Nutrition and Sanitation Specialist, Engility- International Development Services Group

 

Engility Corporation, building on IRG’s legacy in international development, seeks an experienced Nutrition and Sanitation Specialist for an anticipated USAID funded project in Timor-Leste. The goal of the project is to support horticulture value chains while addressing the key challenges of rural poverty, natural resource degradation, food insecurity, and under-nutrition.

Responsibilities:

The Nutrition and Sanitation Specialist will be responsible for providing technical direction for all nutrition and sanitation related project activities while facilitating the delivery of the following: improved food safety and hygiene within households, improved nutrition behaviors, increased knowledge of the nutritional value of locally-available foods and child feeding practices; and increased consumption of diverse and nutritious foods by increasing access to locally produced nutrition-dense and fortified foods.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree with 10 years of work experience in nutrition and sanitation services
• Master’s Degree with 7 years of work experience in nutrition and sanitation services
• PhD with 5 years of work experience in nutrition and sanitation services
• Demonstrated experience and understanding of social, cultural, and economic challenges to nutrition and sanitation within the Timor-Leste context
• Proven experience engaging project beneficiaries at the community level on the incorporation of positive nutrition and health practices into daily routines
• Develop analysis frameworks, and programme design
• Coordinate program implementation with a wide range of people, including senior government staff and government counterparts as well as local implementing organizations
• Demonstrated faimiliarity with current global nutrition trends, such as Community-based managmenet of Acute Malnutrition, 1st 1000 days, Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) and Essential Nutrition Actions (ENA)
• Strong interpersonal, cross-cultural and communication skills
• Experience leading an implementing behavior change campaigns
• Proficiency in Tetum

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience implementing or managing USAID-funded projects
• Experience working or living in Timor-Leste

Please note this position is contingent upon contract award.

Application Instructions:

To apply Please submit an updated CV and USAID Biodata form toIRG.Recruitment@engilitycorp.com (Note: in order to download the USAID Biodata form please visit http://www.usaid.gov/forms and select form ‘AID 1420-17’ Contractor Employee Biographical Data Sheet).