Deadline: Ongoing

Location: Malawi

Palladium is seeking to fill the role of Technical Advisor.

Palladium is a child-safe organisation that works with foundations, investors, governments, corporations, communities and civil society to formulate strategies and implement solutions that generate lasting social, environmental and financial benefits.

Responsibilities

• Organise national-level and district-level policy discussions on combating early and forced marriage (CEFM)
• Improve inter-ministerial coordination to support change
• Engaging religious mother bodies (RMBs) on CEFM
• Ensure smooth communications and coordination between Palladium Malawi, Plan Malawi, and HQ counterparts through routine meetings and collaborative decision-making
• Ensure technical excellence in the design and development of HP+ workshops and trainings
• Identify modalities and tools to measure and evaluate capacity-strengthening activities
• Lead organisational capacity assessments if needed
• Contribute to project monitoring by providing weekly updates on activities and contributing to HP+ Malawi reporting
• Work with project managers to monitor budgets and spending on related activities
• Draft activity briefs, success stories, blogs, or other items to communicate the lessons learnt and achievements of assigned portfolio(s)

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Education, Social Science, Development, or a related field
• Seven years, minimum, of professional experience in public health or development, with at least three years of experience in designing and delivering capacity development interventions (training, workshops, mentoring and coaching, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience strengthening individual and/or organisational capacity in an East African context
• Understanding of latest evidence and best practices in adult education
• Experience in working on projects in Malawi to address early and forced marriage
• Knowledge and experience working on youth friendly health services
• Experience working with a wide range of stakeholders and decision-makers, from MPs and senior officials, to traditional and community leaders, and excellent diplomatic and stakeholder management skills
• Understanding of governmental structures and processes in Malawi preferred
• Strong diplomatic, interpersonal and networking skills, ability to work within a cross-cultural and virtual team
• Ability to work well under pressure and skilled in change management, crisis management and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and oral communication skills, ability to draft quality briefs, reports, training/facilitation agendas, training PPTs, and curricula
• Fluency in oral and written English

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