Supervisor: A&T Ethiopia Program Director
Band: TBD
Project Duration: The Duration of this project is through 2022
Additional Information:
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Equipment to Be Used: Computers, fax machines, telephones, calculators, and/or similar devices
Typical Physical Demands: Works in a typical office setting
Working Conditions including Travel and Overtime: Travel throughout the six regions in Ethiopia per demand.
Project Summary:
Alive & Thrive is an initiative to save lives, prevent illness, and ensure healthy growth and development. Good nutrition in the first 1,000 days, from conception to two years of age, is critical to enable all children to lead healthier and more productive lives. Alive & Thrive is scaling up improved infant and young child feeding and maternal nutrition through large-scale programs in several countries in Asia and Africa and through strategic technical support and the dissemination of innovations, tools, and lessons worldwide.
Alive & Thrive Ethiopia 3.0 is a five-year investment funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) to strengthen the institutional and human capacities required to achieve the Government of Ethiopia’s (GOE) ambitions for nutrition. Since 2009, A&T is working in Ethiopia within the context of the National Nutrition Program (NNP) and the National Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Strategy (NNSAS) to promote maternal, infant and young child nutrition (MIYCN) across multiple sectors at the federal, regional, woreda, and community levels. The A&T Ethiopia 3.0 investment will build upon successes and lessons learned from previous IYCF efforts to significantly improve MIYCN practices. In this new grant, A&T will provide greater analytical, technical, and systems-building support to bolster the capacity of federal and regional authorities to develop, deliver, monitor, and evaluate quality MIYCN services in their respective regions.
A&T Ethiopia 3.0 will work in partnership with the GOE and others to achieve the following three outcomes: 1) Sustained capacity at national level and among regional health bureaus to support woredas in planning, budgeting, implementing and using data to achieve MIYCN targets in the NNP II; 2) Sustained capacity at national level and among regional agriculture bureaus to improve women’s and children’s dietary diversity, and access to safe, affordable and nutritious foods; and 3) Knowledge and learning generated and tools and lessons learned disseminated in priority technical areas for improved MIYCN at scale.
Alive & Thrive is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the governments of Canada and Ireland. The initiative is managed by FHI 360.
Position Summary: Support the A&T program team in developing and implementing a strategic policy and advocacy plan to achieve key objectives around infant and young child nutrition both nationally and across various regions of Ethiopia. Work in partnership with existing or newly created coalitions aimed towards developing and executing successful policy and advocacy programs. Coordinate advocacy meetings and events at the national and regional level and produce standard reports and proceedings. Track policy and budgetary landscape and changes. Support the institutionalization of various strategies with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture & Natural Resources, and Ministry of Livestock & Fishery and other sectors represented in the National Nutrition Policy as appropriate. Develop messages & conduct policy and advocacy media outreach in collaboration with the Alive and Thrive program team.
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Education:
Social sciences degree at a masters or post-graduate level or higher, primarily in communications, public health and nutrition, development studies with a focus on policy; or equivalent combination of education and work experience
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