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Posted 2 years ago |
Job Title: Nutrition Monitoring, Evaluation, Research and Learning Consultant
Location: Nigeria
Job Schedule: Part time
Activity: Enhancing Nutrition MERL in the Health Sector Activity
Division: International Development Division (IDD)
The Opportunity
- Abt Associates seeks to build its roster of qualified nutrition consultants. We are seeking nutrition specialists with experience in monitoring, evaluation, research, and/or learning to provide services to USAID under the anticipated USAID Enhancing Nutrition Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning in the Health Sector Activity.
- This Activity will support USAID’s Office of Maternal and Child Health and Nutrition (GH/MCHN) with collaborative generation and use of evidence in nutrition, and enhance local capacity for nutrition monitoring, evaluation, research, and learning in the health sector.
- The Activity will fill evidence gaps to improve nutrition outcomes through health systems while ensuring local partners design, implement, disseminate, and use such evidence for policies and programs.
Indicative Responsibilities
- Leads or supports the design and implementation of research and other MERL activities to ensure activities fill evidence gaps, address the needs of USAID/Washington and Missions, and enhance multi-sectoral nutrition programming.
- Coordinates ongoing national or regional research and MERL activities with local partners and core project teams.
- Maintains excellent working relationships with project stakeholders.
- Supports design and implementation of MERL activities, including study design, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
- May contribute to communicating project results through reports, policy briefs, national and international forums and other appropriate avenues.
Requirements
What We Value:
- Master’s or Advanced Degree in Nutrition Science and Policy, Public Health or another closely related field.
- Professional experience with one (1) or more of the following technical areas in nutrition: micronutrient deficiencies, food fortification, infant and young child feeding, school age and adolescent nutrition, early childhood development.
- Demonstrated experience in nutrition monitoring, evaluation, research and learning.
- Familiarity with USAID’s multi-sectoral nutrition and health system strengthening approaches and gender programming.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent demonstrated interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work and coordinate effectively with a wide variety of stakeholders, including national and local governments, civil society organizations, private sector representatives, and local communities.
- Fluency in English (spoken and written) is required.
- Ability to travel as required.
HOW TO APPLY
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Updated Resume to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
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Note: Disclaimer – Abt Associates will never ask candidates for money in exchange for an offer of employment.
Deadline: February 25, 2023
Job Features
Job Category | Monitoring & Evaluation |