39,100-46,000 pa

We are looking for a Health Advisor – Evidence and Learning to join our Global Programmes Division to support our Global Health portfolio of programmes, research projects and policy initiatives, with a view to ensure they are based on the best available evidence of what works for children and their caregivers.

About Us

Save the Children UK believes every child deserves a future. In the UK and around the world, we work every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When crisis strikes, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond and the last to leave. We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

About the role

As a Health Advisor – Evidence & Learning, you will carry out a broad range of assignments and/or projects in line with our Global Health strategy.

You will hold responsibility for collaborating on research priorities and organisational learning to deliver on Save the Children’s strategy. You will be a recognised specialist within Global Health, often working on complex assignments and projects, with a focus on monitoring, evaluation, and research, and providing guidance to others in resolving complex issues in a specialised area.

As the Health Advisor – Evidence & Learning, you will have a strong focus on supporting our Global Health portfolio of programmes, research projects and policy initiatives, with a view to ensure it is based on the best available evidence of what works for children and their caregivers, and maintain or elevate Save the Children’s thought-leadership on issues such as vaccination equity, maternal and newborn care, eliminating preventable deaths from pneumonia, malaria and diarrhoea, and sexual and reproductive health. You will be leading our efforts to ensure our programmes’ impact is rigorously measured and communicated, and that evidence is generated with, and for the children and caregivers we work with.

You will have a key role in the design of new Global Health projects and programmes, the development of new health research and evidence partnerships, the evaluation of current and future health programmes, the packaging of evidence for different audiences, the dissemination of our best evidence and research products to have the greatest impact on policy makers and thought leaders, and the capacity sharing of MEAL expertise with colleagues from country offices, PQI team, and the wider movement.

You will work closely with the Head of Global Health, and the various Senior Health Advisors in your team, to drive strategic priorities and co-design innovative, progressive ideas to help solve some of the most pressing Global Health issues of our time.

In this role, you will:

• Work collaboratively to develop and implement specific parts of the Save the Children strategy to deliver on our ambitious goals for children.
• Collaborate in the technical design and delivery of strategic, inclusive, and impactful programmes, with a focus on the design and implementation of high-quality monitoring and evaluation systems, research, and impact assessments; working collaboratively with stakeholders, and particularly with colleagues in country offices and partners.
• Contribute to and collaborate with others on evidence-based technical strategies and products, such as best practice guidance, standard setting to a high standard.
• Contribute to the work of technical groups within the Save the Children movement and/or wider sector.
• Contribute and support technical engagement in strategic partnerships to amplify impact, including engagement in research partnerships.
• Collaborate within PQI department and the wider organisation with other evidence and learning advisers to strengthen and grow SCUK capacity to use and conduct high-quality research that generates new evidence to address SCUK priorities and global evidence gaps, including by contributing to the movement-wide tools and processes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders and build good working relationships with technical experts, partners and advocacy targets for technical exchange and influence.
• Provide or facilitate formal and informal support and capacity strengthening to other technical advisers, programme staff, for example through mentoring, coaching, training, or guidance.
• Contribute to research, evaluation, and innovation projects in your field of expertise, adhering to research ethics with robust and responsible data collection, to expand the knowledge base, promote a learning culture and identify new / enhanced approaches to amplify impact.
• Champion and embed approaches to shift power and decision-making closer to the children and communities we are working with and for.
• Contribute to the wider success of Save the Children by providing programme evidence and technical expertise as required to inform and influence country strategies, advocacy, fundraising and communications.

About you

To be successful, it is important that you have:

• Experience implementing and supporting a wide range of monitoring and evaluation methods to promote evidence-based learning in a health programmes in developing countries.
• Experience implementing and applying monitoring frameworks at the field or project level in a development context.
• Strong analytical skills in both quantitative and qualitative methods, and an excellent critical thinker.
• Experience in strengthening organisational learning and disseminating high-impact evidence to a wide range of audiences.
• Experience using quantitative and qualitative analysis software (e.g. NVivo, Atlas T.i, SPSS, Stata, R) an asset.
• Good communication skills and ability to write clear, concise reports of publishable quality.
• Strong influencing skills, with the ability to influence peers and senior colleagues through the building of cross-organisational relationships and the mobilisation of support for key issues
• A higher degree in International Development, Operational Research, Public Health/Epidemiology or equivalent experience
• Ability and willingness to travel a minimum of three weeks per year.

To learn more about the position, please review the Job Description in the attached Documents.

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is – a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.

• We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work.
• We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.

Closing Date: 4/9/23

Please note:

To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working:

Remote First – The majority of our roles can be performed remotely, however you may work from the office as often as you wish. Whilst you will be predominantly working from home, we may at times require you to come to your contracted office (up to 2-4 days per month or 6-8 days per quarter). Note: This will be agreed with your Line Manager and team. This is intended to be time spent on collaborating with colleagues and relationship building.

On-site – There are certain roles that cannot be performed remotely and so your role will be based in an office location and you may occasionally be able to work from home.

Flexible Working – We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview**.**

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be “Free to Be Me”. We are not looking for just one type of person – we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.

We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences – of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability – help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.

To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/