Job Summary
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- Job posted on: 24th Nov 2019
Managed by Abt Associates Australia and located in the centre of Canberra, the Specialist Health Service (SHS) provides strategic input on health to the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
DFAT posts and desks around the globe and in Canberra contact the SHS for assistance with any health-related topic. SHS responds to these requests through the direct, rapid provision of strategic policy advice and technical briefings to DFAT, and by identifying, contracting and managing adviser(s) to undertake field-based work (reviews, designs, evaluations or specific technical advice).
The Senior International Health Specialist will join the current 3-person SHS technical team. The Specialist will be responsible for leading the provision of high-quality health policy and technical advice to DFAT; and scoping, recruiting, managing and quality assuring consultant teams to conduct field based technical work. The majority of the work is Canberra based but there is the opportunity, on a needs basis, to support consult teams in the field. There is also the opportunity, subject to DFAT approval/work demands, to conduct agreed pieces of field based technical work.
The majority of the work is Canberra based but there is the opportunity, on a needs basis, to support advisers in the field. There is also the opportunity, subject to DFAT approval and competing work demands, to conduct field based technical work.
The position is approved by DFAT from January to June 2020, with the possibility of an additional 2-year extension.
The preferred applicant will have:
Essential
Desirable
A full Position Description is attached below.