HelpAge International has a secretariat with offices in London and Brussels, and regional centres in East Africa, Southern Africa, South Asia, East Asia/Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean and Central Asia, several national programmes and a number of emergency programmes.

The EWCA Regional Development Centre works with a range of partners across Africa to deliver programming in a number of key areas: HIV/AIDS & health; income security & livelihoods; emergency response & DRR and rights of older people.

HelpAge aims to ensure older people have access to appropriate and affordable health and HIV treatment and care, and that governments are prepared for an ageing population in relation to their health policies and programmes, including providing for a growing incidence of non communicable diseases. 

• Lead on the implementation of the regional health and HIV strategy in collaboration with CDPs, affiliates and partners and provide relevant input to global thematic working groups and strategy discussions.
• Provide leadership to the implementation of specific regional programmes on health and/or HIV, specifically “Reducing poverty by improving health for older women and men in Africa” (DFID Aid Match 2014-17).
• Ensure reporting against and analysis of HelpAge corporate strategy and indicators for the region.
• Lead in the coordination, training and development of a regional (virtual) team of staff and affiliates and partners working on health and HIV.

• Be responsible for the management of HelpAge and donor-funded programmes in East, West and Central Africa and pan Africa regional level (as required), in a timely and accountable way and in accordance with the donor requirements and HelpAge internal procedures and contract management guidelines.
• Be responsible for the preparation, review and submission of timely and quality donor reports including all aspects of programmatic, financial and contractual compliance.
• Provide support and advice to affiliates, partners and CDP’s in developing and implementing health and HIV programmes, drawing on internal and external best practice.
• Support the design and implementation of a training and capacity building plan on health and HIV for HelpAge, Affiliate and partner staff in the region.
• Responsible for the effective monitoring, evaluation and learning from programmes under the post holder’s management and others in the region under their sectoral focus to ensure effective documentation and dissemination of HelpAge’s work.

• To develop and manage programme budgets within HelpAge and donor procedures and requirements, including taking responsibility for the programme phasing, timely generation, uploading and monitoring of relevant budget formats in HelpAge’s financial system.  
• Support affiliates, partners and CDP’s in monitoring and implementing their budgets.
• Support annual and strategic budget planning and reporting exercises to ensure strategic use of cash envelope and external donor resources.

• Support in identifying potential sources of funding and raising resources to establish and manage a strong portfolio of health and HIV programmes in the region, exploring opportunities for cross border/regional programming.
• Provide donor intelligence, build relationships with and plan approaches to relevant donors, and monitor the donor funding environment with regard to health and HIV work.
• Monitor emerging policy and programme developments and research and evidence of best practice in health and HIV in the region for the development of quality evidence based programmes and responses, including undertaking, supporting and analysing needs assessments to initiate programmes with the relevant partners.
• Lead on proposal design, consultation and writing with HelpAge staff, affiliates and partners for health and HIV programming.

• Coordinate the documentation and dissemination through effective communication products and campaigns, of evidence emanating from HelpAge programmes on health and HIV on the needs, rights and capacities of older people.
• Advocate and influence governments and humanitarian organisations in Africa to include the needs of older people, including the development of collaborative operations with HelpAge’s key target implementing agencies.
• Build strategic alliances with other (I)NGOs and development partners for joint programming and engagements n consortia.

• Represent HelpAge EWCA region in local, regional and international forums, including the media to highlight the needs, rights and capacities of older people.
• Actively identify and seize opportunities for influencing policies and strategies within the health and HIV sector. 

• To participate in the activities of HelpAge EWCA Regional Development Centre and perform any other duties as may be required from time to time.

• The post holder is expected to operate within all HelpAge policies and procedures.
• The post holder is authorised to make decisions within the framework of the agreed budget and programme proposals under their management in consultation with the management structure at the EWCA-RDC.
• To contribute to, or deliver policy and practice documents, in collaboration with global health and policy teams and relevant country development programmes, affiliates and partners for dissemination internally / externally, and link with key research and practice institutions

• Affiliates, partners and Country Development Programmes to support, train, monitor, evaluate and gather evidence and learning from the implementation of health and HIV programmes.
• Regional Development Centre staff – to ensure consistency of approach in HelpAge International’s work in the region and to ensure the development of complimentary activities.
• Development organisations working on health and HIV to share information and influence changes in policies and practices 
• Donor organisations
• Media to develop positive relationship and ensure that media are positive allies in our quest for inclusive policies and programmes. 
• Staff and volunteers of NGOs, INGOs and Governments to disseminate learning and sharing of experiences
• In the UK Secretariat with the Programme, Policy and learning Department, Advocacy and Communications Department, and Resource Development in relation to the key tasks of the programme.  

• Degree in Public Health or related area.
• At least 5 years working in an NGO environment with a regional set-up
• At least 5 years technical and managerial experience in programme design, implementation and monitoring of health and development programmes in Africa, including programme and contract management and monitoring of complex budgets
• Demonstrable experience and understanding of key technical, programme and policy issues in health and HIV
• Excellent networking and representation skills
• Excellent evidence gathering, analysis and communication and advocacy skills in English, both written and verbal
• Demonstrable experience of successful proposal development, compiling and managing multi-donor budgets in adherence to value for money principles.
• A strong understanding of and commitment to key international principles, standards and instruments, frameworks and codes of conduct that govern health and HIV work
• Experience of developing and/or implementing donor and beneficiary accountability frameworks
• Ability to work flexibly (with tact and diplomacy) at the highest level to lobby and advocate for inclusion of older people’s issues in policies, strategies and programmes and also to work with local partners to support their capacity and their engagement in programme and advocacy work.
• Demonstrable staff management skills and experience and ability to work across teams and cultures.
• Experience of work in an advisory capacity, in training and capacity development
• The ability to travel extensively in the region
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Administratively self supporting

• A developed understanding of health needs among older people, ageing issues and intergenerational dependency issues
• Exposure to the UN and major international donor systems
• Language skills in Swahili, French, Portuguese