The Senior Advisor, Newborn Health provides day to day technical leadership and program support for newborn health programming on the USAID flagship Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) at global and country levels with emphasis on the introduction and/or expansion of key newborn interventions: essential newborn care, neonatal resuscitation, care for preterm births including Kangaroo Mother Care, use of antenatal corticosteroids, and identification and management of newborn infections.
S/he supports the integration of newborn health interventions into other MCHIP technical areas such as maternal and child health, and family planning as appropriate. S/he maintains coordination and collaboration with key stakeholders in newborn health for MCHIP including other partners, professional associations and academic entities, and host country governments. S/he contributes to the expansion of newborn programming at Save the Children.
This position is based Washington D.C. and requires substantial international travel (30%).
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Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting change in the lives of children in need in the United States and around the world. Recognized for our commitment to accountability, innovation and collaboration, our work takes us into the heart of communities, where we help children and families help themselves. We work with other organizations, governments, non-profits and a variety of local partners while maintaining our own independence without political agenda or religious orientation.
When disaster strikes around the world, Save the Children is there to save lives with food, medical care and education and remains to help communities rebuild through long-term recovery programs. As quickly and as effectively as Save the Children responds to tsunamis and civil conflict, it works to resolve the ongoing struggles children face every day — poverty, hunger, illiteracy and disease — and replaces them with hope for the future.
Save the Children provides an attractive benefits package including competitive salaries, a matching retirement plan, health and welfare benefits, life insurance, an employee assistance program, generous time off and much more.
Save the Children provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, ancestry, sexual orientation, national origin, age, handicap, disability, marital status, or status as a veteran. Save the Children complies with all applicable laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.