leading the development and implementation of health and nutrition initiatives, the nutrition and health strategy within a multi-sectoral approach, and facilitating global health & nutrition endeavors in alignment, with the overall strategic direction of Action Against Hunger-USA. In addition, the Associate Director, Nutrition & Health, will provide critical support to help fieldbased, country, regional teams and partners to implement high-quality and accountable programming with maximum impact in the communities we serve. Furthermore, collaborate in driving organizational efforts to develop and implement a robust influencing agenda to positively affect the policies and practice of key stakeholders most critical to organizational goal of ending hunger.
KEY ACTIVITIES IN YOUR ROLE WILL INCLUDEYou are a dedicated and experienced professional
You know Nutrition & Health programs very well
Experience in a health and nutrition technical advisory position with an International humanitarian organization (country, region or headquarters);
Experience with and Knowledge of key US-based donors including USAID (OFDA and Food for Peace) their proposal processes, technical standards, reporting requirements; and/or experience with longer term developmental projects funded through the Bureaus of Global Health and/or Food Security.
Experience working with major US-based foundations that support health systems strengthening an nutrition programming is a plus
Experience working in humanitarian and development contexts, emergency and post-crisis, in all the steps of the Project Cycle Management;
You have genuine interest in and commitment to the humanitarian principles and strategic objectives of Action Against Hunger
For almost 40 years, across nearly 50 countries, we have led the global fight against hunger. We save the lives of children and their families. We are there for them before and after disaster strikes. We enable people to provide for themselves, see their children grow up strong, and for whole communities to prosper. We constantly search for more effective solutions, while sharing our knowledge and expertise with the world. We push for long-term change. We will never give up. Until the world is free from hunger.
Our global efforts save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, but millions of undernourished children remain in need of lifesaving treatment.
WHY OUR WORK MATTERSAbout 821 million people go to bed hungry every night, and one in three children in low- and middle-income countries suffers from chronic undernutrition. Nearly half of all child deaths worldwide are from causes related to undernutrition, even though it is:
