Senior Technical Advisor, FCI Malawi - 2025830

About the Organization

World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization whose mission is to boldly engage the world’s greatest crises in partnership with the church. Founded in the aftermath of World War II, the organization has spent 80 years across 100 countries partnering with local churches and communities to build a world where families thrive and communities flourish. Today, World Relief focuses on humanitarian and disaster response, community strengthening and resilience, and refugee & immigrant services and advocacy.

About the Role

World Relief is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) for a three-year project in Malawi funded by the Department of State. The project aims to deliver cost-effective, high-quality integrated health services (HIV, tuberculosis, maternal and child health, malaria, and nutrition) through government and strengthened community and facility-based health worker networks using faith and community-based platforms. The project includes a clear, time-bound plan to sustainably transition program activities to national and sub-national government and stakeholders.

The STA will provide technical leadership to ensure supported faith and community-based services are well-coordinated and integrated into government systems, strengthening the health system across community, facility, district, and national levels. The role involves liaising with the FCI consortium global management team on technical and MEL-related topics, supporting workforce development, and aligning program models with Ministry of Health structures.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support and guidance to teams working with government counterparts and implementing partners on health systems strengthening (HSS) approaches, standards, and best practices aligned with national health strategies and donor requirements.
• Support alignment of faith-based and community-supported facilities with Ministry of Health policies, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Oversee assessments with health facilities and district structures and contribute to the development of action plans addressing service delivery quality, supervision systems, human resources for health, and governance gaps.
• Lead technical assistance aimed at strengthening supervision systems, including joint supervision with district health management teams, performance review processes, and follow-up on agreed corrective actions.
• Support technical assistance for strengthening supply chain management systems, including facility and district-level forecasting, ordering, stock management, and coordination with national supply systems.
• Facilitate sub-partner relationships in program design, technical implementation, and MEL.
• Act as key liaison between the Malawi country project and the consortium global management team.
• Strengthen the capacity of implementing partners and staff through trainings, mentoring, coaching, and development of practical tools related to HSS.
• Support learning and adaptation by documenting lessons learned, contributing to operational reviews, and using routine data and assessment findings to inform continuous improvement.
• Collaborate closely with global partners on monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning, systems integration, service delivery, and faith community mobilization to ensure integrated implementation.
• Supervise staff, including monitoring daily work activities, tracking and approving timesheets and time off, monitoring performance, and documenting performance concerns.
• Serve as a spiritual leader, fostering a Christian environment through prayer, devotionals, and interactions consistent with World Relief’s Christian values.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith.
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief.
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities.
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Relief’s Core Beliefs, Statement of Faith, Christian Identity, and the National Association of Evangelicals' For the Health of The Nation document.
• Ten (10) years of related professional experience.
• Master’s degree.
• Strong understanding of health systems strengthening principles and practice.
• Ability to analyze system gaps and translate findings into practical improvement actions.
• Strong facilitation, mentoring, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to work effectively across government, faith-based, and community stakeholders.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in standard office software and routine reporting tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Agreement with World Relief’s Values.
• Ability to contribute a diverse perspective on the FCI team.
• Ability to work in complex environments with multiple tasks, competing priorities, and short deadlines.
• Experience building consensus and working with diverse groups of people.
• Experience in building capacity among peers for developing knowledge-sharing products and leading knowledge-sharing activities.
• Ability to travel 3 times a year.

Benefits

World Relief offers a competitive benefits package and employee discount program for full-time, regular employees. The organization is recognized with the Gold-level Cigna Healthy Workforce Designation for exceeding core components of its well-being program, including leadership and culture, program foundations and execution, and whole-person health.