Deadline: 15 Feb 2013
World Vision is urgently seeking applications for the position of Nutrition Resource Acquisition, Design and Development Manager. Preferred location of this job will be based in Canada but open to various locations. Duration of this assignment is 2 years.Please note that this is a family post.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Required
- Masters degree in nutrition, public health, agriculture or international development fields.
- Nutrition expertise required.
- Public Health Nutrition experience in multi-sectoral programming, with strong knowledge of food security and/or maternal and child health contributions.
- Minimum 8 years related work experience in international relief and development in various geographical areas; or extensive experience in one area.
- Significant experience in grant program acquisition and management including negotiation, design, budgeting, start-up, monitoring and close-out.
- Demonstrated strong writing and editing skills and ability to communicate the value of multiple sectors to achieve improved nutrition.
- Demonstrated leadership, organizational, interpersonal, communication and analytical skills.
- Up to 30% travel required.
Preferred
- Excellent networking skills with established networks in the nutrition health agriculture education and/or relief and development world.
- Strong skills in communication and partner development for resource acquisition with particular capacity to engage a variety of stakeholders from high-level UN offices
- to industry to academics to field/operational staff.
- Establishes rapport with people easily, developing and maintaining a network of donor contacts. Ability to negotiate. Proactive in contacting others.
- Work experience within large organizations preferably understands World Vision.
- Effectively designed and managed child – focused development and relief programs that have evidence of transformed communities.
- Demonstrated experience creatively designing accessing resources and managing comprehensive approaches (mulitple sectors),scalable methodologies/interventions and evidence – based solutions to achieve child well-being particularly reductions in malnutrition.
How to Apply
- Online
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