Job ID : 16276
Job Function : Global Health, Population & Nutrition
Job Locations : US-DC-Washington
Company Profile :
FHI 360 is a nonprofit human development
organization dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing
integrated, locally driven solutions. Our staff includes 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 70 countries and all U.S. states and
territories.
Job Description:
Alive & Thrive (A&T) 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 is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and the governments of Canada and Ireland. The initiative is
managed by FHI 360.
A&T/Nigeria Program Summary (2015-2019)
The
Nigeria A&T IYCF social and behavior change program (2015-2019)
focuses on improving rates of early initiation of breastfeeding,
exclusive breastfeeding, timely introduction of complementary feeding,
and minimum dietary diversity for infants over 6 months old. A&T
will work across the public, commercial/private, and NGO sectors to
improve IYCF through A&T’s four components: advocacy, interpersonal
communication and community mobilization, mass communication, strategic
use of data. At the national level, A&T will predominantly work with
its public, private/commercial, and NGO sector partners (Scaling Up
Nutrition and other national IYCF initiatives) to improve the
implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of key IYCF policies (Code
of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes; maternity leave; work place
support; breastfeeding-friendly health care and delivery facilities).
A&T will also work in two states—Lagos (metropolitan) and Kaduna
(urban and rural)—to apply the four components to reach households,
communities, and facilities with targeted, age-appropriate social and
behavior change communication (SBCC) messaging on IYCF practices.
- Specifically in metropolitan Lagos, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might work with the State Primary Health Care Board, proprietary and patent medicine vendors, licensed traditional birth attendants, major public and private maternity centers, social franchise-oriented private organizations, faith- and community-based organizations, and related on-going USAID (SPRING) and UNICEF projects to improve advocacy; interpersonal behavior change communication (counseling), and mobilization efforts to reach pregnant women and new mothers; and use mass communication (through broadcast, Nollywood, mobile phone, and signage) to further extend the reach of IYCF messages, provide follow-up counseling, and improve the social norm around IYCF practices.
- In rural and urban Kaduna, the Nigeria program (as an example only) might work with the State Ministry of Health, the Federation of Muslim Women Associations of Nigeria, the Market Women Association, and related health initiatives by USAID (SPRING), Clinton Health Access Initiative, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Primary Health Care initiative to improve advocacy, interpersonal behavior change communication and mobilization; and use mass communication (through broadcast, Kallywood, and mobile phones) to improve the social norm for IYCF among stakeholders and health care providers.
At both the
national level and in the two states, while the emphasis will be to
build the capacity of the public sector to improve IYCF practices, the
involvement and resources from the private and commercial sectors will
be pursued to advance IYCF policies, expand the promotion of positive
social norms, and extend timed and age-appropriate behavior change
messaging through private and commercial facilities to households and
communities. Formative research will be conducted to further understand
target populations and audiences (stakeholders, providers,
beneficiaries), and monitoring systems will be established to ensure
that program inputs, outputs, and outcomes are tracked and fed back into
improving the program.
Job Summary / Responsibilities:
The Alive & Thrive/Nigeria Program Director
is based at A&T HQ in Washington, DC. In close collaboration with
A&T HQ technical and operations staff and the FHI 360/Nigeria
country office, the position will oversee the initial technical,
program, and operational set-up of A&T’s presence in Nigeria.
Subsequently, the position in collaboration with A&T staff,
A&T/Nigeria country director and team, and partner technical/program
specialists will provide technical leadership in the design,
development, implementation, monitoring, deliverables (outputs), and
impact (outcomes) of the overall program. This position will
communicate, connect, and coordinate with A&T technical staff, FHI
360/Nigeria staff, subcontractors, partners, government, NGO, and
private/commercial stakeholders, and international donors to ensure
successful design and implementation of the large and complex portfolio
of activities expected in Nigeria. This position will also provide
highest level strategic program and technical leadership and quality
assurance in Nigeria to ensure components meet project goals and
objectives.
- Provide technical input, leadership, and coordination for the design and implementation of all program components, particularly but not solely community-based elements (social and behavior change communications, capacity building, advocacy, monitoring and learning) at the national level, in metropolitan Lagos, and in rural and urban Kaduna state.
- Provide leadership to and oversight of the application of A&T’s approaches, messages, materials, and tools to capacity building under the context of the Nigeria National Strategic Plan of Action for Nutrition (2014-2019) and state mandates, and across public, private/commercial and NGO sectors
- Provide direct-line supervision of the A&T/Nigeria Country Director position
- Work closely with the A&T/Nigeria team to provide input into strengthening public and private/commercial sector capacity building, coverage, delivery, and monitoring of related IYCF projects
- Provide input to the A&T/Nigeria Country Director in developing and implementing overarching advocacy, IPC and community mobilization, mass communication and strategic use of data frameworks to ensure A&T capacity building efforts (especially SBCC) in the public health sector and other sectors at the national and regional level are efficiently and effectively put into action
- Help develop annual work plans and project reports, and ensure timely reporting and responses for information to HQ
- Actively participate in, contribute to, and in some cases conduct or help facilitate major program development and implementation activities (strategic planning, program presentations, advocacy and policy meetings, workshops), as appropriate
- Work closely with A&T/Nigeria Country Director to leverage other international donor and private sector resources to complement and extend project reach and resources
- Oversee and coordinate the development and implementation of A&T supported formative research and operations research on IYCF SBCC implementation and program work
- Oversee and coordinate the development of a monitoring system to track progress and obtain data to refine interventions
- Provide guidance and coordination to document and present formative, monitoring, and evaluation results to key Nigerian and international stakeholders, and facilitate use of the results to improve programs
- Serve as a technical expert for at least one of the four A&T program components and in the context of SBCC approaches
- Other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in one of the following or related fields: Public, International Health; Human Nutrition; Behavior Change Communications, Behavioral Science. PhD strongly preferred
- 8-11 years of relevant experience required with at least 5 years in a senior technical leadership role providing technical input to a large scale SBCC-oriented nutrition or public health project involving advocacy, interpersonal communication and mobilization, mass communication, and strategic use of data across public, private/commercial, and NGO sectors
- Extensive knowledge of infant and young child feeding
- Recent senior technical and program work experience in an African setting, preferably Nigeria (3-5 years in the last 10 years)
- Extensive field and HQ experience in designing, implementing, monitoring and reporting on capacity building in more than one component (advocacy, training, BCC, public/private sector) of a public health SBCC nutrition program
- Oversight and/or design or program and/or operations research of community activities
- Familiarity with nutrition indicators especially IYCF data collection, analysis, and reporting
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.
We offer competitive compensation and an outstanding benefit package.
FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. FHI 360 is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, age, disability or status as a veteran with respect to policies, programs, or activities.
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