National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator

Commune Urbaine de Niamey

Organization: IRC - International Rescue Committee
Location: Commune Urbaine de Niamey
Grade: Mid level - Mid level
Occupational Groups:
- Legal - Broad
- Political Affairs
- Communication and Public Information
- Nutrition
- Managerial positions
Closing Date: Closed

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. Founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein, the IRC offers lifesaving care and life-changing assistance to refugees forced to flee from war or disaster. At work today in over 40 countries, we restore safety, dignity and hope to millions who are uprooted and struggling to endure. The mission of the IRC is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.

IRC has been present in Niger since 2013 and has a national office in Niamey.

IRC’s vision for Niger is that individuals, households and communities are resilient, self-reliant and able to thrive in a changing context. IRC Niger is present in the regions of Tillabéri, Maradi, Agadez and Diffa with projects in the following areas: Environmental Health (EH) and Non-Food Items (NFI) including Emergency – Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), Women Protection and Empowerment, Child Protection, Education, Nutrition and Livelihoods.

Job overview

Based in the Country Office, the National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator will lead IRC’s policy, advocacy, and communications work to create systemic change in nutrition policy in country. Globally, about 52 million children currently suffer from acute malnutrition, with the global food crisis and climate change threatening to increase cases imminently. Closing the treatment gap is a significant opportunity to reduce child mortality in the country.

We have an opportunity to improve child mortality and wellbeing by scaling wasting treatment to close the 80% coverage gap. IRC seeks to support the policy, planning, and implementation for scaling treatment. The National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator will jumpstart the implementation of this initiative at the national level by laying the groundwork for an emerging partnership on scaling treatment.

Major Responsibilities

1. 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.

2. Develop and begin implementing a targeted strategy to advance practice and policy shifts to scale 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 to support advocacy

3. 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 to national level scaling of wasting treatment, with a focus on the policy environment.

Key Working Relationships

Position Reports to: Nutrition Program Coordinator of the Niger 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 to develop materials and presentations for external audiences.

· Excellent written and oral communications skills; ability to communicate with many and diverse audiences; you listen intently and actively to all audiences; your communications are direct, simple, and respectful.

· Strong negotiation, influencing and networking skills.

· Fluency in English required, knowledge of local languages an asset.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint.

Working Environment:

 Security: The National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator will be based in Niamey with regular travel to Tillabéry, Diffa, Maradi and other field offices. While security in Niamey is generally calm, civil conflict is ongoing elsewhere in the Diffa region, and the area is considered unstable. Strict adherence to security guidelines is requested of all IRC staff.

 Accommodation: the National Nutrition Advocacy Coordinator will be accommodated in a shared house in Niamey. This position is unaccompanied.

Standards of Professional Conduct: The IRC and IRC workers must adhere to the values and principles outlined in the IRC Way – Code of Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Harassment-Free Workplace, Fiscal Integrity, Anti-Retaliation, Combating Trafficking in Persons and several others.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

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