Project Technical Lead – Climate‑Resilient Healthcare in Southern Malawi

About the role

Save the Children is seeking an experienced Technical Lead for the Climate‑resilient Health and Wellbeing for Rural Communities in Southern Malawi Project, funded by the Green Climate Fund. The role provides strategic and technical leadership for programme implementation across six climate‑vulnerable districts, supporting more than 56 health facilities and approximately 500 communities.

Key responsibilities

• Provide strategic and technical direction for health‑system strengthening, climate‑resilient healthcare, and WASH infrastructure across the project area.
• Oversee interventions that strengthen the resilience of 56+ health facilities and support community health early‑warning systems.
• Lead and mentor multidisciplinary technical teams, ensuring high‑quality delivery and capacity building for health staff and government partners.
• Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, donors, and partners to align activities with national health sector strategies.
• Monitor, evaluate, and generate evidence to inform programme improvement, policy advocacy, and learning.

Required profile

• Advanced degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, Social Sciences or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience planning, implementing and evaluating health‑related interventions at national or international level.
• Proven experience designing and managing climate‑and‑health programmes in low‑ and middle‑income countries.
• Demonstrated ability to lead capacity‑strengthening and quality‑improvement initiatives within public health systems.
• Strong analytical, technical writing and report‑writing skills, with fluency in English.

Required skills

• Qualitative research methods
• Quantitative research methods
• Monitoring and evaluation
• Technical writing
• Report writing