KEY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

• Provide overall technical direction for project interventions in the areas of maternal and child health, family planning, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), and health systems strengthening.
• Ensure that the project is aligned with USAID’s objectives and delivered in compliance with all contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with the COP to provide technical expertise and develop innovative approaches to address Guatemala’s health challenges.
• Design and regularly update detailed annual work plans and ensure these are used by the team appropriately to monitor progress towards completion and achievement of program objectives.
• Recruit, manage and motivate staff to achieve their work plan objectives, and to contribute to the achievement of the overall program goals.
• Maintain excellent working relationships with officials, government ministries, implementing partners as well as the international and local NGO community.
• Work with program staff and Save the Children Technical Advisors based in the country office to identify the technical support needs of the program and ensure this support is provided.
• Stay abreast of current trends, research, and innovations in the fields of health service delivery to enhance program effectiveness.
• Oversee the monitoring of project performance, ensuring that timelines and objectives are met, and adjust strategies as necessary based on data-driven insights.

General:

Comply with Save the Children policies and practice with respect to child safeguarding, code of conduct, health and safety, equal opportunities and other relevant policies and procedures.

BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice) Accountability:

• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities – giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.

Ambition:

• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.

Collaboration:

• builds and maintains effective relationships, with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters
• values diversity, sees it as a source of competitive strength
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.

Creativity:

• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions
• willing to take disciplined risks.

Integrity:

honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates highest levels of integrity

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Essential

• University degree in public health, health administration, international development, or other relevant field required. Graduate degree preferred.
• 6-8 years of senior-level management of health programs, particularly USAID-funded projects.
• Technical experience and expertise in maternal and child health, family planning, nutrition, WASH (Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene), and health systems strengthening.
• Strong leadership and management skills, with experience managing multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and managing staff and teams.
• Demonstrated skills building and maintaining relationships with host governments, donors, other donor-funded projects and stakeholders, local organizations, and partners.
• Fluency in Spanish and English required.
• Experience implementing development programming in Guatemala and/or Latin America.
• Experience with participatory community-led approaches to project design and implementation.
• Experience with adaptive management and learning and reflection-based programming approaches.
• Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated inter-cultural, interpersonal, and negotiation skills.
• Experience overseeing M&E systems for donor-funded projects.
• Commitment to child rights and to the aims and objectives of Save the Children.

POSITIONING STATEMENT:
Save the Children believes that its safeguard principles and policies are of great importance and is committed to rigorous procedures to ensure that all of our staff and programs are safe, especially for children. Therefore, all candidates will be subject to strict internal and external checks. Interested candidates and candidates of all genders, aged 18 and over, from indigenous peoples, women and individuals are encouraged.