IYCF-E (Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies) Humanitarian Nutrition Adviser

ROLE PURPOSE: 

To manage, broaden, and advocate for the development of evidence based IYCF-E programming and capacity in the Save the Children Movement, in order to ensure the delivery of high quality, timely, accountable and appropriate IYCF-E responses globally. The post holder will support the Save the Children Humanitarian Nutrition team across Save the Children members in collaboration with the Emergency Nutrition Working Group, and work with active global stakeholders such as UN agencies, the Global Nutrition Cluster (GNC), Emergency Nutrition Network/Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group to lead on the technical direction of IYCF-E response standards, protocols, and strategies, while representing Save the Children at a global level. The role will include high quality nutrition Technical Assistance (TA) directly to countries that are implementing IYCF-E programmes.

Save the Children’s capacity, ability and willingness to undertake quality programming in IYCF-E is outlined in Ambition 2030, to ensure sustained access to life-saving maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition services, as well as the Global Priorities of 2022-2024 to improve the quality of programmes and humanitarian responses in the 120 countries in which Save the Children work. In order for IYCF-E to become a standard, high quality, critical intervention in emergencies, Save the Children acknowledges that major advocacy and capacity strengthening needs to be conducted and is therefore committed to undertaking further research, rolling out IYCF in all contexts, expanding a common approach, and an IYCF-E strategy. In addition, Save the Children is creating and testing best IYCF-E practice programme policy and tools (both independently and in collaboration with other agencies in the Infant Feeding in Emergencies Core Group and the Global Nutrition Cluster), as well as significantly strengthening its internal technical and operational response capacity.

EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS

Essential

• Ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations for up to 30% of work time.
• Significant experience of organisational level thought leadership in a technical sector.
• Experience of capacity building and mentoring.
• Experience of working within resource and budget constraints.
• Highly developed writing skills (e.g. at level for producing an assessment report or proposal during a short time period)
• Strong communications skills (both written and verbal) at a level appropriate for high level external representation (lobbying, presentations) and ability to tailor communications to different audiences
• Understanding and practical experience of the cluster approach at country and global level.
• Ability to work effectively across teams and departments in person and remotely based
• Ability to analyse diverse information and develop recommendations for an appropriate response
• Significant experience and a track record of success in delivering high quality emergency response programmes in nutrition.

Desirable

• An academic/professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent in nutrition, development or a related subject.
• Working knowledge of French, Spanish and/or Arabic.
• Certification as a Breastfeeding / lactation counsellor.
• Broad understanding of rights and development issues, international relations and the international humanitarian systems.
• Understanding and practical experience of the cluster approach at country and global level
• Existing networks of contacts in nutrition

Closing: 8 September 2022