GLOBAL NUTRITION POLICY ANALYST

Job posted by: CARE - USA - Wed, 20 Feb 2019

Job Details:

Organisation: CARE - USA

Deadline Fri, 22 Mar 2019

Job type: Permanent

Location: United States

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At CARE, we seek a world of hope, tolerance and social justice, where poverty has been overcome and people live with dignity and security.

This has been our vision since 1945, when we were founded to send lifesaving CARE Packages® to survivors of World War II. Today, CARE is a global leader in the movement to eradicate poverty. In 2016, CARE worked in 94 countries and reached 80 million people with an incredible range of life-saving programs. We also put women and girls at the center of our work because we know that we cannot overcome poverty until all people have equal rights and opportunities. We seek dynamic, innovative thinkers to further our mission. If you share our core beliefs: poverty is an injustice; poverty is solvable; and together, we have the power to end it, join us.

Within the Policy Advocacy Department, the Global Nutrition Policy Analyst sits within the Global Advocacy Team, reporting to the Director, Global Food and Nutrition Security Advocacy, working closely with other members of the Global Advocacy Team, Policy and Advocacy Department (PAD), as well as the CARE USA Food and Nutrition Security Team and key colleagues in the CARE confederation.

CARE’s vision for achieving broad and sustained impact on poverty rests on the organization’s capacity to effectively mobilize people and ideas to have impact at scale. CARE has elevated the role of advocacy as a core program strategy and is seeking to strengthen its advocacy efforts at local, national and global levels, to better understand and address structural causes of poverty and discrimination. The organization seeks to increase its contributions to, and coherence with, broader movements for social change in various contexts, including through strengthened collaboration and connections with civil society networks, social movements and community groups, as well as partnerships with governments, the private sector and other actors.

Accordingly, with the support and guidance of the Director, Global Food and Nutrition Security Advocacy, the Global Nutrition Policy Analyst will lead CARE’s global nutrition advocacy, particularly around the Scaling Up Nutrition Movement and important global policy processes. The Global Nutrition Policy Analyst will collaborate with key colleagues in the CARE confederation, the Food and Nutrition Security Team, and regional and national advocacy colleagues, to craft a global nutrition advocacy strategy. The Policy Analyst will analyze global level policy trends and opportunities related to nutrition to draft policy positions, messaging, and other advocacy tools which can be used by colleagues in the CARE network. The Global Nutrition Policy Analyst will coordinate with key colleagues in technical teams, CARE members, and in regional teams and country offices to foster engagement in and implement the global nutrition advocacy strategy, including at a national level. S/he will coordinate CARE’s engagement in key global processes and coalitions to influence policy outcomes. S/he will provide technical assistance to targeted CARE country offices for national and regional advocacy and engagement with the Scaling Up Nutrition movement.

The position is based in Washington, DC, with up to 25% travel time.

Responsibilities:

  • Global Advocacy
  • Policy Analysis
  • Technical Assistance for National and Regional Advocacy
  • Coalition Representation
  • Fundraising

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, including food and nutrition security, social sciences, international relations, international development, public policy
  • 5 years of professional experience in food and nutrition security or international development or an equivalent combination of work, study, and volunteer experience that has included responsibility for activities or outcomes other than academic assignments
  • Demonstrable experience in the design and implementation of advocacy strategies to influence policy at US, national or multi-lateral level
  • Experience conducting policy analysis, research and writing related to issues of global development
  • Experience developing partnerships and building coalitions to advance organizational learning and program impact
  • Proven ability to get things done in a complex, international organization
  • Strong skills in food and nutrition security, policy analysis and formulation of advocacy strategies.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly to convey information effectively and to write persuasively for a variety of audiences, including policymakers and donors.
  • Excellent data organizational skills including analysis and synthesis; impact analysis and research skills;
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate well with others and develop and maintain positive working relationships

 

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