Clinical Lead – Emergency Health Unit

This role does not require the right to work in the UK

We are looking for and experienced individual as the Clinical Lead for our Emergency Health Unit, you will manage the clinical lead of the East and Southern Africa team primary team providing technical leadership for the team and direct clinical care.

Our Humanitarian department integrates emergency and development work, through our country programmes. It increases our capacity to meet the assistance and protection needs of children and their families affected by crises. Together, we save children’s lives, fight for their rights and help them fulfil their potential.

Save the Children’s origins lie in emergency response. The Emergency Health Unit (EHU) is an operational team deployed to support the Save the Children Humanitarian Health, Nutrition, HIV and WASH Strategy in providing and improving humanitarian responses. The EHU holds a pre-standing emergency health capacity to deploy in the event of a major disaster, diseases outbreak or conflict that affects population health and they will be set up within 72 hours of the disaster or identified emergency.

As ESA Clinical Lead you will provide technical leadership for the team and direct clinical care in high quality health interventions in some of the hardest places to work, where the needs for children are greatest.  You will supervise the clinical team and ensuring adherence to clinical protocols during EHU emergency responses. You will contribute to country emergency preparedness plans and programmes to prepare for emergency health deployments whilst provide clinical input to emergency preparedness. In addition you will:

• Experience in working in treatment centres/units particularly Cholera Treatment centres, Ebola/ haemorrhagic fever and/or other infectious diseases
• Experience of and commitment to working through systems of community participation and accountability
• Strong experience of health management in public health humanitarian settings including previous first phase emergency response experience.
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

To be successful you will be a Medical Doctor with Global Public Health experience, have experience in both primary and secondary health care including epidemic response, prevention and treatment, mass vaccination. You should have experience in managing multi-disciplinary medical teams and working with national and international health actors. In addition you will:

• Ability to work both in an advisory and a hands-on implementation capacity
• Experience of preparing successful funding proposals for donors
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.
• Politically and culturally sensitive with qualities of patience, tact and diplomacy
• The capacity and willingness to be extremely flexible and accommodating in difficult and sometimes insecure working circumstances.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including a hardship allowance and, when applicable, an expensive posting allowance, 35 days annual leave, accommodation on deployment, comprehensive business travel insurance, up to £500 a year for routine medical treatment in addition to the insurance  and long term saving plan with 3% employee/ 5% of gross salary employer contribution.

At Save the Children we are committed to the safeguarding and protection of children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work with children are recruited to work for us. This post is subject to a range of vetting checks including a criminal records disclosure.

Save the children UK is an Equal Opportunity Employer, our employment decisions are based on abilities, qualifications and experience. We do not discriminate in employment opportunities on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Our mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives. If you share our mission, are passionate about making it happen and strongly believe you can contribute then join us and we'll give you every opportunity to succeed. We look forward to hearing from you.

 To apply please visit our website.

Closing date: 25th April, 2018