Ireland: Nutrition Advisor

Job Title:

Nutrition Advisor

Reports to:

Senior Nutrition Advisor

Liaises with:

Overseas Regional Directors and support staff, Country Directors and other project staff, other SAL technical advisers

Job Location:

Dublin or London with up to 30% overseas travel.

Contract Details:

Permanent

Pay Band

Dublin: Pay Band 5 (€40,928 - €48,151)

London: Pay Band 5C ( £37,053 - £40,953)

Job Background:

Concern Worldwide is a non-governmental, international, humanitarian organisation dedicated to the reduction of suffering and the elimination of extreme poverty in the world's poorest countries. Concern considers poor health and nutrition both a cause and a consequence of extreme poverty, thus improved child nutrition is core objective for a large number of our programmes. We increasingly design and implement integrated programmes that draw from multiple sectors, and capacity building and promotion of social and behaviour change are core approaches. We remain committed to results-based management, which includes real-time analysis of M&E data, and we are engaged in a range of operational research projects and partnerships to generate evidence and promote learning.

Concern is headquartered in Dublin with other principal offices in London; New York; Belfast; Seoul and in our 25 countries of operation.

The Nutrition Advisor will sit within the Resilience Programme Support Team, which comprises five advisers covering nutrition, livelihoods, gender and WASH who provide integrated support to 11 priority countries deemed to be most prone to regular disasters. The position offers the chance to work with a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, and 2016 is likely to be an exciting year. As Concern’s new five-year strategic plan comes on line, we will be expanding and refining our approach to community resilience programming for which nutrition is a central component.

Job Purpose:

To support quality programming for improved nutrition and community resilience and promote the generation and sharing of related evidence and learning within Concern and beyond.

Main duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support to Concern country programme teams in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes to improve nutrition and community resilience in disaster-prone contexts. This involves field visits and remote support as well as developing strong working relationships with staff across the organisation. Focal areas of country support will include but are not limited to: social and behaviour change; nutrition M&E; integration of nutrition with WASH, livelihoods and gender equality; and building emergency preparedness and timely response.
• Build the technical capacity of Concern country teams through formal training, remote mentoring, and production and sharing of key technical resources. This may include assessing technical needs, developing capacity development plans and compiling training resources and opportunities.
• Provide technical oversight for nutrition information management within Concern, including SMART surveys and other programme M&E data – in collaboration with other technical advisers.
• Synthesise and document practical evidence and learning from our programmes; identify ways to apply it in a timely fashion; and to share more widely to improve policy and practice within and beyond Concern.
• Support and develop relationships with other agencies, including research institutes and represent Concern in national, regional and international fora as relevant.
• As required, support recruitment of country programme staff, support development of programme proposals and engage in multi-sectoral/ inter-departmental initiatives such as staff induction, M&E guidance, etc.
• Potentially be deployed to support emergency responses for up to six weeks

Person specification:

Essential:

· Post-graduate qualification in nutrition, public health or agriculture/ food security or equivalent;

· At least three years’ experience working in programmes related to nutrition in emergency and/or development contexts, including some experience with CMAM;

· Willing to travel overseas for at least 30% of working time;

· Competent in quantitative survey methods (e.g. SMART), monitoring and evaluation and basic data analysis;

· Familiarity with social and behaviour change approaches;

· Ability to communicate and write well in English;

· Work well as part of a multi-disciplinary team;

· Adaptable to evolving work priorities and schedules;

· Keen to learn and promote learning.

Desirable:

· Ability to work in French is highly desirable

· Experience working in integrated, multi-sectoral programmes e.g. nutrition and livelihoods, health, WASH, gender;

· Experience supporting infant and young child feeding, particularly in emergencies;

· Experience in operational research design and principles.

Candidates should submit a CV and cover letter through Concern’s website at www.concern.net/jobs by closing date 29th January, 2016.

Candidates must be legally entitled to work in Ireland or the UK at the time of application.

Concern has a Programme Participant Protection Policy and an organisational Code of Conduct which have been developed to ensure the maximum protection of programme participants from exploitation, and to clarify the responsibilities of Concern staff, consultants, visitors to the programme and partner organisation, and the standards of behaviour expected of them. In this context, staff have a responsibility to the organisation to strive for, and maintain, the highest standards in the day-to-day conduct in their workplace in accordance with Concern’s core values and mission. Any candidate offered a job with Concern Worldwide will be expected to sign the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Staff Code of Conduct as an appendix to their contract of employment. By signing the Programme Participant Protection Policy and the Concern Code of Conduct, candidates acknowledge that they have understood the contents of both the Concern Code of Conduct and the Programme Participant Protection Policy and agree to conduct themselves in accordance with the provisions of these two documents.

Concern receives a substantial amount of funding from external donors each year. Increasingly donors are introducing requirements whereby future funding is conditional on Concern ensuring that the names of any new employee or volunteer do not appear on terrorism lists generated by the European Union (List of person, groups and entities to which Regulation (EC No. 2580/2001 applies), the US Government (Office of Foreign Assets Control list of specially designated Nationals and Blocked Persons) and the United Nations (Consolidated List).

Any offer of employment (either paid or voluntary) with Concern Worldwide will only be made following a successful clearance check being conducted on the applicant. For additional information please consult our web site or contact the Human Resource Division in our Head Office.

Concern Worldwide is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Candidates should submit a CV and cover letter through Concern’s website at: https://jobs.concern.net/VacancyDetail.aspx?VacancyUID=000000002516