Job Location: UK or Dublin with frequent travel overseas Contract Length: 1 year Start Date: January 2016 General Objectives of the Position: Be part of a team of nutritionists that provide GOAL with a technical resource to support nutrition strategy and approaches to improve program quality, efficiency and impact. Also help to provide direction, support and oversight for the nutrition aspects of GOAL’s emergency and recovery programs, plus any research based objectives, to ensure interventions effectively address nutrition needs. It is anticipated that around 40% of this role will be field based, while the remaining time in the UK/Ireland, the nutrition advisor will support development of policy, review proposals, draw up and review guidelines, support recruitment of in-country nutrition staff and provide ongoing support with regular reviews of in-country progress. Under the guidance of the Global Nutrition Advisor: Help to improve the quality of overseas nutrition programming Give direction to field staff so that projects are completed within set timeframes and budgets are managed to an internationally acceptably high standard. Provide support to GOAL staff on training and development in order to improve technical capacity across projects and within the organisation Promote lesson learning and adaptation of new approaches to further enhance project delivery Work with other members of GOAL’s technical team to ensure standardised monitoring and evaluation frameworks are promoted and integrated into projects, to improve quality, efficiency and impact of GOAL’s initiatives. Key Responsibilities: Working with GOALs nutrition advisory team: Monitor FEWS NET, VAM reports and other early warning systems and share pertinent information. Participate in, or review reports on, emergency assessments and help to advise on whether GOAL’s response should include nutrition. Stay abreast of current good practice and ensure this informs GOAL’s own thinking and programming. Recommend guidance documents and program tools on policy and program issues related to nutrition, in lieu of discussions with the Global Nutrition Advisor. In coordination with the Global nutrition advisor, desk officers and GOALs health, HIV/AIDS, livelihoods, water & sanitation-hygiene (WASH) and child survival Empowerment and Protection advisors, maintain an overview of global emergency/development programming and advise on nutrition inclusions where appropriate to encourage effective integrated and cohesive programming. Provide support to head office (HO) desk officers in developing and managing relevant projects, building the capacity and experience of desk officers in nutrition work. Participate in setting up of emergency nutrition programmes as required and provide continued support until replacement expatriate or national nutritionists can be recruited, for potential periods of up to three months. Represent GOAL in external sectorial networks (as appropriate) – facilitate the exchange of technical information and identify opportunities for cooperative work and joint ventures with other agencies. Support GOAL management in maintaining effective collaboration with donors (USAID, EU, DFID, DCI and WFP) and specifically build relationships with nutrition focal points within donor organisations. This includes assisting in proposal development. In-country and follow-up support: Regular field visits to review and report on nutrition program progress, specifically in relation to their efficiency and effectiveness and determine any future program recommendations. Field visits and annual work plan will be planned and agreed with the Global Nutrition advisor, Head of Programs and Operations manager. Undertake project evaluations as necessary – identifying achievements and lessons learned from the projects and disseminate for use in future programming. Liaise regularly with field teams to ensure that recommendations are followed up and executed according to suggested timeframes. Provide on-going technical assistance on nutrition issues to Country Programs ensuring continuity and consistency of support throughout the project cycle. Technical assistance activities will include review of survey results, proposals and reports, input in conjunction with the Global nutrition advisor into strategic planning, and strengthening of program design, implementation and monitoring and evaluation. Support the recruitment, training and briefing of nutrition technical staff. Provide initial or refresher trainings for in-country nutrition staff (where appropriate) to ensure a quality level of service delivery is provided throughout the project cycle. Requirements: (educational, language, etc.) B.Sc./M.Sc. or equivalent in Public Health Nutrition / Global Nutrition or related degree Minimum 3 (three) years practical field experience in nutrition programmes including some experience of humanitarian assistance Strong communication skills and ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams Experience organising and managing nutrition assessments Clear understanding of pertinent development and relief issues Experience and skills in staff training and management Assessment, analytical and planning skills Proficient in preparation of proposals, reports and budgets, with good writing, communication and computer skills Familiarity with dealing with donor and government offices in relation to development programs Appreciation of the aims and objectives of GOAL Assessment, analytical and planning skills Fluent in written and spoken English, with French considered a non-essential but beneficial skill Experience in field research (desirable) Willingness to travel extensively ravel to 6-8 countries in their yearlong internship, for periods ranging from 2-4 weeks. For each assignment a scope of work will be developed by the relevant Programme Coordinator in country in conjunction with the relevant HQ Technical Team members. The BC Intern will also work with the Health SBC Advisor to update the SBC Strategy and training programme, document lessons learned, create a database of GOAL’s SBC work, engage with Monitoring and Evaluation of SBC approaches, and update the GOAL Intranet site. Duties/Responsibilities: A specific scope of work will be provided for each country that is visited, however overall the BC Intern will: Provide training on GOAL’s SBC research and implementation methodologies to GOAL staff. Work as a part of the programme team in each country programme to assist them with the design, implementation and monitoring of SBC interventions and materials. Work with the M &E team in country and the M&E team globally to design and collate M&E tools in order to track implementation of Behaviour Change activities and impact Attend trainings on SBC as required and put together maintain a resource file on GOAL Intranet on Behaviour Change Any other reasonable responsibilities as required by the organisation under the direction of the line manager. Requirements: Essential Recently completed Master's degree in Public health, Social Science, Behavioural Economics or related field, specialism in SBC preferred. A minimum of 6 months development related overseas experience Motivated and experience of working on own initiative with remote management Strong computer literacy skills (Word, Excel) Desirable Experience in developing SBC materials for a variety of target audiences based on community research methods. Skills and understanding of Designing for Behaviour Change, Care Groups, Community Conversations, Social Accountability models would be an advantage. Experienced with M&E for SBC and Databases The successful candidate will also have excellent analytical, interpersonal, organizational, and cross-cultural skills; demonstrated ability to perform and prioritize a variety of tasks within designated deadlines, excellent team work skills and a demonstrated capacity to produce results. To apply please visit [url]https://www.goalglobal.org/careers?gh_jid=99645[/url]