National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator at International Rescue Committee (IRC)

Major Responsibilities:

Map and analyze the national nutrition policy landscape.

• Conduct a political economy/landscape analysis of national and subnational level nutrition policies, stakeholders, influencers and decision makers with a focus on wasting treatment.

 Develop and begin implementing a targeted strategy tadvance practice and policy shifts tscale wasting treatment including through simplified approaches at national and subnational level.

• Frame key context specific asks based on the landscape analysis
• Identify targets and key stakeholders for advancing policy recommendations.
• Identify working groups and other key fora that IRC joins or should be joining.
• Identify and assemble the information, tools, and products tsupport advocacy

Foster knowledge management systems and engage in internal learning and coordination within the IRC regarding evidence and tools for scaling nutrition treatment.

• Document and share useful tools, presentations, analyses, good practices and lessons learned and exchange learnings with other Nutrition Policy Technical Advisors in different Country Offices.
• Gather, analyze and synthesize data documenting the process and barriers tnational level scaling of wasting treatment, with a focus on the policy environment.

Key Working Relationships:

• Position Reports to: Senior Programs Coordinator of the Nigeria Country Office and the Regional Advocacy Communications Coordinator – West Africa
• Position Directly Supervises: N/A
• Indirect Reporting: TBC
• Other Internal and/or External Contacts:
• Airbel Nutrition GRIP
• Health Unit Policy, Advocacy, and Communications Team
• Nutrition Technical Advisors (particularly the TA for West Africa)
• Nutrition Coordinator in the CO
• Ministry of Health, National Nutrition Cluster, and relevant national nutrition working groups

Job Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience in global health or humanitarian policy, advocacy, or research uptake required.
• At least three years of health or nutrition policy, advocacy, research uptake, or communications required.
• Master’s degree in nutrition, public health, public policy, or another closely related field strongly desirable
• Demonstrable technical understanding of nutrition and/or public health
• Deep knowledge of the national context and stakeholders
• Prior experience working directly with stakeholders in the Ministry of Health and with national partners and civil society organizations.
• Advocacy experience achieving national policy change strongly desired
• Expertise in communications: proven ability tdevelop materials and presentations for external audiences.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability tcommunicate with many and diverse audiences; you listen intently and actively tall audiences; your communications are direct, simple, and respectful.
• Strong negotiation, influencing and networking skills.
• Fluency in English required, knowledge of local languages an asset.