Child and Adolescent Health Specialist

Save the Children Philippines; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement Plan

Year-end Bonus

HMO

Employee Assistance Program

Life and Accident Insurance

Employee Learning and Development

Statutory Benefits

Time off and Leave of Absences

Job summary

Save the Children Philippines is seeking a Child and Adolescent Health Specialist to provide strategic leadership across the CAH portfolio and advance evidence-based programming. The role reports to the Portfolio Lead – CAH and strengthens technical positioning, policy engagement, and resource mobilization in MNCHN, ASRHR, mental health, and related areas.

The specialist will work across development and humanitarian contexts, engaging with government, civil society, and partners to translate

Qualifications

• Broad and current CAH expertise and ability to translate evidence into guidance.
• Experience in CAH program design, quality assurance, and government engagement.
• Experience in evidence generation, epidemiology data interpretation, and knowledge products.
• Strong writing, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with government, civil society and partners using participatory approaches.
• Ability to work across development and humanitarian contexts and mobilize support.

Responsibilities

• Provides strategic and technical leadership across SCP’s CAH portfolio.
• Advances evidence-based programming and knowledge generation.
• Strengthens SCP’s technical positioning and policy influence.
• Engages nationally with stakeholders and humanitarian health actors.

Skills

CAH program design

Health policy influence

Evidence generation

Technical writing

Stakeholder engagement

Government engagement

Public health leadership

Education

MD degree

MPH (desirable)

Job description

Save the Children Philippines | Fixed-Term

Child and Adolescent Health Specialist

Philippines > Quezon, Philippines | Posted on 09/23/2026

• Industry Nonprofit Charitable Organizations
• Date Opened 09/23/2026
• Job Type Fixed-Term
• State/Province National Capital Region (Manila)
• Country Philippines

About Us

What We Do

Save the Children Philippines works hard every day to give children a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. When crises strike, and children are most vulnerable, we are always among the first to respond.

We ensure children’s unique needs are met and their voices are heard. We deliver lasting results for millions of children, including those hardest to reach.

Job Description

TheChild and Adolescent Health (CAH) Specialist provides strategic and technicalleadership across SCP’s CAH portfolio, working with and reporting to thePortfolio Lead – CAH. The role advances evidence-based programming, knowledgegeneration, policy influence and national-level technical engagement;strengthens SCP’s technical positioning in child and adolescent health; andcontributes to program innovation and resource mobilization. The Specialistmaintains a broad and current understanding of maternal, newborn and childhealth and nutrition (MNCHN); adolescent health and sexual and reproductivehealth and rights (ASRHR); mental health and psychosocial well-being; healthpromotion and health literacy; disease prevention; health systems strengtheningand continuity of care; and child and adolescent health in humanitarian andpublic health emergencies.

Requirements

Essential skills, knowledge or experience

• Broad and current technical expertise in childand adolescent health, with demonstrated ability to critically appraisescientific and public health evidence and translate it into program, policy andoperational guidance.
• Strong experience in CAH program design,technical quality assurance, evidence generation, health systems, policyinfluence and government engagement.
• Demonstrated experience in evidence generationand use, including research, interpretation of epidemiological and programdata, technical writing and knowledge products.
• Strong technical writing, communication andstakeholder engagement skills, including ability to communicate complex healthevidence clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with government, civilsociety, technical partners and children and communities using participatoryand locally led approaches.
• Ability to work across development andhumanitarian contexts, collaborate across disciplines, recognize limits of ownexpertise and mobilize additional specialist support when required.
• Strategic Agility - Anticipatesemerging health, policy and program trends; connects evidence, externaldevelopments and organizational priorities; and translates them into strategicoptions and recommendations for the CAH portfolio.
• Political Savvy - Understandsformal and informal decision-making dynamics, stakeholder interests andinstitutional sensitivities, and uses this understanding appropriately toinfluence policy, practice and adoption of technically sound and child-centeredapproaches without relying on positional authority.
• Decision Quality - Makestimely, evidence-informed recommendations by weighing the quality and limits ofavailable evidence, risks, alternative options, operational realities andimplications for children and the organization, including when information isincomplete or evolving

Desirable skills, knowledge or experience

• Experience influencing health policy,strengthening government health systems and supporting adoption or scale-up ofevidence-based approaches.
• Experience working across one or more priorityCAH areas such as MNCHN, nutrition, ASRHR, mental health and psychosocialwell-being, health promotion/health literacy, disease prevention and healthsystems strengthening.
• Experience in humanitarian health, outbreakresponse, Health Cluster or similar humanitarian coordination mechanisms,and/or technical media engagement.

Required Education and Qualifications

• Medical Doctor (MD) degree and current or recentprofessional registration/licensure, with advanced training or demonstratedsubstantial experience in public health, epidemiology, community health or aclosely related field. A postgraduate public health qualification (e.g., MPH)is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience intechnical leadership, public health programming, health systems, developmentand/or humanitarian settings, with substantive experience related to child andadolescent health.
• Experience working in child-focused orrights-based organizations is highly desirable.

• Retirement Plan or Performance Completion Benefit
• Year-end Bonus
• HMO
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life and Accident Insurance
• Employee Learning and Development
• Statutory Benefits
• Time off and Leave of Absences