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The Global Nutrition Cluster Technical Alliance (GNC Technical Alliance or the Alliance) is an initiative for the mutual benefit of the nutrition community, and affected populations, to improve the quality of nutrition in emergency preparedness, response and recovery. The Alliance’s Technical Support Team (TST) is working on Moderate Wasting Initiative (MWI), which aims to address the challenges that nutrition stakeholders have in accessing and …

MWI In-Country Support Manager

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Contract type: Fixed term contract (Female candidates are encouraged to apply)
Duration: 4 months (Possibility of extension)
Duty station: Kathmandu
Expected starting date: 01 June 2023
Number of positions: 1

Main responsibilities:

Key responsibility 1: Engagement with Nutrition Technical Committee (NuTeC) of Family Welfare Division, Department of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Population

Coordinate with NuTeC focal person to organize NuTeC meeting
Form NuTeC sub-committee or sub-working group for MWI in coordination, communication and consultation with relevant stakeholders
Explore participation of multiple sectors in the sub-committee or sub-working group meetings
Lead and facilitate the development of detail Terms of Reference (ToR) for the sub-committee or sub-working group
Support planning for the initial sub-committee or sub-working group meetings, including generation of agenda and minutes

Key responsibility 2: Stakeholders mapping of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive services

Finalize the concept note for the mapping process, including identification of key sectors to include and the granularity of data to collect
Identify existing data sources that can be capitalized on
Liaise with stakeholders to collect the data
Collate and analyze the data to create simple maps and report

Key responsibility 3: Selection of MWI pilot locations

Develop pilot location (and number) selection criteria with the sub-committee or sub-working group
Support process for pilot location selection, potentially as a two-step process with districts initially followed by municipalities
Engage with local government and other stakeholders in pilot locations for discussion and sensitization on the MWI and explore their interest to take it forward

Key responsibility 4: Workshop planning and implementation

Agree on timing, participants and location for workshop with local stakeholders
Identify and plan for the collection of key data around the drivers of malnutrition which will feed into the workshop
Working with the MWI team and the NuTeC sub-committee or sub-working group support with roll-out of the workshop
Develop the workshop report

Qualifications and required skills:

Master’s degree in Public Health or Public Health Nutrition or equivalent with at least 4 years work experience in nutrition and public health of which 2 years should be in management role
Experience of working in Community / Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (C/IMAM) is mandatory.
Demonstrate experience in starting new initiatives
Strong skills in coordination and the ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders, including Ministry of Health and Population, nutrition cluster, nutrition sensitive/adjacent sectors, and other partners
Strong communications skills (both written and verbal) at a level appropriate for working with government and other high- level stakeholders
Ability to analyze diverse information and develop recommendations for an appropriate response to emergencies
Demonstrate capacity in delivering high quality workshops
Ability to travel around Nepal as required

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