Humanitarian Nutrition Advisor

Job posted by: Save the Children UK - Wed, 1 Apr 2015

Job Details:

Organisation: Save the Children UK

Deadline Mon, 27 Apr 2015

Job type: Permanent

Location: United Kingdom

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About Save the Children

In line with Save the Children’s humanitarian public health strategy, we are significantly scaling up our frontline health & nutrition capacity so that many more children’s lives can be saved in emergencies.

Malnutrition is caused by a combination of factors which include a lack of access to food, ill health (through disease, illness and poor hygiene) and impaired infant and young child feeding and care practices. It can have short term consequences such as morbidity, mortality and disability, and long term consequences such as reduced adult size, intellectual ability, economic productivity, reproductive performance and chronic illness and as such malnutrition has implications not only on the individual but also for future generations.  Save the Children’s Humanitarian Nutrition activities include Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E), Community Management of Acute Malnutrition (CMAM) (encompassing severe and moderate acute malnutrition programming), micronutrient supplementation, nutrition education, early warning and response, and blanket supplementary feeding programming.  The Humanitarian Nutrition team plays a central role in achieving our organisational nutrition and child survival breakthroughs working closely with the wider hunger team and in delivering the humanitarian public health strategy.

About the role

The post holder will:

  • ensure the delivery of high quality, timely and accountable humanitarian nutrition programmes in close collaboration with other sectors and Save the Children members.

  • manage Nutrition Emergency Response Personnel and reporting to the Humanitarian Nutrition Senior Advisor will form our Humanitarian Nutrition Team.

About you

You will have significant experience and a track record of success in delivering high quality emergency programmes in nutrition, working within budget constraints, developing programmes and recommendations for an appropriate response. You have managed, led, coached and developed teams. Based on your strong interpersonal and communications skills, you have the ability to tailor communication to different audiences, and have experience in representing or lobbying. You have a great understanding of the cluster approach at country and global level.  Flexible, you will have the ability to travel at short notice, occasionally to remote and insecure locations for up to 40% of work time. French speakers are encouraged to apply.

What we offer in return

In return we offer a competitive salary and benefits- It is a very exciting time to join Save the Children and a standing team of frontline experts.



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