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Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn and Child Health (NCH) About, is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition. Explicit requirements include fluency in Portuguese and English languages and degree in public health or health management.
Last checked: 3 hours ago
Closing date: Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Country: Mozambique
Duty station: Maputo, Mozambique
Contract type: Full time
Grade: Not specified
Applicant eligibility: Not explicit in source
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Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn and Child Health (NCH)
About FHI 360:
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, youth, research, and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today's interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 60 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn and Child Health for a maternal, newborn and child health project called Alcançar funded by the United States of America, Office of Foreign Assistance, Department of State of the in Mozambique.
Description:
FHI 360’s Senior Technical Advisor, Newborn and Child Health (NCH) will be based in FHI 360 Mozambique Country Office in Maputo with up to 40% travel to Nampula and other provinces. S/he will provide technical assistance to Alcancar’s child health team in implementation of robust child health activities in the provinces of implementation. S/he will provide technical assistance to the Government of Mozambique Public Health Department to develop technical guidelines and reports that improve access, quality, and use of newborn and child health, immunization and nutrition services at provincial, district, and health facility levels. The Senior Technical Advisor, NCH will represent Alcancar at MISAU technical working group meetings and will provide technical assistance to MISAU in developing policy documents, strategies, reports, and MISAU workplans and proposals related to newborn and child health, immunization and nutrition. The NCH Advisor will work with project technical leadership to identify and document effective implementation approaches to inform national policy and technical discussions. The Senior Technical Advisor NCH will support the implementation of Alcancar project in the provinces and travel regularly to Nampula, and other provinces. This position reports directly to the Technical Director of the Alcançar Project.
Job Summary/Responsibilities:
The Senior Technical Advisor, NCH will work closely with the project’s senior leadership, the extended Advisory team embedded at MISAU, to execute the following responsibilities:
Qualifications:
A faixa salarial prevista para contratação para esta função é de USD 51,825 - 65,000 de salário base anual. Ao determinar o valor da oferta, a FHI 360 considera vários fatores, incluindo, entre outros, os anos de experiência relevante e o nível de escolaridade do(a) candidato(a), a equidade interna, a remuneração de mercado e o orçamento disponível.
As candidaturas devem ser submetidas ate 16 de Junho de 2026.
This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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