Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health
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Save the Children is seeking a Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health in Nairobi to provide technical and strategic support to country teams. The role involves programme quality assurance, donor compliance, capacity building, partnerships, proposal development, and global or multi-country project management.
- Provides technical guidance on maternal and newborn health programmes.
- Supports donor compliance, proposals, strategic plans, and evidence development.
- Oversees capacity building and training for national and local partners.
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Save the Children is seeking a Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health in Nairobi to provide technical and strategic support to country teams. The role involves programme quality assurance, donor compliance, capacity building, partnerships, proposal development, and global or multi-country project management.
- Provides technical guidance on maternal and newborn health programmes.
- Supports donor compliance, proposals, strategic plans, and evidence development.
- Oversees capacity building and training for national and local partners.
- May be deployed to priority countries for emergency response and in-person support, up to 40%.
- Promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion across health programmes.
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Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health
Role purpose
The Senior Advisor, Maternal and Newborn Health provides technical and strategic support in their thematic area to enhance the quality and impact of save the Children’s work across all contexts. Working within the Survive Breakthrough team, the postholder delivers timely country-driven technical assistance, and contributes to the development of tools, guidance, and evidence. The role also plays a key part in capacity strengthening, knowledge exchange, and external engagement, and ensuring work is inclusive, context-responsive, and aligned with global and country priorities.
Principal Accountabilities
Provide specialized technical guidance and advice to Country Office teams, ensuring high standards in maternal & newborn health programme implementation, with a focus on specialized support in sub thematic area.
Conduct regular reviews and analyses of relevant awards to ensure compliance with donor requirements and organisational policies, identifying areas for improvement.
Apply specialised donor and sub thematic area technical knowledge to support the development and implementation of high-quality proposals and strategic plans in collaboration with country teams, ensuring alignment with Save the Children's mission and values.
Oversee the design and quality assurance of capacity building and training initiatives for national and local partners to ensure sustainable and effective maternal & newborn health interventions
Lead on the strategic development and coordination of partnership strategies with local actors, local authorities and peer agencies to advance maternal & newborn health work
Play a leadership role in external and internal working groups to continually learn and adapt best practices and institutionalize key learning.
Ensure internal systems are in place to support and learn from country office colleagues implementing maternal & newborn health programs
Manage global and multi-country projects and initiatives to strengthen specific programme guidance, tools, evidence, etc.
Deploy to priority countries as needed for emergency response and provide in-person technical support and guidance (up to 40%).
Promote a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion within all programmes, ensuring all interventions are accessible and effective for all community members, regardless of background or identity.
Experience and Skills
Essential
Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of maternal & newborn health issues, technical guidelines, and effective program strategies. This should include experience in designing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating MNH related programs and interventions. It will be an added value to have experience from several setting specifically humanitarian settings.
Demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development and staying updated with the evidence, innovations, latest trends and best practices.
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills:
Knowledge and experience in using tools such as bottleneck analyses to strengthen programs
Capacity Building and Mentoring: Considerable experience in building capacity, developing and delivering training, and mentoring staff and local partners on key MNH areas such as emergency obstetric care (EmONC), essential newborn care (ENC), care for small and sick newborns including kangaroo mother care (KMC).
Lead global thought leadership and representation of Save the Children's MNH work globally.
Proposal and Strategic Plan Development: Proven experience in developing high-quality proposals and strategic plans. A track record of writing successful proposals for donor-funded projects is essential.
Quality Improvement: Proficient experience in reviewing and assuring compliance of awards with donor requirements and organisational policies. Demonstrated ability to identify and implement areas of improvement.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills: High proficiency in communication, including presentations, training, , influencing, and coaching. Must demonstrate the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse teams and stakeholders internal and external to Save the Children.
Ability to Operate in High-Pressure Environments: Ability to travel and work independently, occasionally in challenging environments and with short notice (up to 40%).
Education and Qualifications
Essential
An advanced degree in Public Health, Midwifery, Medicine, Nursing, or a related field. Maternal and newborn health clinical experience preferred. Extensive professional experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree.
Method of application
- If you are interested and qualified, kindly submit your application via the link provided below,
- https://hcri.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/job/18117?location=Kenya&locationId=300000000345172&locationLevel=country&mode=location&utm_source=Jobinkenya
- Deadline 11/19/2026, 02:59 AM