Senior Manager, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) At BRAC – APPLY NOW

• Job TypeFull Time
• QualificationBA/BSc/HND , MBA/MSc/MA
• Experience7 years
• LocationNairobi
• Job FieldMedical / Healthcare  , Project Management 

About the Role:

• BRAC International (BI) is seeking a Senior Manager, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), BRAC International in the Kenya who is aligned with it’s ethos of working in partnership with communities to create impact for scale. The Senior Manager, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), BRAC International who will be part of BRAC International’s core programme team and reportable to the Head of Health of Health, Nutrition and WASH in the Kenya. S/he will be responsible for providing responsible for designing new SRHR and integrated development projects that includes health, SRHR, providing technical guidance to country teams and supporting the implementation of SRHR agenda in the AIM project and in other country health and integrated projects across Asia and Africa. S/he will also ensure that the core Values and Mission of BI are upheld, promoted, followed, and applied across SRH related projects and interventions.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical

• Support the county level implementation of activities to support access to and utilization of quality sexual reproductive health services for adolescents, youth and women of reproductive age.
• Support COs to build network/connectivity with other SRHR support providing organisations/Govt for referal mechanism towards supporting BI programme participants to access those services if and while needed.
• Participate in SRH country level technical discussions including review of RH policy, guidelines, and other documents.
• Develop relevant organizational technical strategies, tools and guidelines to implement SRHR interventions.
• Contribute to the writing and review of relevant donor and organizational reports.
• Support continuous quality improvement and quality assurance initiatives in AIM SRH interventions and other BRAC health programs.
• Lead in identification of innovations and support capacity building of colleagues and country teams and health care workers on new updates in SRH.
• Conducting periodic field visits and meetings with country teams to check the progress of SRH projects, quality of programme/project implementation and recommend measures for improvement.

Programme development and support for Resource Mobilization

• Support in SRHR needs assessment in different BRAC International countries for Programme development.
• Contribute to designing, writing technical strategies for SRHR and integrated proposals and concept notes.
• Explore opportunities to integrate SRHR agenda/component in women and youth empowerment initiatives

Stakeholder engagement and partnerships

• Establish and maintain relationships with existing and potential donors, government counterparts, and country teams.
• Participate in relevant TWGs, conferences and stakeholder forums with the broader SRHR partners.
• Establish and maintain partnerships with other organizations (i.e. I/NGOs, research institutes) specialized in SRHR for Programme development and implementation

Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning

• Assist in analyzing project implementation progress and per formance, participate in performance reviews, and support in development of project technical reports as per requirements.
• Support the documentation of successes, lessons learnt and challenges in implementation of projects.
• Assist in the production of success stories and technical briefs.
• Take lead in identification of SRHR research needs, development of protocols, manuscripts, and publications.

Safeguarding Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety of team members and project participants from any harm, abuse, neglect, harassment, and exploitation to achieve the programme’s goals on safeguarding implementation.
• Act as a key source of support, guidance, and expertise on safeguarding for establishing a safe working environment.
• Practice, promote and endorse the issues of safeguarding policy among team members and ensure the implementation of safeguarding standards in every course of action.
• Follow the safeguarding reporting procedure in case any reportable incident takes place, encourage others to do so.

Academic Qualifications:

• Bachelor in Medicine, Nursing or Clinical Medicine Studies in relevant discipline from reputed Universities. Post graduate degree in Obs/Gyne, Social Sciences, public health, social sciences and related disciplin will be considered as an added advantage.

Required Skills, Competencies & Knowledge:

• Excellent writing and facilitation skills.
• Ability to prioritise tasks and manage time efficiently.
• Strong interpersonal communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Highly mobile & flexible to work from distant location. (Relevant for specific role)
• Overseeing and travel to project site when required.
• Possess high ethical and moral standards.
• Sensible and adaptive to diverse work culture.
• Ability to communicate in a credible and effective way.
• Effective presentation and writing skills.
• Familiarity with global health problems and adolescent and youth issues.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Cultural sensitivity and ability to work in multi-cultural environment.
• High level computer literacy: word, excel, power point.
• Ability to plan, organize, work under pressure, respond to deadlines, prioritize competing deliverables, and be flexible and productive while working independently.
• Proficient in using Microsoft and google online tools including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, for seamless productivity and collaboration.
• Possesses strong critical and strategic thinking, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a client-oriented service mentality
• Experience of providing technical guidance and supportive supervision to a large geographically dispersed team

Experience Requirements:

• At least seven (7) years relevant experience in implementing public health programs and /or providing technical assistance in adolescent/youth FP/RMNCH programming.
• Experience working with government or donor funded programs is a must.
• Demonstrated hands on experience with a mix of technical and management skills in adolescent/youth and health programming.
• Ability to work effectively with government representatives, donors and other stakeholders.
• Experience of working in multiple African or Asian countries and understanding of the different countries health systems and cultural context will be an added advantage.

Method of Application

Interested and qualified? Go to BRAC on career44.sapsf.com to apply.