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Emergency Response Roster - Nutrition & Health Technical Advisor - In Emergency

World Vision · United States · 7 mo ago
RemoteRemoteBusiness DevelopmentFull-time

About the role

Joining our Emergency Response Roster means you can be a part of our response, providing immediate support when disaster strikes.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of a sector response plan and provide strategic guidance for emergency health and nutrition response in the deployed country and emergency settings.

  • Provide technical guidance and leadership in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition and health programs in emergency settings.

  • Develop and oversee the implementation of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for nutrition and health interventions.

  • Ensure compliance with humanitarian standards and guidelines in all program activities.

  • Provide technical support to ensure the successful implementation of emergency health and nutrition interventions, including nutrition assessments.

  • Build capacity in emergency health and nutrition assessment and survey methodologies.

  • Contribute to Response’s technical programs development and roll out with focus on child well-being through peace, protection and opportunity.

  • Provide technical support to Nutrition and health initiatives (both developmental and emergency nutrition) in the Response.

  • Provide leadership in mainstreaming and scaling up promising nutrition /health practices with special focus on integration.

  • Supports assessment, monitoring and evaluation processes to monitor input, outcome and impact across the response on emergency nutrition/health programming using selected regional nutrition /health indicators.

  • Provide on the site technical support for existing and new health and nutrition projects.

  • Technical support for successful implementation of emergency and developmental nutrition/health research projects and publications.

  • Coordinates capacity building roll out plans for maternal Child health and establishing nutrition approaches and implementation of core intervention project models (ttC/CHW, PD/Hearth etc).

  • Develop capability statements and contribute to program design for funding proposals.

  • Identify and pursue funding opportunities to support nutrition and health programs.

  • Support the response team in exploring and pursuing multilateral, bilateral, and private health and nutrition funding opportunities.

  • Liaise with donors and partners to secure resources for program implementation.

  • Develop high-quality concept notes and proposals for emergency health and nutrition projects.

  • Assist in planning annual external engagement strategy.

  • Engage with external stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, and UN agencies, to coordinate and advocate for nutrition and health interventions.

  • Support significant Response-level donor and technical partner engagements for nutrition/health resource development and information sharing.

  • Represent the organization in relevant coordination meetings, clusters, and working groups.

  • Participate in relevant forums and conferences to share best practices and lessons learned.

  • Identify nutrition operations research (OR) and implementation research (IR) priorities in the response.

  • Support OR and IR design.

  • Identify and disseminate best practices, lessons learned, and innovations in nutrition from the response.

  • Document and share case studies and lessons learned to promote knowledge sharing and improve program effectiveness.

  • Develop and implement a monitoring and evaluation plan for nutrition and health programs.

  • Analyze data and generate evidence to inform programmatic decisions and improve outcomes.

  • Ensure integration and coherence between nutrition, health, and other sectors in program planning and implementation.

  • Advocate for a holistic approach that addresses the interconnectedness of nutrition, health, and other sectors.

  • Strengthen the implementation of the Nexus Approach by ensuring integration on humanitarian/development/peacebuilding initiatives.

  • Work with humanitarian, development and peace actors to find solutions, to if/when possible, prevent conflict, violence (and population movement) to happen.

  • Collaborate with M&E, Communications review Our Impact annual reports and provide feedback as needed.

  • Provide technical support and review for process monitoring and some outcome and impact M&E in collaboration with regional DME teams.

  • Coordinate H&N community of practice (CoP) in the Response through coordinating the monthly session with the response M&E advisor.

  • Facilitate capacity building initiatives for staff and partners on nutrition and health-related topics.

  • Support the development and implementation of organizational policies and procedures related to nutrition and health.

  • Contribute to organizational learning by sharing knowledge and experiences with colleagues.

  • Attend and participate in weekly chapel services and daily devotional meetings.

  • Carry out additional responsibilities and projects as assigned, including administrative and planning functions.

Qualifications

  • Master Degree in Public Health, Nutrition or related field.

  • A deep knowledge of emergency health and nutrition issues that affect the region, with significant nutrition experience in the Response region.

  • Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills, particularly in a cross-cultural environment.

  • Strong planning and organizational skills and ability to prioritize multiple activities.

  • Ability to represent WV, particularly with donors and partners.

  • Experience managing field-level programs.

  • Experience working remotely.

  • At least 5-7 years of relevant experience in humanitarian emergency response, with a focus on nutrition and health in emergency setting.

  • Demonstrated experience in planning, implementing, and monitoring nutrition and health programs in emergency settings.

  • Strong technical expertise in emergency nutrition and health, including experience in conducting nutrition assessments, surveys, and evaluations.

  • Proven experience in providing technical guidance and support to enhance emergency response capabilities, with a focus on improving health and nutrition outcomes for affected populations.

  • Experience in collaborating with stakeholders to develop and implement evidence-based strategies, ensuring the delivery of high-quality services in line with humanitarian standards and guidelines.

  • Significant bi-lateral, multi-lateral donor grant experience with program design, implementation, funding acquisition and reporting.

  • Experience in resource mobilization, including developing capability statements and assisting in program design for funding proposals.

  • Knowledge of and experience in establishing standards, sharing best practices, and building partnerships with relevant stakeholders and institutions.

  • Familiarity with the health and nutrition working group and cluster coordination mechanisms in humanitarian settings.

  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.

  • Knowledge of World Vision operations, regional and national office programming preferable.

  • Must be a creative individual with strong sense of vision, commitment and priorities.

  • Demonstrated commitment to World Vision’s mission statement and Core Values.

  • Proven track record of growing communities of practice and influencing senior field stakeholders (Eg. Operations Directors, Head of Mission etc).

  • Able to think and plan strategically and do practical field assessments, visits, proposal writing etc.

  • Experience in development of projects, training materials, conducting training (face to face and online) and providing technical assistance.

  • Understanding of the sector, donor and UN landscape for ESCA.

  • Technical skills: Knowledge of ESCA Project models and approaches is desirable.

  • Other: Clear communication skills, written and spoken high influencer, engager and an innovator, Techno survey, Trainer/coach, Research.

  • Strong relationship building/network capacity, spiritual maturity in the Christian faith, ability to influence, innovative, and proactive personality.

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