Overview of the Position
The USAID-funded Research and Innovation for Sustainable, Evidence-based Nutrition (RISEN) activity will require continual learning, dissemination of accrued knowledge, corresponding adjustment, and an adaptation of food assistance that will require ongoing attention and commitment. Three generations of FAQR awards have contributed meaningfully to the delivery of food assistance and the continuous refinement of USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA)’s programs to meet the nutritional needs of affected populations through improvements and innovations in products and processes. RISEN will re-emphasize the programming aspects of food assistance-driven nutrition programs while focusing on product innovation and process improvement, and will assist USAID in coordinating disparate humanitarian, development, and private sector stakeholders across varied technical domains related to food assistance. RISEN will be leveraged to generate novel evidence, fill gaps in USAID’s collective understanding in the use of food assistance to improve nutrition outcomes, and improve the uptake and utilization of research and evidence to broadly improve the relative value of investment in research in this area and other related areas.
Responsibilities
Social Solutions seeks a Director of Partnerships to provide technical leadership and deliberate engagement with all stakeholders, partners, international organizations, donors, and other NGOs. S/he will work closely with project leadership and headquarters to identify, cultivate, and implement partnerships with local civil society entities and the private sector. In addition:
· Identify, assess, and recommend potential partners and partnership opportunities.
· Provide technical leadership for the design, formalization, and management of innovative public-private partnerships.
· Coordinate with other donors, local organizations and government agencies.
· Build the capacity of the local stakeholders to take leadership on partnerships issues.
· Monitor the development and implementation of policies and actions related to public-private partnership issues.
· Develop and implement outreach strategies to the private sector and local communities.
Qualifications
· Master’s degree in a relevant field
· Minimum of eight (8) years of experience managing programs related to nutrition, food assistance, resource mobilization, humanitarian response, and/or private sector engagement.
· Experience creating and facilitating intra- and inter-agency, donor, and stakeholder convenings
· Established relationships with stakeholders, networks, subject matter experts in nutrition, food assistance, and humanitarian response
· Demonstrated success forming alliances and mobilizing domestic resources and government commitments as related to nutrition, food-assistance, and humanitarian programming
· Excellent oral and written communication skills.
· Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbal and written.
Social Solutions International, Inc. (Social Solutions) is a Hispanic and woman-owned business emphasizing quality research and evaluation, training and technical assistance, and institutional support services. We are a mission-driven organization that believes that superior science can improve the world. Social Solutions is dedicated to the creation of social and health solutions to improve the welfare of underserved populations worldwide.
Equal Employer
Social Solutions International offers competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. Please submit your resume online at www.social solutions.biz. Social Solutions is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
