforts to build knowledge of gender-transformative and adolescent-friendly Health & Nutrition programming.
• In compliance with HR policies and the Collective Agreement, lead employees using a performance management process that includes performance goal setting, timely feedback, and recognition.
• Manage new employees onboarding, ensuring employees receive relevant training and tools to be successful in their roles.
• Model behaviours consistent with Save the Children values, actively creating an organizational culture that reflects the organization’s values and principles.
• Managerial responsibilities of ensuring health and safety, proactive risk management through organizational policy enforcement and maintaining currency of organizational policies and procedures, and integrating Child Safeguarding practices across our work.

Qualifications include (but are not limited to):

• Completion of University Degree, plus post-graduate degree or professional designation (M.B.A.): Master of Public Health or related field.
• Direct experience (e.g. same or similar position) minimum 10+ years’ work experience in international development, with a focus on health and nutrition.
• Strong understanding of the global health and nutrition policy, partner and donor landscape in Canada.
• Demonstrated experience in developing and executing strategic plans in the area of Health & Nutrition.
• Demonstrated experience in a technical advisory role, successfully leading the design, implementation and impact measurement of health and nutrition programs.
• Demonstrated experience in direct line management of staff.
• Demonstrated field experience working directly on project implementation.
• Demonstrated experience with gender-transformative programming in various sub-thematic areas such as Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Nutrition, etc.
• Successful proposal development track record, with prior experience with Global Affairs Canada (GAC)-funded projects; knowledge of GAC policies and procedures; knowledge of Results-Based Management (RBM) approach.
• Experience in developing organizational policy positions and supporting the delivery of advocacy strategies.
• Supervisory/managerial experience minimum 3 years of experience in people management.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of gender equality principles and practices.
• Demonstrated thought leadership expertise such as contributions to academic journals, books, articles, speaking engagements, leading conference presentations and panels.
• Is a strategic big picture thinker, with the ability to engage at detailed project level.
• Strong facilitator, with experience convening and coordinating working groups.
• Is innovative, develops new ideas, and demonstrates adaptability.

 

 WHAT WE OFFER

This position salary range between $84,357.50 – $98,934.03 CAD depending on skills and experience. In addition to this, our employees will have the following package of additional benefits:

• Comprehensive benefits package for you and your dependents available in three months after employment.
• Coordinated benefits for your partner paid by Save the Children Canada.
• Hybrid workplace, and flexible work hours to support employee wellbeing and productivity.
• Confidential Employee Assistance Program services available to you and your dependents from your first day of employment.
• Discounted rate for a GoodLife membership.
• Organization-wide membership with Headspace.
• 3 weeks of annual leave.
• In addition to annual leave, we offer a December 25 – January 1 office closure (SAVE Days) so we can all recharge simultaneously.
• Paid 3-day-personal days.
• Paid 2-day-float days.
• Paid 10-day-sick leave.
• Parental leave top-up.
• Employer contributions to group pension plan.
• Learning and development opportunities and specialized training.

HOW TO APPLY?

If you are interested in this position, please visit https://www.savethechildren.ca/ and submit your resume and cover letter by 5:00 PM EST November 18, 2024. Internal candidates, please apply via ADP by 5:00 PM EST November 11, 2024. Applications will be reviewed on ongoing basis. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

It is our individual and collective responsibility to ensure all children are protected from deliberate or unintentional acts that lead to the risk of, or actual, harm caused by our employees. Each employee shall be aware that there may be additional vulnerabilities facing children associated with their age, socio-economic background, disability, gender, racial heritage, religious belief, identity, sexual orientation or identity, and is committed to ensuring this does not form barriers to effective safeguarding.

Each employee is committed to fostering and sustaining a safe environment through proactive, accessible, and effective approaches that seek to prevent and respond to any harm to the children including but not limited to sexual exploitation and abuse. SCC and all its employees will take all reasonable steps to make itself safe, both as an organisation and in the conduct of all aspects of its day-to-day operations of emergency, humanitarian, developmental, policy, campaigning and administrative work.

SCC is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please notify Human Resources (416) 221-5501