Regional Advisor, Inclusive Eye Health Africa (West & Central) at CBM International

Responsibilities
These are your responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical leadership in the development and implementation of all inclusive eye health projects & budgets in the region ensuring that project designs are in line with national plans and CBM’s initiative plan
• Ensure quality in inclusive eye health programmes in terms of technical requirements, disability inclusion and developmental good practice
• Roll-out the technical quality management tools, follow up and ensure full and timely implementation of the action plans, in collaboration with the country offices
• Oversee and monitor regional and country level budget allocation and spending and provide strategic direction to country portfolio’s
• Provide capacity development to CBM regional and country staff in technical and programmatic aspects of Inclusive Eye Health, in collaboration with national advisors if existing
• Be actively engaged in the recruitment and selection process of IEH staff at the regional and country level
• Supervise and provide dotted-line leadership to national advisors if existing
• Visit projects, assess progress, report on findings, make recommendations, follow up recommendations and report outcomes
• Analyse regional policies, trends, data & research in inclusive eye health in order to contribute to CBM’s policies and practice in eye health
• Ensure the latest developments in inclusive eye health at global level are reflected in strategic decisions in the region
• Represent CBM in global and regional Eye Health networks and fora
• Contribute to identifying funding opportunities for institutional and other major donors.
• As a member of the global technical leadership team (TLT-IEH) of CBM: further develop CBM’s regional work in inclusive eye health, in line with the CBM initiative plan.
• This includes supporting the planning, delivery, coordination, monitoring, evaluation, refinement, resourcing, strategic thinking inclusive eye health and promotion of CBM’s area of work in Africa West and Central
• Contribute to develop and monitor quality standards for CBM’s inclusive eye health work and the capacity requirements at different levels of the organisation to meet these standards
• Support in commissioning research in order to inform and further develop CBM’s work in inclusive eye health

Qualifications
These are your qualifications

• Professional qualification in Ophthalmology and 8 years work experience in this field
• Preference will be given to candidates with an additional degree and experience in public health ophthalmology
• Background and experience in development cooperation, including in applying relevant tools and methods (PCM, participatory approaches etc)
• Minimum of 8 years working experience in a developing country
• Strong understanding of disability-inclusive development is an important asset
• Experience in and/or knowledge of public health is an asset
• Experience in networking, advocacy and influencing with knowledge of key global and continental networks, ideally having played an active part in such networks
• Knowledge and understanding of key players and stakeholders in eye health in the region
• Experience in working in multidisciplinary and multi-cultural teams
• Experience in operational research
• Experience in teaching/ training/ coaching.

What we offer

• A meaningful position with a lot of creative freedom in the world's leading organisation in the field of Disability Inclusive Development
• A fair salary and other social benefits based on the local conditions in the country you apply for
• An approachable, agile organisation with self-reliant people in a diverse working environemnt full of team spirit.