Senior Advocacy Advisor Health and Nutrition (Maternity Cover)

The Senior Advocacy Advisor Health and Nutrition (Maternity Cover) leads Save the Children's advocacy on health and nutrition in Geneva, ensuring global health and nutrition advocacy objectives influence Geneva-based processes, especially the World Health Assembly. The role involves representing Save the Children in Geneva, engaging with country and regional offices, and managing the health and nutrition advocacy budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead on the development of Save the Children’s advocacy strategies to engage and influence the global health and nutrition agenda at the Geneva level
• Lead on the implementation at Geneva level of Save the Children’s global health and nutrition strategy, including influencing key stakeholders at the Geneva level and reporting on the achievements
• Lead Save the Children’s engagement with the WHO Executive Board and with the World Health Assembly, including coordinating engagement across the organisation and reporting
• Represent Save the Children in key health and nutrition meetings with UN Member States, UN agencies and other key stakeholders based in Geneva
• Build and maintain advocacy networks with key Geneva-based allies, including partners and networks and manage the engagement of Save the Children with these partners and networks
• Contribute to the development of Save the Children’s global health and nutrition advocacy strategies and work in close collaboration with the Survive Community of Practice
• Provide health and nutrition expertise and strategic insight across all areas of work of Save the Children in Geneva
• Promote and facilitate the engagement of Save the Children country offices and Save the Children’s members with global health and nutrition processes and actors in Geneva
• Monitor and relay relevant policy developments and ensure that Geneva-based debates inform Save the Children policy positions and advocacy work
• Manage budget related to health and nutrition advocacy work in Geneva
• Report on regular basis on achievements of the health and nutrition advocacy work

Requirements

• Master’s Degree preferably in global health, political science or international relations
• Experience working in delivering health and nutrition policy and advocacy work
• Experience in advocacy and policy work at national and/or international level, preferably in international Geneva
• Proven success in developing and implementing high quality advocacy strategies with demonstrable impact
• Capacity of analysing complex policies and experience in developing policy briefs and policy papers
• Experience of coordinating networks, building partnerships and forging coalitions to ensure good information sharing, mutual accountability and joint coherent action
• Good knowledge of international health and nutrition global actors and solid understanding of child health and nutrition issues including the discussion related to the Global Health Architecture
• A commitment to child rights and to the aims, mission and goal of Save the Children
• Good interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and writing skills
• Fluency in English is essential
• Knowledge of French, Spanish or another UN official language would be an asset
• The successful candidate must have the right to work in Switzerland for the duration of employment

Skills

• Health and Nutrition Policy Advocacy
• International Health Advocacy
• Advocacy Strategies
• Policy Analysis
• Policy Brief Writing
• Policy Paper Writing
• Network Coordination
• Partnership Building
• Coalition Building
• Global Health Architecture Knowledge
• Child Health and Nutrition Expertise
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Budget Management
• Communications Skills
• Writing Skills
• English Fluency

Languages

English, French