Senior Technical Capacity Strengthening Advisor

About Us

GOAL has responded to the world’s main humanitarian crises since its founding in 1977, working with susceptible communities in 15 international locations throughout the globe with a devoted workforce of three,500 personnel. Whereas GOAL continues to be an agile first-responder to humanitarian crises, additionally it is dedicated to working with susceptible communities to assist them survive crises and assist them on the street to restoration.

Overview of the function

GOAL seeks a Senior Technical Capability Strengthening Advisor for the five-year, USAID-funded Strengthening Built-in Well being Providers Exercise (SIHSA) in Sierra Leone. The exercise goals to advance and maintain improved well being outcomes for Sierra Leoneans with a concentrate on, however not restricted to kids beneath 5, pregnant and postpartum ladies, youth and particularly adolescent women, and ladies and youngsters residing in hard-to-reach areas with restricted entry to well being companies.

SIHSA seeks to construct a sustainable and resilient well being system response to bettering entry, high quality and effectiveness of household planning (FP), reproductive well being (RH), maternal, new child and baby well being (MNCH), adolescent well being, and malaria companies. As well as, SIHSA goals at strengthening communities’ lively engagement for community-driven options to enhance well being outcomes.

Observe: This place is topic to award and funding from USAID. Sierra Leonean Nationals are inspired to use. Utility deadline date is 15/04/2024**

Obligations

The Senior Technical Capability Strengthening Advisor will work with plenty of native organizations to construct their technical and organizational capability in the course of the undertaking with an goal to transition particular technical areas of the undertaking to pick out organizations in the course of the course of the award. This place may have a vital function in assessing organizational capability, figuring out gaps and growing clear Transition Plans which can define the areas the place capability shall be constructed in the course of the first two years of the award. The Senior Technical Capability Strengthening Advisor will work with a spread of stakeholders from USAID, consortium companions and nationwide and native authorities and personal entities to facilitate and ship coaching, present teaching and supportive supervision in monetary, administrative and technical administration. Working carefully with native organizations to make sure there may be robust understanding of USG guidelines and laws, capability to ship on USAID applications together with monetary and programmatic reporting, a plan in the direction of attaining long-term monetary sustainability, a capability to recruit and retain excessive caliber personnel and to proceed delivering and prioritizing community-led improvement and advocating to key stakeholders on recognized neighborhood wants.

Individual Specification

The Senior Technical Capability Strengthening Advisor is anticipated to have the next expertise and {qualifications}:

• Grasp’s diploma in worldwide improvement, public well being, enterprise or related
• A minimum of 6 years of expertise implementing and managing donor-funded tasks in growing international locations and dealing in consortia.
• Demonstrated expertise working carefully with accomplice organizations and strengthening their administration, monetary and technical capabilities.
• Familiarity with the U.S. Authorities administrative, administration and reporting procedures and techniques and even earlier expertise supporting Transition Awards with native companions preferable.
• Some expertise with maternal, new child and baby well being, household planning, reproductive well being, adolescent well being, and malaria is most well-liked.
• Skill to construct robust relationships and partnerships throughout a spread of numerous stakeholders.
• Sturdy oral and written communication and presentation expertise in English are required.

GOAL is an equal alternative employer. We have a good time variety and are dedicated to constructing an inclusive surroundings for all staff. We all know that the extra inclusive we’re, the higher our work shall be.

All staff share within the duty for fulfilling GOAL’s dedication to equal employment alternative and equal remedy. GOAL doesn’t discriminate in opposition to any worker or volunteer; or any applicant for employment or volunteering on the premise of age, gender identification, ancestry, political opinion, civil standing, medical situation, ethnic background, incapacity, race, faith, sexual orientation, or every other attribute protected by relevant legal guidelines.