Alive & Thrive is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development through improved breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices. The project is currently seeking an IYCF/ Nutrition Technical Advisor for the team in Nigeria.
The A&T Nigeria Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF)/Nutrition Advisor will work as part of an A&T Nigeria senior technical leadership team led by the A&T Nigeria Country Director. The IYCF/Nutrition Advisor is responsible for providing IYCF and nutrition technical leadership to the Government of Nigeria’s National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014-2019), specifically the FMOH; international donors, agencies, and projects; private/commercial and NGO representatives and projects; and other partners and stakeholders to help in the design, implementation, monitoring, and improvement of IYCF social and behavior change communication strategies, approaches, and intervention designs towards the improvement of breastfeeding and complementary feeding practices.
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
· PhD in one of the following or related fields: Human Nutrition, International Public Health, Behavior Change Communications, Behavioral Science. MSc with additional work experience equivalent to a PhD may be acceptable.
Experience:
· At least 12 years of relevant experience in Nigeria (similar global experience may be acceptable) required with at least 5 years in a senior technical leadership role providing technical input to a large scale nutrition or public health project across multiple levels (and sectors). Work experience with international projects and donors also preferred.
· Extensive knowledge of infant and young child feeding. · Recent senior technical and program work experience (3-5 years in the last 10 years) in Nigeria (similar setting may be acceptable).
· Extensive public health/nutrition field experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on capacity building in more than one component ( policy and advocacy, interpersonal communication and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic collection and use of data)
· Familiarity with nutrition indicators especially IYCF data collection, analysis, strategic data use, and report-outs
More information regarding this position can be found at: http://aliveandthrive.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Nigeria-JD-Sr-IYCF-...
