The Hunger
Project because of their mission statement which states “To end hunger and
poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies and
advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the
world.”
World Vision
International because of provides a range of interventions
tailored to the context, including programs in education, health, economic
development, microfinance, agriculture, water and sanitation. By helping
community members help each other, World Vision ensures that the process of
positive change continues long after development staff has left.
CARE is an organization in
Atlanta, GA that “tackles underlying causes of poverty so that people can become
self-sufficient. Recognizing that women and children suffer disproportionately
from poverty, CARE places special emphasis on working with women to create
permanent social change. Women are at the heart of CARE's community-based
efforts to improve basic education, increase access to quality health care and
expand economic opportunity for all. CARE also delivers emergency aid to
survivors of war and natural disasters, and helps people rebuild their lives in
the aftermath.”
Job opportunities: CARE is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Advisor,
Maternal & Child Nutrition (MCN). S/he will play an integral role in
strengthening CARE’s nutrition programming and integrating nutrition into
programming for food security, humanitarian assistance, maternal health and
early childhood development. Nutrition is critical to the broad range of
development outcomes CARE seeks to achieve across sectors and contributes
measurably to breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty.
CARE works to reduce
poverty and increase social justice for the poor and vulnerable, focusing on the
key role of empowering women to bring lasting change to families and
communities. The CARE USA Health Equity Unit collaborates with partners in
developing, supporting implementation, and evaluating programs to improve health
and well-being, and to generate and share knowledge on the relationships between
health, equity and empowerment to maximize global impact.
The STA, MCN will provide
leadership and technical expertise in maternal and child nutrition programming;
measurement of nutrition programming impacts and contribution to multiple health
and development outcomes; documentation of the most effective program
approaches; and knowledge sharing within CARE and externally. This includes
focusing on inter-relationships between underlying social and structural causes
of poverty, poor health and under-nutrition, and using women's and community
empowerment approaches as one strategy to catalyze scalable and sustainable
change. The STA, MCN will work closely with Country Offices in designing,
monitoring, evaluating and providing ongoing collaboration and technical support
for programming aimed at improving the nutritional status of women and young
children. The STA will facilitate the integration of nutrition into other CARE
program sectors, specifically the CARE International Food Security strategy and
Maternal Health programming, which are priorities for CARE. S/he will develop
technically appropriate materials and tools for capacity building that will meet
the needs of varying cultures and work environments. The STA will also work
closely with other team members to ensure that the most appropriate and up to
date technical strategies and tools are used in implementation, monitoring and
evaluation (including the use of data for decision-making), communications, and
knowledge sharing.
Responsibilities:
- Provide leadership for nutrition throughout
CARE International (CI);
- Technical Support to Country
Offices;
- Coordinate knowledge generation and
sharing;
- Build strategic partnerships;
- Secure funding for nutrition
programming;
- Perform other duties as
assigned.
Required
skills:
- MPH with at least 7 years experience in global
nutrition programming OR PhD in nutrition or related field with some additional
training in nutrition, food security or other relevant specialization and at
least 2 years experience in global nutrition programming;
- 2-7 years experience in nutrition programming
and provision of technical assistance in nutrition, depending on academic
background;
- Experience working with non-profit
organizations;
- Experience in program design, implementation,
monitoring and evaluation;
- Demonstrated technical leadership;
- Experience with research and analytical
skills;
- Experience working overseas;
- Experience working with donors, writing or
reviewing reports and ensuring adherence to donor agreements;
- Technical expertise in nutrition;
- Support for nutrition programming or provision
of nutrition technical assistance in developing country context;
- Relevant experience in community
approaches;
- Program design, monitoring and evaluation
skills;
- Excellent verbal and written English skills,
particularly communication skills for diverse audiences;
- Demonstrated ability to conceptualize and
operationalize program strategies;
- Demonstrated ability to work in a
team;
- Ability to establish and maintain effective
partnerships and working relationships with government, donors, community
leaders and other development partners;
- Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet
software, and data processing;
- Ability to prepare presentations and write
articles for publication.
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