Nutrition Technical Advisor

Start Pay ~ $72,000 annually, with the final salary determined by geographic market rate for the selected candidate.

This role will work from home and can be located in any state in the United States where Rise Against Hunger currently operates.

About the Role

Rise Against Hunger U.S. is a part of a confederation of a global network that is dedicated to fighting hunger with the combined approach of food distribution and resilience programing. The Nutrition Technical Advisor will be responsible for the advancement of the nutrition vision of Rise Against Hunger programs focused on Food Security, Education, and Economics by managing internal nutrition strategic initiatives. This position will serve as an advisor to Rise Against Hunger impact partners and global member offices as needed to ensure the quality of implemented technical activities at all levels. As a member of the Global Impact department, you will be part of a team with creative doers and dreamers, who want to make a difference. We work together combining our global perspective and contextual framework(s) to create practical solutions to meet both food and nutrition security toughest challenges in the most vulnerable communities around the world. This position will be remote, and will include 15-20% international travel to project locations.

Who Are You

• Master’s degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Dietitian or Global Health is required
• Certified Nutritionist or Registered Dietitian is preferred
• At least 2 years of international development field experience in nutrition. Experience working in the community-based management of acute malnutrition (CMAM) and young child feeding (YCF) programs is a plus
• Knowledge of conducting anthropometric measurements and assessments is a plus
• Experience, education or knowledge related to hunger, international development and/or non-profits
• Knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Salesforce and nutritional software analysis tools.

What You Will Own and Improve

40% IMPACT PARTNER AND GLOBAL MEMBER OFFICE SUPPORT

Provide collaborative implementation assistance to Rise Against Hunger Impact Partners and Global Member Network through technical advising, curriculum development, Training of Trainers cascade models and monitoring of nutrition activities to ensure Rise Against Hunger programs have a positive nutritional impact in communities we serve. Strengthen technical capacity of Impact Partner programs through technical training, coaching, and cross-context learning to ensure ongoing program quality and nutrition outcomes are met. Conduct periodic nutrition assessments and evaluations for targeted populations that receive Rise Against Hunger meals in support of Sustainable Development Goal of Ending Hunger. Capture key findings and learnings to develop recommendations for improvement to Nutritional Tools and Guidelines. Collaborate with Agriculture Technical Advisor, Program Managers and the Monitoring Evaluation and Learning team in planning, preparation and management of specific program/project assessments, evaluations program/project progress.

35% NUTRITION TOOLS & STANDARDS - Responsible for developing all tools and standards for nutrition interventions.Develop highly effective nutritional interventions for Pathways to End Hunger programs (Nourishing Lives, Empowering Communities and Emergency Response) in the thematic areas of Food Security, Education, and Economics. Lead and develop nutrition guidelines for Rise Against Hunger meal utilization. Develop and test global nutrition and behavior change communication (BCC) tools that support quality measurements and standards. Review, evaluate and maintain all specifications from both nutritional and quality assurance aspects of our meals. Lead the development of an institutional nutrition knowledge management system. This includes maintaining documentation of all specifications from both a nutritional and quality assurance aspect of our meals. Develop guidance to ensure Rise Against Hunger food security and agriculture related programs uphold Rise Against Hunger standards of nutrition-sensitive and nutrition selective programming. Co-create training resources and informational posters that are context specific using culturally relevant items, foods, background and language to strengthen resilience in communities we serve.

15% INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL THOUGHT LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING- Contribute to both internal and external learning opportunities and thought leadership. Including International conferences and white paper development. Serve as a key nutritional and technical subject matter expert and resource for our internal and external stakeholders including Rise Against Hunger donors. Ensure effective bi-directional implementation, communication and learning between Rise Against Hunger and Impact Partners. Assist in organizing both internal and external thought leadership activities that include blogs, visual infographics and impact storytelling about nutrition-led activities. In collaboration with Senior MEL participate and co-facilitate in Rise Against Hunger sponsored conferences, Learning Agendas platforms Mid-Project Reviews and After Action Reviews to ensure Pathway to End Hunger programs are on track to meet objectives and deliverables. Collaborate with Rise Against Hunger impact partners and global member offices to develop thought leadership and stories of change pieces that highlight locally-led development. Assist with internal Rise Against Hunger learning opportunities via powerpoint presentations, presenting on internal calls with Rise Against Hunger employees, board members and donors. Represent Rise Against Hunger in academic space, inter-agency working groups, and various global/regional nutrition spaces.

