Humanitarian Nutrition Advisor at Save the Children UK in Kenya
Closing date: 12 Oct 2012
Introduction
Between now and 2015, we have dedicated our organisation to supporting the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 4, a two-thirds reduction in the rate of under five mortality. Our nutrition programmes are key to this goal and we are seeking to dramatically expand the scale and impact of our work, both direct interventions with communities, support to nutrition systems at district and national level and policy, advocacy and campaigns.
In line with Save the Children’s Ambition 2015 Humanitarian Strategy, we are significantly scaling up our frontline health & nutrition capacity so that many more children’s lives can be saved in new emergencies and in chronic emergency contexts. We are also scaling up our humanitarian nutrition capacity-building activities under the Humanitarian Academy to produce the next generation of Frontline Health Workers.
Between 2009 and 2011 SC reached approximately 750 000 children and their families per year with its emergency health & nutrition programmes. However, by 2014, we aim to have put in place the necessary capacity (people, equipment and training) to reach 1.5 million people per annum with emergency health & emergency nutrition support. We are seeking experienced and committed humanitarian nutrition professionals to help deliver this ambitious strategy.
Job Purpose
The purpose of this role is to support country programmes to design and deliver high quality humanitarian nutrition programmes, including supporting emergency preparedness and capacity building and providing surge and desk support for new emergency nutrition programmes.
Key Accountabilities
The Regional Humanitarian Nutrition Advisor will work collaboratively with regional and head office nutrition advisors from SCUK, and/or other Save the Children members, ensuring that our emergency response work, preparedness and capacity building links closely with our longer-term development and chronic humanitarian nutrition programming. They will also ensure that communication and support to country programmes and external representation is closely coordinated.
Support to Humanitarian contexts (New Emergencies and Fragile States) (50%):
- Provide thematic support to the design and implementation of humanitarian nutrition programmes, ensuring they are based upon high-quality needs assessments and robust baselines, Save the Children’s theory of change, strategies and principles of child rights programming, national policies and international best practice.
- In coordination with the Regional Humanitarian Director and Technical Line Manager, deploy to the field at short notice to help set up new emergency nutrition programmes within the region, including leading technical assessments, developing nutrition programme plans, strategies and masterbudgets, and carrying out coordination and representation.
- To work with SC member focal points to secure funding for humanitarian nutrition programmes, coordinating with donor technical experts and developing high quality proposals.
- In coordination with the Regional Humanitarian Director and the Nutrition Humanitarian Technical Working Group, provide technical backstopping (guidance and tools) to new emergency responses within the region, ensuring that emergency nutrition programmes achieve organisational quality standards.
- To maintain an overview of all new emergency nutrition programmes in technical area of expertise within the region, and carry out monitoring and evaluation visits as required.
Technical Capacity Building and HR (30%):
- In coordination with the Regional Humanitarian Director, Regional Nutrition Advisors, the Nutrition Humanitarian Technical Working Group and other counterparts help carry out a humanitarian nutrition learning needs assessment across the region.
- Working with the global Nutrition Humanitarian Technical Working Group and Regional Nutrition Advisors, plan and deliver technical training programmes and events within the region, in line with priority learning needs.
- Provide specific mentoring support to country level nutrition staff in order to support their development onto the Save the Children emergencies roster.
- Support fundraising efforts for humanitarian nutrition capacity building programmes in the region.
- Support country programmes in the recruitment of senior humanitarian nutrition staff.
- Take on line management of Nutrition Emergency Response Personnel as required.
Emergency Preparedness (10%):
- Working closely with the Regional Humanitarian Director and Country Humanitarian Focal Points provide technical support to emergency preparedness planning, ensuring they are prepared for emergency nutrition scale-up in response to epidemics, conflict or natural disasters.
Advocacy & Representation (10%):
- Coordinate closely with key SC stakeholders including Regional Nutrition Advisors and Humanitarian Advocacy teams to ensure advocacy & representation is aligned.
- Liaise with the relevant external regional stakeholders including donors, learning institutes, UN and NGO representatives identifying opportunities, synergies and partnerships for SC’s emergency nutrition work.
- Represent Save the Children at regional/sub-regional emergency nutrition forums, including with OCHA, WHO, Unicef, donors and other NGOs.
Other
- Advise the Regional Director, Country Directors and other relevant colleagues (SC UK PPQ, SCUK/SCI Humanitarian colleagues) on nutrition-related developments at country, regional and global levels.
- Participate as a full member of the Hunger & Livelihoods team and Humanitarian Technical Unit in London, joining team meetings, coordinating work with other advisers and using shared knowledge.
- Be available for global deployment as a core member of the SC Emergency Roster and when requested be a member of SC’s duty team system.
- Work to ensure that that 50% of own post costs are recovered through grant funding.
How to apply:
To apply: http://www7.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_savethechildren01.asp?s=yhJgMRoBzQChEeQzw&jobid=35424,4647655248&key=37339963&c=541323342387&pagestamp=sehetndorpwvtdjpyb
