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Senior Advisor - Healthy Ageing - Flexible Location

The Fred Hollows Foundation
  • Do you want to do work that really matters? Help us enable well-being in older people and end avoidable blindness
  • Full time, 12-month contract based in Australia, UK, Singapore, or Hong Kong (Flexible work arrangements available)

ABOUT THE FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION

The Foundation is an international development organisation working to prevent blindness and restore sight. This year marks The Foundation’s 30th anniversary of carrying on the legacy of Professor Fred Hollows, who believed every person had the right to quality eye care, no matter where they live. The Foundation has grown to work in more than 25 countries throughout Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific, as well as Australia. The Foundation has restored sight to more than 2.5 million people worldwide. We have an ambitious five-year strategic plan that aims to take us even closer to realising our vision of a world in which no person is needlessly blind or vision impaired and Indigenous Australians exercise their right to sight and good health.

ABOUT YOU

You will be a passionate professional, with extensive experience working in the Healthy Ageing sector. You are an excellent stakeholder manager, able to influence and communicate complex ideas to non – technical colleagues. You will be focused on outcomes, able to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities. Further, you will be a strong writer, able to tailor your approach to a variety of audiences. You will be able to work autonomously but be happy to pitch in to support the team. Finally, you will be a strategic thinker, with experience across program design, research and implementation.

THE OPPORTUNITY

The Senior Advisor, Healthy Ageing will support The Foundation to develop a healthy ageing ‘offer’ and provide technical advice and guidance. This is a 12-month project The Foundation is undertaking which aims to explore the feasibility of developing an established work program in the area. The project seeks to; understand how our existing work in the ageing space can be defined and what our ‘offer’ could look like, how we can better align with existing work and what potential, and new, healthy ageing related activities could look like.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Mapping, analysis, and positioning:

  • Mapping the external healthy ageing landscape, at the national, regional and global levels.
  • Undertaking research and consultation with external stakeholders
  • Providing analysis of interventions aimed at enabling and maintaining independence in older persons and providing recommendations on how The Foundation can engage
  • Facilitate and contribute to the development of an overarching FHF healthy ageing hypothesis (i.e. theory of change)
  • In concert with the program development team, facilitate and contribute to the development of an articulation of FHF's healthy ageing 'programmatic offer' which will be tested through the in-country pilots.
  • Contribute to the design and implementation of healthy ageing research

Program technical advice and design:

  • Provide technical advice and guidance to country programs on healthy ageing activities in pilot projects
  • Facilitate the development of guidance and training on healthy ageing programming/activities and support the development of an internal FHF healthy ageing learning network

Policy and advocacy:

  • Support the development of healthy ageing policy and advocacy activities, such as; policy analysis, overall strategy, development of an indicative policy position and messaging, and influencing approach
  • Support the development of influential relationships with government, NGOs, networks, and partners

Communication and Learning:

  • Share findings emerging from the healthy ageing workstream in a timely manner with key internal stakeholders, in a range of meetings and forums to support information sharing, collaboration, learning and planning
  • Attend and contribute to a range of meetings and events with external partners to spread awareness of FHF’s work in this area and to develop new relationships with country governments and other partners.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

  • A minimum five years’ experience working with a public health or international non-government organisation in ageing related design/programming
  • Demonstrated experience of designing and implementing healthy ageing related projects/programmes
  • Knowledge of Gerontology/ageing as it relates to the global development context, particularly low and middle-income country contexts
  • Knowledge of contemporary global normative and policy landscape on healthy ageing
  • Knowledge of cross-cutting issues as they relate to healthy ageing (eg; gender equity and disability inclusion)
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively and build consensus across diverse sets of internal and external stakeholders on healthy ageing activities
  • Degree or equivalent experience in related field (Public Health, International Development, Gerontology Studies)

How we recognise your contribution

Through our internal programs and employee benefits we aim to create an environment where you will feel supported and empowered. Whether your focus is on continuous learning, professional development or finding an environment which enables you to thrive while balancing family or personal commitments, we have a range of programs in place to support you. Including:

  • Generous salary packaging - we provide access to not-for-profit salary packaging options, which will increase your take home pay, we also offer 17.5% annual leave loading
  • Flexible work environment – we focus on output, not hours and enable you to prioritise your health and wellbeing
  • Generous leave allowances – we offer Paid parental leave; 5 days bonus leave every year; an annual Foundation-wide “Me Day”; and time off for culturally significant/ceremonial leave
  • Ongoing commitment to your continuous learning and career development – through tailored leadership and professional development programs, access to Linkedin Learning and focused development conversations.

To find out more about our benefits click here

APPLICATIONS

Please apply directly via the "Apply Now" Button. Should you have any questions regarding the opportunity please reach out to our Talent Acquisition Specialist, at [email protected] using the subject line: Senior Advisor - Healthy Ageing - Flexible Location enquiry via EthicalJobs for a confidential conversation. Kindly note that CVs will not be considered through this email address.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply for this position.

The Fred Hollows Foundation is committed to protecting the rights of children and community partners in all areas where we work. Applicants are advised that The Foundation reserves the right to conduct police checks and other screening procedures to ensure we maintain and promote a child safe environment. The Foundation is also committed to protecting the health of our beneficiaries, donors and partners and require incumbents of this role to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (except where medical conditions may make vaccination harmful to their health).

Please note: We will not be accepting CV’s via agencies for this role.

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