International Health Specialist - Canberra, Australia - Abt JTA

Abt JTA

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Canberra, Australia

2 weeks ago

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Olivia Brown

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Description

About the Program

Managed by Abt Associates, the Specialist Health Service (SHS) provides strategic input on health to the Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

The SHS is the primary source from which DFAT accesses health and development expertise and advisory services to improve the quality of health programming across DFAT's global and regional health portfolio, through enabling access to responsive technical advice and support.

About the Opportunity

The
_International Health Specialist _will work within the SHS technical team and lead on and support the provision of high-quality health policy and technical advice to DFAT.

This role will also involve managing and quality assuring consultants' technical work and supporting knowledge management and learning on health and health workforce development within DFAT.

The International Health Specialist will:

Perform highlevel research on complex global and regional health development and delivery issues in low

- and middle-income countries

Develop analytical policy analysis, research and synthesis on health and development issues in response to DFAT requests and/or in support of technical adviser assignments
Support strengthened coherence, learning and workforce development across DFAT health policy and programming and contribute to continuous learning and improvements to the delivery of the SHS program
Support the development and finalisation of terms of reference and tasking notes for technical tasks, including for multiadviser teams to review, design and evaluate health sector programs
Work with the technical team and People and Culture Manager to identify suitable advisers and teams of advisers paying attention to diversity, localisation and equity required for DFAT requests
Facilitate, support and quality assure the work of other advisers to ensure the production of accurate, technically sound and evidencebased outputs for DFAT
Provide input to technical approaches and strategies and support the quality assurance of SHS technical team outputs
Build and maintain constructive, responsive relationships with client areas and advisers of diverse backgrounds
Other reasonable duties as requested by the SHS Director

About You

We are seeking an individual who will bring:
years applied experience in managing, consulting, researching, and/or advising on international health and development

Demonstrated knowledge/understanding of the contexts, challenges, and opportunities of health systems in low

- and -middle income countries

Knowledge of and ability to assess and summarise current research/evidence in across public health technical areas (e.g., epidemiology, demography, health systems strengthening, health reform etc) and specialisms (e.g., global health financing, health security and pandemic preparedness, SRHR, NCDs etc)
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple workstreams and to produce clear, highquality analytical written work on international health and development topics in short timeframes
Proven experience in project management and administration in international development
Desirable: has lived and worked in one or more Indo-Pacific country

How to Apply
Refer to the ' ̃Position Description' to view further details and key requirements for this opportunity.

_Closing Date:
Tuesday 14 March 2023 '" midnight (Canberra time) __#LI-AUSBRIT
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