A career at ChildFund isn’t just a job. It’s a chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of children worldwide. We’re looking for a Health Advisor to provide strategic technical guidance that advances our programming in Health. Your work will be vital in shaping our vision of global, community-led action. How? You'll drive strategic technical thinking with counterparts to develop and apply sectoral and cross-cutting approaches, tools, and frameworks that align with ChildFund’s strategy, reflect best practice, and uphold locally led development. You'll provide quality specialist guidance within sector portfolios and across cross cutting themes, fostering alignment and integration. You'll deliver timely, context-sensitive technical guidance to strengthen design, implementation, monitoring, and continuous improvement throughout the program cycle management. You'll drive sector-wide learning, capacity strengthening, and practice improvement through mentoring, training, resource development, and structured support to enable quality delivery, local leadership, and sustainable programming. You'll support resource mobilisation by contributing to high-quality concept notes and proposals, embedding strong technical approaches aligned with donor and organisational priorities. You'll foster strong relationships across ChildFund and partners to promote alignment and collaborative program development that enhances technical coherence, communication, and impact. You'll promote continuous improvement by generating and applying best practice and evidence through research, evaluations, knowledge exchange, and publications. Facilitate learning through communities of practice and peer engagement. You'll participate in external technical groups, networks, and platforms to raise the profile of ChildFund’s work, share learning, and contribute to sector-wide advancement. You'll support effective knowledge translation by working alongside communications, advocacy, grants, and fundraising teams to effectively communicate ChildFund’s approach, reach, and impact. You'll champion the integration of gender equity, disability and social inclusion (GEDSI), and safeguarding best practices across technical work; remain responsive to risks and uphold compliance with ChildFund’s policies and standards. What skills and experience will you bring? You’ll have: Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (such as public health, community development, international development) Strong sector experience grounded in frontline work in public health policy, programs and services or community-based initiatives (international or domestic) Demonstrated experience in developing successful project & grant proposals Demonstrated experience in developing high quality technical materials such as training materials, tools, guidelines, academic materials Experience in delivering training, capacity strengthening and mentoring Cross cultural experience in a development or national context Ideally, you’ll also have Understanding of child rights-based approaches and frameworks Experience in Mekong and/ or Pacific region an added value Familiarity with GEDSI and safeguarding frameworks and practices Experience in Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and/or child and maternal health This role is a permanent, full time role, with part time (80%) considered, based in our office in Surry Hills, Sydney. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements, with our team working part of the week from home where responsibilities make this possible. As a PBI, we also provide our people with salary packaging benefits, which result in reduced tax liability. Ending child poverty is going to take all of us. If you’re ready to be part of the movement, please apply. NOTE: Short-listing of candidates will commence prior to the closure of this role, so please do not delay submitting your application. Are you with us? C hildFund Australia believes in a global community where children are safe and can reach their full potential. We take extensive steps to safeguard children in any work done by our people, i.e., our staff, volunteers and interns, supporters, partners, board members, ambassadors and suppliers. We strive to keep children safe through child safe practices, and rigorously ensure we prevent, oppose, and combat all exploitation and abuse of children and vulnerable people. As part of this commitment, all people working with us will undergo relevant background checks before joining ChildFund Australia. At ChildFund Australia, all staff must remain alert and responsive to any child safeguarding or sexual exploitation, abuse, or harassment (SEAH) risks. Staff will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to understand our Child Safeguarding and PSEAH policies & procedures, promote strong safeguarding practices, and conduct themselves consistent with these policies. In line with our values, diversity of people and ideas is critical to our work and our success at ChildFund Australia. We strive for a team culture that is welcoming, inclusive, and supportive. ChildFund is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and strongly encourages people from all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to apply for any vacancies.
