Project HOPE is an international NGO with employees and volunteers who work around the globe, responding to the world’s most pressing global health challenges. Throughout our 65-year legacy, Project HOPE has treated millions of patients, provided more than $3 billion worth of medicines to local health care organizations around the world helped build hundreds of health programs from the ground up, and responded to humanitarian crises worldwide.
BACKGROUND ON Ghana IHP
The purpose of the USAID-funded Ghana Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) activity to strategically contribute to the Government of Ghana’s strategies to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths, including stillbirths, and improve their overall health and well-being by 2030. Activities are expected to advance Ghana toward increased localization, strengthening the capacity of Ghana institutions and local organizations to introduce, deliver, scale-up, and sustain the use of evidencebased, quality RMNCH, voluntary family planning, malaria, and global health security services. The project will increase access, utilization and quality of maternal and child health, family planning, malaria, and nutrition services to reduce preventable maternal, newborn and child deaths in northern Ghana.
POSITION SUMMARY
Project HOPE seeks a Nutrition Advisor who will provide technical support for planning and smooth operation of nutrition interventions within IHP. The Advisor will work closely with the RMNCH, SRH and FP team, donors, Ghana Health Service, and- other relevant stakeholders to support high quality implementation of nutrition interventions that are technically and clinically accurate. The position will implement high quality Nutrition specific RMNCAH interventions towards improving micronutrient supplementation, nutrition education, counselling, diagnoses and treatment of nutrition related disorders among pregnant women, newborns and children. This includes supporting nutrition education, counselling, diagnoses and treatment interventions at ANC, Intrapartum, PNC and CWC as well as other outpatient and impatient interventions. She will support the strengthening of existing BFHI facilities and support other facility attain the status of BFHI.
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES
Education Required: Master’s Degree
- SKILLS, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Master’s in public health nutrition or equivalence from recognized learning institution with 5 years of experience in related field.
- Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or related field of study with 7 years of experience in related field
- Strong skills in technical proposal writing and donor reporting, designing and implementing nutrition programs
- Ability to provide technical support for PROJECT HOPE staff and GHS staff on effective nutrition related interventions.
- Familiarity with design and programming processes of different donors (e.g. USAID)
- Knowledge in designing and implementing appropriate and effective holistic nutrition programs including ensuring that the nutrition program is integrated MNCH and malaria activities
- Ability to work effectively with government, community leaders, international/national organizations, donors, partners and other Project HOPE relationships.
- Strong communication skills, able to effectively present information clearly and respond appropriately to questions from senior managers and headquarters staff, counterparts, senior government leaders and donors
- Strong supervisory and organizational skills
- Demonstrated experience and skills in ensuring community participation and gender issues in humanitarian programming
- Ability and willingness to travel to field
- Experience in facilitation of trainings and workshops
- Experience in writing / developing project proposals and project reports
- Fluent in written and spoken English and local languages
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
- The physical demands and work environment characteristics 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.
- Physical demands:
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee must be mobile in an office environment and able to use standard office equipment.
- Must be able to communicate in verbal and written form.
- Work environment:
- Typical office environment with exposure to a minimal noise level.
- Project HOPE employees work in the global health field and may be required to travel or work in countries where working conditions are classified as “hardship”.
- All positions will be based in Ghana. Ghana nationals are strongly encouraged to apply.
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