Reference:
KK/MOZ/Nutrition
Country:
Mozambique
Job Title:
Nutrition Advisor
(seconded to SETSAN)
Date requested:January 2014
Contract Grade:B
Contract Length: 2 Years
Date Needed By: February 2014
New Post or Replacement: NewPost
Accompanied / Unaccompanied: Accompanied, (schools, including English Language Cambridge Certified Primary School facilities are available)
Exact Job Location: Chimoio, Manica Province
Reports To: As will be seconded to SETSAN, the position will report primarily to the central Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) team in Maputo, provincial SETSAN in Manica, ANSA 1 in Maputo, DFID programme manager and the Assistant Country Director (ACD) Programmes Concern in Quelimane.
Responsible For: n/a
Liaises With: SETSAN, UN-REACH 2, Multi-sector coordination Technical Group (MTG) in Manica, Local Government in Manica Province, ANSA, Global Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement in Mozambique, Concerns' Nutrition programme manager and their national Nutrition counterpart, Food Income and Markets (FIM) Programme Manager, the Country Director, the Beria Agricultural Growth Corridor (BAGC) Nutrition Coordinator, the Concern Program Support Officer. Coordinate with ministries, international agencies, Private Sector AgBiz Companies in the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor, NGOs, partners and other stakeholders particularly working in health, nutrition and agriculture and supporting representation and technical meetings at provincial and national level.
Job
Provincial Technical Assistance to Strengthen the Coordination and Advocacy for the Implementation of Manica's Provincial Plan for reduction of Chronic Malnutrition (PAMRDC 3) through supporting Manica SETSAN and link withConcern's nutrition sensitive programming in the Beira Agricultural Growth Corridor which is part of a broader DFID funded programme linking agribusiness and nutrition.
The main overall goal are: to i) advise and support the Government on the best evidence for interventions to reduce/prevent chronic malnutrition (PAMRDC), and ii) to ensure better coordination between sectors and partners programmes, reducing the risk of duplication, and competition of interventions and funding.
Main objective of the job are:
1. To provide better consistency on the nutrition framework of results, especially regarding the M&E system/framework that will be developed for PAMRDC. Consequently, it will contribute to improve the knowledge systems of SETSAN. To ensure that the communication of messages in Manica are consistent across all provincial government, partners and with the SUN movement as a whole;
2. To assist SETSAN/REACH and other state bodies to track and analyse the % increase in government spending on nutrition, in line with PAMRDC – including the related investments from the private sector in comparison with the related costs incurred to government to tackle malnutrition in country – the expert must also participate on Beira Agriculture Growth Corridor (BAGC) provincial action on nutrition from the private sector;
3. To improve coordination and influence partner agencies to ensure that nutrition interventions are result focussed (and not processes and activities). The expert will have to demonstrate a shift from investment from self-led priorities towards a need based approach instead. It should increase the participation of research institutes and academic institutions in the generation of innovation;
Main Duties & Responsibilities:
Specific Duties
- The expert will agree on a work plan and budget that enables them to successfully deliver the above mentioned objectives through the following duties:
- Support in the preparation of the Manica multi-sectorial technical group (M-GTM) coordination and sharing of information
- Support in the adaptation of the PAMRDC tool kit for Manica province, implement its use and support SETSAN to monitor results
- Support the preparation of MANICA's PAMRDC annual plans, namely partner's contribution, and including private sector investments in the province that contribute with nutrition outcomes (PAMRDC)
- Support in the adoption of the advocacy strategy to Manica province, namely, monitor and report on-going implementation of Civil Society advocacy and monitoring activities
- Support sector annual planning of activities (as per their PAMRDC) in the government plan and budget (PES)
- Support M-GTM in reporting to Manica's Governor and Central level SETSAN, periodically
- Support the participation and engagement of civil society with policy and decision makers at local levels and in the province capital (ANSA)
- Support MGTM in adapting the M&E framework and respective tools to Manica's plan, in conducting the M&E of the plan and reporting
- Organize knowledge sharing seminars on lessons learned of nutrition-specific and nutrition sensitive interventions that can be relevant for Manica province. Including promoting the engagement of the media in province of Manica
- Provide leadership to Local Government, including SETSAN, and support multi-sectorial coordination between MoH, MoA, MoE, international agencies, NGOs, partners, private sector partners and other stakeholders particularly working in nutrition, health, and agriculture in the target regions to further the aims of the multi-sectorial programme
- Build relationships and networks with nutrition sector, communicate constructively and build SETSAN's profile in nutrition in Mozambique.
- Ensure high quality and timely reports are developed for donors and key stakeholders
PERSON SPECIFICATION
ESSENTIAL
Masters in Nutrition, Food security, Public Health or equivalent qualification
Fluent in Portuguese and English
Minimum five (5) years' experience in planning and implementing integrated community based health & nutrition programs, including monitoring and evaluation in a development context
Experience in working with partner organizations, health ministries, private sector Agri-Business/nutrition companies, networking and donor relations
Excellent track record in capacity development and support to local institutions
Excellent inter-personal communication, networking, presentation, persuasion and writing skills
Excellent training and facilitation skills
Supportive and empowering personnel management style and ability to manage teams
Experience in nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming (e.g., nutrition, agriculture, food security, gender, WASH), multi-sector programme knowledge and experience and understanding of the cross-sectoral implications of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement
Excellent representational skills and able to undertake advocacy at a high level
Capacity to work in a multidisciplinary team, and see its importance for achieving health and nutrition impact and to tackle severe poverty
Experience in strategic development of country level health programming, including mainstreaming of cross cutting themes such as HIV and AIDS, gender, and equality
Experience with monitoring and evaluation and suitable tools, survey implementation and analysis, and evidence-based programming
Experience in budgeting and financial monitoring processes and project management tools
Very strong computer proficiency with MS Office standard packages.
DESIRABLE
- Experience of working in Mozambique
- Familiarity with Mozambique's PAMRDC and Nutrition, Health and Food Security Policies
- Experience working with, food security/ agriculture, mother and child health related projects
- Experience in community mobilization
- Experience with value chains for nutrition
- Experience developing monitoring and evaluation frameworks for health and nutrition programmes
Special Skills, Aptitude or Personality Requirements:
- Strong team player with a can do attitude
- Deep commitment to capacity building and empowering of partners
- Ability to work on their own initiative and to motivate diverse stakeholders behind a single strategy
- Commitment to the Scale Up Nutrition Principles
All applications should be submitted through our website at https://jobs.concern.net by closing date. CV's should be no more than 4 pages in length.
All candidates who are short-listed for a first round interview will be notified via email after the application deadline.
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1 Nutrition and Food Security Association (ANSA)
2 Renewed Efforts Against Child Hunger and under nutrition ( REACH)
3 PAMRDC is a national framework of policies aiming to accelerate the reduction of chronic under nutrition in children under five for the period of 2011-2015/20.