10% GLOBAL MEMBER COLLABORATION AND WORKING GROUPS - Participate actively in coordination mechanisms including participating in nutrition technical working groups with Rise Against Hunger global offices to establish training content and robust nutrition programing. Establish collaborative working relationships with Rise Against Hunger member offices and technical advisors. Coordinate with Rise Against Hunger Member offices and technical advisors on nutrition-led activities. Collaboratively work with Rise Against Hunger member offices on shared databases and dashboards.. Travel to Rise Against Hunger Member offices to assist with internal capacity strengthening of nutrition related activities. Participate in 2 Rise Against Hunger volunteer meal packaging events annually.

What You Already Know

KEY COMPETENCIES & SKILLS

• Communicates Effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
• Resourcefulness - Securing and deploying resources effectively and efficiently.
• Action Oriented - Taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm.
• Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
• Nimble Learning - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder.
• Drives Results - Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances.
• Customer - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

About the Team

Global Impact is an impact-driven team of individuals, working on expanding the organization’s global reach through locally-led programming, building and maintaining partnerships with partner’s around the world whose values and objectives align with those of Rise Against Hunger and the creation of projects and initiatives that will provide the communities we serve with the tools they need to be self-reliant. Our team is able to directly impact the communities we serve through strategic and technical programming and developing crucial locally-led partnerships within the communities we serve globally.

Company Overview

Rise Against Hunger is growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies. Our organization’s approach to ending hunger centers on mobilizing a global network of hunger champions. Rise Against Hunger meal packaging volunteers produce millions of nutritious meals annually that are then distributed to partners in countries around the world.

Rise Against Hunger is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a workplace without discrimination and harassment of any kind. All candidates will receive equal consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, or protected veteran or disabled status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be able to sit for long periods of time, stand, walk, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally roll or move up to 50 pounds.  The employee will work on a computer and simultaneously use the telephone and must have good hand/finger dexterity.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.  

WORK ENVIRONMENT 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Home or office work environment.

Travel up to 20% international travel, sometimes in rural settings, passport required

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant fields including International development, public health, food policy, applied agricultural economics, nutrition, and/or international development studies.
• Minimum of seven years related experience in food security programs
• Strong computer skills with knowledge of Google Suite, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio. Computer savvy to be able to easily pick up additional software programs.
• Proven experience in project management, donor/relationship management, donor compliance and requirements, budget management, financial analysis, and coordinating processes across stakeholders, ideally supporting projects in low-medium income countries.
• Proven ability to work in a complex environment, multitask, and manage multiple international programs and deadlines simultaneously to deliver results.
• Spent time traveling or living in low and middle income countries.
• Demonstrated organizational, time management, and analytical skills.
• Grant and contract management
• Experience working with for-profit or corporate/ CSR engagements or direct fundraising efforts.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in relevant fields including International development, public health, food policy, applied agricultural economics, nutrition, and/or international development studies or Bachelors degree with ten years of experience in an aforementioned area of focus.
• Experience with WASH, Agriculture, Nutrition, Monitoring & Evaluation, or Child Protection.
• Experience working on or other donor foundations/programs preferred;
• Multi-sectoral and multi-cultural experience.

Benefits

Rise Against Hunger employees can rest easy knowing that their medical, vision and dental insurance premium is on us, along with 65% of their family’s insurance premium. We sweeten the deal with an employer-funded Health Savings Account, to which you can always contribute more to if you like. Our health plan provides support for your physical and mental health including telemedicine.

Along with our health benefits, we also offer Discretionary Paid Time Off (DPTO), which allows our employees to take vacation and health time as they see fit to find harmony between life and work. We offer flexible work schedules and Paid Family Medical Leave to support bonding with your child after birth, adoption or foster placement and during serious health conditions.

Employees are also provided life insurance and long-term disability benefits. Saving for retirement? Don’t worry. We offer a pre- and post-tax 403(b) plan with employer matching of 100% up to the first 3% you contribute to help you save for retirement.