Senior Technical Advisor, ELEVATE Nutrition

1 month ago

New York, New York, United States Action Against Hunger Full time
Job Summary

Action Against Hunger USA is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor, Wasting to oversee wasting management and prevention efforts on the recently awarded USAID ELELVATE Nutrition Project.

ELEVATE Nutrition (Enhancing Local Efforts for Vital, Transformative, and Evidence-Based Nutrition), funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is a five-year cooperative agreement led by FHI 360 in collaboration with Action Against Hunger, Bixal, CNFA: Cultivating New Frontiers in Agriculture, GEMNet-Health, and Oxford Policy Management. The project aims to advance local implementation of high-quality nutrition programs and policies to improve the nutritional status of women and children, particularly in the first 1,000 days.

Purpose: The Senior Technical Advisor, Wasting will provide technical direction and strategic leadership to ELEVATE Nutrition's portfolio of wasting prevention and management activities. The senior technical advisor will serve as a member of ELEVATE Nutrition's technical leadership team and provide strategic leadership for the design and implementation of wasting activities. S/he will establish quality standards for wasting-related activities and ensure the project's wasting work achieves those standards in support of ELEVATE Nutrition's goal to advance evidence-based, local efforts for improving nutritional outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide technical thought leadership in wasting prevention and management for ELEVATE Nutrition.
  • Support USAID and the ELEVATE Nutrition Technical Leadership Team in refining global and country-level priorities, and ensure timely, quality support to wasting management and prevention activities.
  • Represent Action Against Hunger technical engagement within the ELEVATE Nutrition project team, coordinate ACF Network support to the project, and ensure timely accurate reporting to the project team.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in nutrition, public health, international development and/or related field; PhD and/or MPH desirable.
  • 12+ years of experience providing technical leadership to global nutrition programs.
  • Considerable experience implementing or supporting nutrition or public health programs in LMIC's essential.
  • Prior work experience in a non-governmental organization (NGO), government agency, or private organization in subject matter area of expertise; and,
  • Experience working in USAID funded programs highly desirable.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated track record in the field of wasting prevention and management, including leadership in strategic planning and programming with bilateral and multilateral donors, implementing partners, and local organizations.
  • Expert technical knowledge on issues related to wasting, including but not limited to basic and underlying causes of malnutrition; community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) programming; wasting management among pregnant and lactating women; management of at-risk infants and their mothers (MAMI); specialized nutritious food formulations and products; key stakeholders in procurement and supply of specialized nutritious foods; WHO guidelines on management and prevention of wasting; and other relevant topics.
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality technical products.
  • Ability to work with technical teams across diverse contexts; demonstrated success providing technical assistance in complex environments.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Fluency in French, Spanish, or Portuguese desirable; and,
  • Willingness to travel as required (up to 25%).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Action Against Hunger USA is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from qualified candidates of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve.

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