Senior Nutrition Specialist

Position: Senior Nutrition Specialist

FHI 360 is a non-profit human development organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff include 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 60 countries.

FHI 360 is currently recruiting for the position Senior Nutrition Specialist for the USAID/ Jordan Community Health and Nutrition Project. The Community Health and Nutrition Project aims to improve the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women and children under the age of two in three target governorates in Jordan. The project seeks to support child and maternal health and nutrition by improving breastfeeding practices, introducing appropriate complementary foods at the right time, and ensuring appropriate child spacing through postpartum family planning and continued adoption of modern forms of contraception. The Senior Nutrition Specialist will be based in Amman, Jordan.

Job Responsibilities:

The Senior Nutrition Specialist will lead technical activities in improving breastfeeding practices, complementary food introduction, and capacity building for Community Based Organizations (CBOs) to deliver family nutrition programs. Specific duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by the Senior Nutrition Specialist are as follows:

• Oversee the technical direction of nutrition activities.
• Provide strategic leadership on nutrition policy and programming.
• Provide guidance and technical support in alignment with Government of Jordan nutrition and health policies and strategies, including USAID policy priorities.
• Contribute to program/project design, implementation, learning, and monitoring and evaluation through active collaboration with project teams.
• Help develop internal organizational nutrition training and develop 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.
• Actively engage in nutrition networks and forums to support government nutrition priorities and promote involvement of multiple government sectors, donors, and the private sector in nutrition-related initiatives.
• Participate as the nutrition representative as it relates to nutrition initiatives in Jordan; and
• Maintain diplomatic and high-quality interactions and clear and consistent communications internally and with partners in the field.

Minimum Requirements:

• Masters (MSc) in public health, nutrition, or related health field, with an emphasis on community nutrition, public health nutrition, Social and Behavior Change Communication or other relevant sub-specialty.
• Minimum of five years’ experience designing and implementing multi-sector nutrition programs.
• Demonstrated capacity building experience and significant expertise providing technical assistance to community-based organizations (CBOs) and health care providers.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a wide range of partners including government, community-based organization, implementing partners, and other donor organizations.
• Prior experience in the Jordan nutrition sector desirable, including experience at the community, district, sub-national and national levels.
• Excellent inter-personal, communication and facilitation skills.
• Fluency in Arabic and English required.

Only the most qualified and suitable candidates will be invited to interviews. Interested qualified individuals are requested to submit their application (CV, a cover letter and three references) by July 24,2023. No phone calls will be accepted to inquire about the position. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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.

FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected under applicable law.

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