Senior Specialist - Nutrition
Job Description
Title: Senior Specialist - Nutrition
Company Name: International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
Vacancy: Not specific
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Masters or PhD degree in nutrition, public health, or a related field.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 5 to 7 year(s)
Job Context:
∎ Job ID : HQ01086
∎ Job Purpose:
∎ Under the direction of the Country Manager - Healthier Rice Program Bangladesh, the Senior Specialist - Nutrition will build the necessary partnerships with the organizations engaged in nutrition and promote Golden Rice as well as other Healthier Rice and their sustainable deployment in Bangladesh. S/he will need to understand the local context and culture, coupled with and understanding of how to mobilize public, civil and private organizations for long-term collective impact. Guide NARES partners on high-level engagement of government and no-government organizations to facilitate adoption of the bio-fortification approach in government nutrition and food production policies and programs.
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Purpose:
∎ Promote nutritional awareness and healthy eating among project target audiences, particularly women and children, through effective and efficient nutritional communications and activities
∎ Understand local food availability, food habits and consumption patterns of target audiences, and collect/develop locally adaptable and nutritionally improved recipes with project crops for promotion
∎ Develop promotional messages and coordinate nutritional promotion events to be implemented by project team members and/or partners, and monitor the implementation and outcomes
∎ Develop nutrition training materials and provide nutrition courses (lectures and hand-on) for project training programs in English and Bangla
∎ Develop a program model that will ensure availability of affordability of Golden Rice in local markets (expanding to cover more and more areas), with demand created among consumers through effective marketing
∎ Design and implement periodic assessments (FGD, case studies, etc.) to understand the effectiveness of nutrition activities and its impact on the target audience
∎ Engagement:
∎ Partnership building and stakeholder engagement with BRRI, NARES partners and other project partners to develop and roll-out nutrition activities as appropriate for each stage of the project
∎ Facilitate the conduct of technical presentations, briefings, roundtable discussion and meeting with key stakeholders from various agencies in Bangladesh
∎ Participate in third party conferences, workshops related to discussion and development of agricultural and nutrition policies that can affect the successful deployment of Golden Rice and other bio-fortified rice
∎ Coordinate closely with deployment and communications and stakeholder engagement arms of the project in properly communicating Healthier Rice to target audience and building support and acceptance of the product in Bangladesh
∎ Contribute to design of the project nutrition strategy and develop work plan
∎ Delivery:
∎ Build the experiences and processes for engagement with Ministry of Food, Ministry of Health and Nutrition, and the network millers, wholesalers and retailers for grain
∎ Develop metrics from each actor to assess their deployment plans in terms of model sustainability with ability to scale within existing market channels and government programs, and reaching beneficiaries. There will be an agreed set of metrics for performance that guide each actor in deployment
∎ Systematize the processes for engagement with key government and non-government and private sector agencies in the deployment of golden rice
∎ Review and analyze the latest policy developments, existing processes, strategies and guidelines and provide recommendations for possible changes or amendments to strategy relevant to nutrition;
∎ Documentation of meetings, briefings and other engagement activities flagging insights, action items and recommendations for continued engagement
∎ Support events as needed, including developing message platforms, drafting agenda, identifying participants and serving as facilitator/ moderator
Additional Requirements:
∎ At least 5-7 years of work experience in behavior change communication and community-based agricultural and/or development projects.
∎ Experience in implementing public advocacy programs related to the passing of peace of legislation, a regulatory approval, or a binding multi-stakeholder agreement.
∎ Experience in dealing with private sector to secure buy-in and subsequent commitment
∎ S/he must have skills in organizing and communicating effectively. Proficiency in 'Bangla' and English (written and spoken) is necessary
∎ Has proven ability to develop plans and strategies relevant to nutrition
∎ Has good organizational skills and is timely in delivery
∎ Experience in program development, use of participatory approaches, familiar with USAID program operation procedures will be an advantage
∎ Has experience working for an international organization
∎ Has a good understanding of complex scientific information and theories related to agriculture
∎ Has basic understanding of agricultural biotechnology
∎ Has stakeholder engagement and coordination experience
∎ Has knowledge on equal opportunity, cultural, and gender diversity
∎ Experience working with/ in a nutrition project or program
Salary:
∎ Basic (70,667 - 130,833) BDT per Month
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ Housing Allowance: 30% of base pay per month, Transport Allowance: 14,400 BDT, Festival Bonus: 2 times each year, Contributory Provident Fund (CPF), Returning Mother Allowance: BDT-1,000 per month for 9 months to female employees post-delivery of a baby to support return to the workplace, Medical insurance coverage: maximum US$16,000/year and other admissible benefits.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2020
Company Information:
∎ International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
∎ Address : IRRI Bangladesh Office, House-103, Road-1, Block-F, Banani, Dhaka-1212, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.irri.org
∎ Business : International Agricultural Research
Category: NGO/Development
Source: bdjobs.com
Deadline Expired on 31st Jan 2020
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