Job Title: Global Senior Health Advisor
Reports to: Head of Health, Nutrition & WASH Support
Department: Strategy, Advocacy and Learning (SAL)
Terms: Two-year Fixed Term, full time contract
Location: Dublin, hybrid
Salary: GB7 (€70,088 - €77,875)
Requirements: The role involves travel up to 30% of the time and there is the potential be deployed to support emergency responses.
About Concern: Established in 1968, Concern is a non-profit, non-governmental humanitarian organisation, dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the ultimate elimination of extreme poverty in the world’s poorest countries.
Concern’s vision, our mission and our work are all defined by one goal – ending extreme poverty, whatever it takes. Concern strives for a world free from poverty, fear and oppression.
Our culture is values driven and we believe that our people are central to all that we do and are key to delivering on our goal of Reaching the Furthest Behind First. We are committed to ensuring a workplace where everybody feels valued and are enabled to succeed in their work and contribute to delivering on our mission.
Role Purpose: This senior health expert will contribute to the successful delivery of Concern’s global health policy and strategy, leading on technical support to country programmes on health programming, including health system strengthening. The Senior Health Adviser will manage a team of at least two staff (a Global Health Adviser and Global Pharmacy Adviser) and play a lead role in ensuring health programme quality, building the technical health capacity of country and global programme teams, synthesising and applying learning, coordinating with other health actors and supporting resource mobilization for Concern’s health programmes. Concern’s Health sector encompasses three thematic areas: Health Systems, Nutrition and WASH. The Senior Health Adviser will lead the Health Systems work, report to the Head of Health, Nutrition and WASH Support and work closely with other advisers, particularly those for Nutrition and WASH to ensure integrated and effective delivery of Concern’s health programming.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure relevant technical assistance for health programming is provided to all country teams and other relevant colleagues, including acting as health focal point for a small number of countries.
- Provide guidance on technical implementation and strategic direction to Concern’s health programming and ensure integration with health and nutrition and coherence with Concern's other thematic and sectoral areas.
- Develop and ensure the quality of Concern’s technical guides and learning resources for health programming – ensuring that they are appropriate for country teams and coherent across all thematic areas.
- Contribute to evidence of effective health programming – either through engagement in formal research or documentation based on Concern and partner work in health.
- Lead the synthesis of programme data from our health programme activities and outcomes for internal and external reports. Work with Concern monitoring and evaluation teams to develop relevant tools for health data collection and analysis, including needs assessments.
- Identify areas for new and innovative programmes, including seeking funding for specific technical work.
- Ensure relevant health technical support to design, develop and review health programme and proposals
- Represent Concern in health fora and identify opportunities for Concern to influence health policy and practice, playing an active role in at least one strategic global health body or network.
- Identify and foster potential strategic, programmatic and funding partnerships.
- Build and develop strong relationships with all stakeholders across the organisation, working collaboratively with them to achieve common goals across both support office and country teams.
- Promote a locally led approach both through programme design and implementation and engagement with local actors.
- Provide leadership and development of the global Health Systems adviser team through effective direction, delegation and coaching, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance
- Demonstrate leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion and to role model a positive safeguarding ethos.
- All managers are responsible for upholding and promoting Concern’s values, demonstrating leadership on workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, and role modelling a positive safeguarding ethos.
- All managers are required to actively participate in any emergency response as and when required.
Role Holder Requirements:
Essential:
- Post graduate qualification (master’s degree) in a clinical health/ public health discipline or an undergraduate degree plus ten years of professional experience.
- A minimum of five years’ experience supporting health programming in fragile and conflict affected countries or contexts within an NGO environment, across multiple countries
- Experience working on health programming within integrated, multisectoral programmes, particularly linked to WASH and nutrition activities.
- Demonstrable leadership ability, with experience of working within the voluntary sector
- Experience managing a team effectively: demonstrated capacity to lead, motivate and challenge a team to deliver on Concern’s health objectives and to continuously develop their skills and competencies.
- Experience coordinating with health sector actors at an international or regional level
- Excellent relationship management skills across sectors and departments, with demonstrable ability to build credibility, work with and influence a variety of colleagues at all levels of the organisation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Strong project management and analytical skills
- Empathy with Concern’s ethos, values, strategy and longer-term objectives.
Desirable:
- French language (or Arabic or another working language in a Concern programming country)
- A first degree and experience in a clinical health profession
Safeguarding competencies:
We also value the following special skills and aptitudes:
- Respectful of security procedures and rules.
- Empathy with Concern’s Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives.
- Knowledge of Core Humanitarian Standards, Sphere and Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS).
- Respectful of local laws and customs
- Conducts themselves in a professional manner
- Zero-tolerance to sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, human trafficking, child abuse and exploitation. Any violations of these principles and polices will be treated as a serious misconduct
Competencies:
As this is a key leadership position, potential candidates are expected to demonstrate significant ability in the following areas:
To apply: CVs should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by the closing date.
Please note that Concern Worldwide does not provide Visa sponsorship.
Due to the urgency of this position, applications will be shortlisted on a regular basis and we may offer posts before the closing date.
If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a visual impairment or are neurodivergent - please let us know and we will do our best to accommodate you.
We encourage all eligible candidates, irrespective of gender, ethnicity or origin, disability, political beliefs, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, or socio-economic status to apply to become a part of the organisation. Concern is against all forms of discrimination and unequal power relations and is committed to promoting equality.
If this role sounds right for you, please apply with your CV and cover letter. We will respond to every applicant. Please be aware we may offer positions before the closing date.
If you have any concerns about our recruitment process and need particular assistance - for example if you have a disability e.g. a hearing impairment - please let us know and we will do our best to respond to your needs.
Important information:
Concern has an organisational Code of Conduct with three Associated Policies: The Programme Participant Protection Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Policy accessible here. These have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisations, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in their work, in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Concern Staff Code of Conduct and Associated Policies as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the content of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Associated Policies and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these policies. Additionally, Concern is committed to the safeguarding and protection of adults and children in our work. We will do everything possible to ensure that only those who are suitable to work or volunteer with adults and children are recruited by us for such roles. Consequently, working or volunteering with Concern may be subject to a range of vetting checks, including criminal background checking.
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- Salary:€70,088 - €77,875
- Based in Country:Ireland
- Contract Type:Fixed Term Full Time
- Closing Date:22 January 2026
- Location:Dublin