Country: Myanmar
Closing date: 23 Aug 2016
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Contract length: 2 years, accompanied
The Role
The Nutrition Thematic Advisor is overall accountable for delivering a strategic and high impact nutrition portfolio of work, integrated and stand-alone, for children in Myanmar. More specifically, the Nutrition Thematic Advisor is responsible for developing multi-year thematic strategies and annual plans, designing and guiding programme implementation across sectors, identifying and securing development opportunities, developing strong external relations, and producing and utilising high quality and well-articulated project evidence and research for learning, for advocacy and for the continued development of the Nutrition portfolio. The Advisor will ensure that innovative nutrition activities are central to Save the Children's Myanmar Country Programme. The Thematic Advisor is also responsible for promoting programme quality in close collaboration with the Nutrition Program Senior Advisor, and the MEAL team. In addition, the Nutrition Advisor is responsible for the management and supervision of key staff managing nutrition projects/teams (that is, nutrition projects which are not managed as part of the child poverty or health portfolio), currently the LEARN nutrition programme, the SUN civil society coalition and the nutrition advisor.
Skills and Experience
- Post graduate level in Nutrition (and a degree in Public Health desirable) and a minimum of 8 years management experience in both emergency and development contexts
- Demonstrated knowledge and experience of Nutrition programme development, implementation and growth and experience in working with a wide range of donors
- Experience in project design, proposal development and developing donor relationships
- Experience in conducting/participating in/guiding operational and formative research (including analysis and reporting)
- Strong policy analysis and policy engagement experience.
- Strong analytical and writing skills
- Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills including influencing, negotiation and coaching
- Highly developed cultural awareness and ability to work well in an international environment with people from diverse backgrounds and cultures
- Experience working with government partners, partner agencies, local partners, and in consortium
- Proven ability to manage a complex and demanding workload
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Good computer skills (MS Office, SPSS/STATA, ENA, etc.)
We need to keep children safe so our selection process reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse.
To see a full a job description, please visit our website at www.savethechildren.net/jobs
Please apply in English using your CV and cover letter as a single document, including your salary expectations for this role.
How to apply:
Application Email: Please apply with a covering letter and up-to-date CV to: 'gumayam.12034.3830@savethechildrenint.aplitrak.com'