Ethiopia: Nutrition Advisor - Ethiopia

FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes experts in health, education, nutrition, environment, economic development, civil society, gender, youth, research and technology — creating a unique mix of capabilities to address today’s interrelated development challenges. FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all U.S. states and territories. We are currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of: Nutrition Advisor

Description:

The Nutrition Advisor will provide overall technical director for nutrition interventions under the anticipated Growth through Nutrition Activity. The Advisor will play the lead role in guiding the implementation of technically sound and innovative approaches, in close collaboration with Government of Ethiopia stakeholders, to increase optimal nutrition, WASH, and agriculture behaviors, improve the quality of nutrition services, build nutrition capacities of frontline health and agriculture works, strengthen nutrition competencies in agriculture and health teaching institutions, and strategically incorporate nutrition objective into multi-sector polices. The Nutrition Advisor will report to the Chief of Party and will closely coordinate activities with the WASH Advisor and Agriculture/Livelihood Advisor.

Job Summary / Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership on improving nutrition policy environment in ways that are sensitive and beneficial to mothers and young children.


• Provide guidance and technical support in alignment with GOE’s nutrition policies and strategies, including USAID Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.


• Contribute to program/project design, implementation, learning, and monitoring and evaluation through active collaboration with project teams;


• Facilitate as well as provide guidance and technical support to improve the quality of higher education nutrition programs and to support the development trained nutrition professionals.


• Help develop internal organizational nutrition training and development of tools, guidelines, standards to improve program quality;


• Contribute to the learning agenda by writing nutrition background documents, briefs, and presentations, including carrying out relevant literature reviews, landscape analyses, and data analysis.


• Foster technical capacity building of field staff through technical updates, training opportunities, exchange visits, literature sharing, etc.;


• Activity engage in nutrition networks and forums to support the NNP and promote involvement of multiple GOE sectors, donors, and the private sector in nutrition and WASH.


• Participate as the nutrition representative as it relates to nutrition initiatives in Ethiopia.


• Maintain diplomatic and high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications internally and with partners in the field.

Qualifications:

• Masters (MSc) in Nutrition or related field, with an emphasis on community nutrition, public health nutrition, SBCC, or other relevant sub-specialty.


• Minimum of seven years (7) of experience designing and implementing multi-sector nutrition programs.


• Demonstrated significant expertise providing technical assistance to project/host country government staff working on nutrition and SBCC activities.


• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a wide range of partners with varying interests and priorities in the fields of nutrition, health agriculture, humanitarian assistance, resilience, and WASH.


• Prior experience in the Ethiopian nutrition sector desirable, preferably including experience with national and sub-national level coordination under the National Nutrition Program (NNP).


• Field experience in the prevention of malnutrition and under-nutrition and a strong understanding of nutrition and related policies, strategies and programs.


• Excellent inter-personal, communications and facilitation skills.


• In-depth understanding of the GOE structure at national, regional and local level.


• Travel Requirements: 10%-25%

This job description summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.
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