Health Program Technical Advisor

The Health Program Technical Advisor will provide overall technical and operational leadership for the design, implementation, and scale-up of the Health Leaders program in Malawi. The role coordinates end-to-end program delivery, including planning, training, digital health systems, monitoring and evaluation, budget stewardship, safeguarding, and partner engagement, to ensure high-quality, compliant, and timely results.The role will work closely with government health systems, community structures, and Opportunity’s global health teams to strengthen primary health care outcomes, with a strong focus on RMNCAH, NCD prevention, nutrition, telehealth, and gender equality.RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Program Planning and DeliveryLead annual work planning and district-level micro-plans aligned to the program Logic Model and Performance Management Framework (PMF).Coordinate recruitment, training, deployment, and supportive supervision of Health Leaders and Community Health Workers in collaboration with Health Supervisors, HSAs, and district health teams.Ensure effective delivery of community health education, household visits, group sessions, school outreach, and community campaigns.Operationalize telemedicine pathways and referral networks with health facilities, ensuring feedback loops and follow-through.Oversee rollout and functionality of the electronic Health Information System (eHIS), including devices, user access, offline use, data validation, privacy, and SOP adherence.Ensure implementation fidelity while adapting program approaches to the Malawi context.Stakeholder Engagement & Government CoordinationServe as the primary day-to-day liaison with the Ministry of Health, District Health Management Teams, Zonal Health Offices, CHAM, local authorities, and civil society partners.Support development and management of MoUs, joint workplans, review meetings, and coordination platforms.Ensure alignment of Health Leaders’ activities with national and district community health, RMNCAH, nutrition, NCD, and health promotion strategies.Coordinate participation in national and district campaigns (e.g., EPI, Vitamin A supplementation, deworming, HPV).Facilitate community scorecards, client feedback mechanisms, and social accountability processes.Build and maintain strong relationships with community leadership structures and local institutions.Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning & ReportingLead delivery of PMF-aligned baseline, routine monitoring, midline, and endline assessments (quantitative and qualitative).Conduct monthly data reviews and quarterly reflection and learning meetings.Contribute to organizational learning products, including Stories of Change, learning briefs, and adaptive management recommendations.Ensure timely, accurate, and disaggregated data reporting (sex, age, disability).Support continuous course correction based on data insights and field learning.Financial Management & ComplianceManage program activity budgets, ensuring value for money, compliant procurement, and accurate financial coding.Oversee Health Leader stipends and performance-based incentives in line with approved SOPs.Review and reconcile field advances to support complete and accurate documentation.Ensure donor compliance, audit readiness, asset management, and ethical procurement practices.Coordinate with finance and operations teams to ensure smooth program operations.Safeguarding, Gender Equality & Social InclusionImplement safeguarding, child protection, and PSEA standards across all program activities.Ensure training, reporting, and response mechanisms for safeguarding incidents are in place and functional.Integrate Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) principles, including male engagement, adolescent girls’ safe spaces, disability inclusion, and norm-change SBCC.Support linkages between Health Leaders and livelihoods or financial literacy initiatives in collaboration with microfinance partners.SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY   Direct Supervision: Project Officers – HealthIndirect Supervision: Community Health Workers