Summary
The Advisor, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health plays an essential leadership role in managing the ASRH team, covering programs in 17 countries and guiding strategic vision for ASRH. Working closely with country offices and the Department of Global Health, the Advisor ensures that ASRH programs are evidence-based and align with reproductive health team’s strategic approaches with reproductive health programing for Very Young Adolescent, Older Adolescents and First Time Parents. S/he plays a critical leadership role in proposal development and driving programmatic excellence across Save the Children’s global movement through the creation of ASRH common approaches. The Advisor combines strong program technical knowledge with exceptional project and team management skills and the ability to lead by influence. S/he will bring the gravitas to represent Save the Children’s growing ASRH portfolio externally.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities and Impact
Lead the ASRH team and cross-sector collaborators to articulate ASRH program strategy and Theory of Change. (30%)
Foster collaborative working relations, a results orientation and a holistic vision amongst the ASRH team members and collaborators in the education and livelihoods departments to inspire quality thematic results. Ensure program approaches are evidence-based and aligned with our vision for age and life-stage ASRH programming. Manage and inspire ASRH teams learning agenda, innovations and documentation efforts.
Provide Technical Leadership and support for quality programming and innovation (20%)
Provide technical assistance to support high quality design, implementation, monitoring, learning and evaluation of ASRH programs, including efforts on very young adolescents, strengthening demand and supply of SRH and family planning services for older adolescents and first time parents. Strengthen the capacity of country office staff to implement quality ASRH programing using state-of-the art approaches and identify opportunities for innovation.
Lead Resource Mobilization to grow the ASRH portfolio and maintaining Save the Children’s ASRH leadership (30%)
In collaboration with Department of Global Health senior leadership, position SC as a market leader in ARSH and provide strategic leadership on USG opportunities, from teaming to proposal development. Lead proposal development for ARSH work and provide and input into integrated health services opportunities. Work with resource development to identify new ASRH opportunities from private foundations, corporate partners and individual donors. Guide program growth and funding for innovation through sponsorship programs.
Raise the visibility of Save the Children ASRH capacity (20%)
Lead the Save the Children International ASRHR Strategy Group and ASRH growth with smaller Save the Children members. Represent Save the Children externally in technical working groups, consultations and conferences, as well as with donors and multi-lateral stakeholders.
Impact
This position is the most senior ASRH team member, managing a person technical assistance team. As a sub-team on the Maternal and Reproductive Health team, this position plays a critical role in meeting our strategic vision for maternal sand reproductive health. This position leads by influence, requiring a high level of maturity, a sense of responsibility and passion for ASRH. Key accountabilities include leading the execution of the ASRH strategic plan and developing annual workplans, ensuring programs are state-of the art and evidence based, ensuring the team is united around a learning agenda and documenting results to increase visibility and galvanizing cross sector programming for adolescents.
Required Background and Experience, Skills and Behaviors
Candidates must have current eligibility to work in the US for any employer.
Save the Children invests in childhood – every day, in times of crisis and for our future. In the United States and around the world, we are dedicated to ensuring every child has the best chance for success. Our pioneering programs give children a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. Our advocacy efforts provide a voice for children who cannot speak for themselves. As the leading expert on children, we inspire and achieve lasting impact for millions of the world's most vulnerable girls and boys. By transforming children's lives now, we change the course of their future and ours.
Save the Children is committed to conducting its programs in a manner that is safe for the children it serves and helping protect the children with whom Save the Children is in contact. As a humanitarian agency, Save the Children is obliged to create and maintain an environment that aims to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of children and promote the implementation of its child safeguarding policy. All representatives of Save the Children – employees, volunteers, interns, consultants, Board members and others who work with children on Save the Children’s behalf – are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with this commitment and obligation.
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. We provide 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.
