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• Pro-poor market development (SO1)
• Improved health for children under five years
  of age (SO2)
• Improved security and governance (SO3)

• Render support in the implementation of
  health system governance activities and behavior change interventions
  across the three districts of Northern Karamoja, with a focus on high
  quality program delivery
• Provide staff training in key technical areas
  with follow up support through on-site field mentorship
• Design and implement standardized monitoring
  and periodic research activities to inform program quality reviews and
  strategy adjustments in coordination with other staff
• Ensure an integrated approach to program
  implementation in order to maximize resource utilization and synergy between
  the staff and different MC partners
• Offer strategic support to team members to
  help them deliver their activities as per agreed work plan and achieve
  scale
• Recommend program priorities and explore,
  evaluate and present new opportunities with high potential for impact in
  the areas of health, nutrition and gender
• Advocate for health priorities in line with
  GHG strategy at key district, regional and national events, working with
  partners and team leaders

• Support partnership oversight ensuring
  complementarity, compliance and integration of GHG partners, esp. World
  Vision and WHAVE
• Build and strengthen productive working
  relationships with sub-county and district leaders, soliciting their
  participation in all activities where appropriate

• Actively participate in the recruitment of
  new staff, establish effective supervision structures, identify and meet
  training needs and ensure adherence to Mercy Corps’ performance management
  system within the team;
• Encourage an adaptive management learning
  culture in which evidence is continuously generated and lessons learned
  are actively shared across the consortium for maximum impact
• Work closely with HQ and national office
  staff to strengthen operations, identify and pursue complementary
  programming

• Support a dynamic program environment that
  promotes inquiry, together with the MCHN Manager and SO2 team leaders;
• Support external evaluations by research
  partner Feinstein International Center and other organizations where
  needed
• Keenly analyze project implementation
  strategies to identify constraints to program success and provide timely
  recommendations
• Support coordinated data collection systems
  and reporting formats between partners, with integrated communications to
  ensure sharing of lessons learned and foster an supportive environment
  driven by achievement

• Build and strengthen working relationships
  with communities, village councils and local government in Abim, Kotido
  and Kaabong, Karamoja target areas.
• Offer technical support and coordinate visits
  from regional and HQ based staff and external visitors, such as donors and
  media, in collaboration with CoP and MCHN Manager.
• Support coordination of key actors as
  relevant for program implementation –government ministries, UN agencies,
  NGOs, private sector partners – and establish mechanisms for contacting
  local community organizations and partners and other local NGOs/CBOs in
  line with key GHG areas of work
• Advocate at local, regional, and where possible
  national platforms for GHG supported strategies for health and nutrition.

• The ideal candidate for the USAID Maternal/Child
  Health & Nutrition Advisor career opportunity should hold a Master’s
  Degree or equivalent in public health, with advanced training and/or
  experience in nutrition, maternal and child health and Behavior Change
  Communication;
• A minimum of three years’ experience,
  preferably with experience in developing countries and living in a
  difficult environment
• Prior experience with Mother Care Groups and
  community dialogues is an added advantage
• Significant experience in managing MCHN
  related program activities
• Broad knowledge and understanding of health
  systems strengthening, preferably with an understanding of the
  facilitative approach to development
• Superb English verbal and written
  communication and presentation skills required
• Broad understanding of data analysis and
  statistics
• Proven ability to communicate with donors,
  private sector and civil society partners and host government
  representatives
• Demonstrated flexibility, creativity and
  enthusiasm as well as a willingness to learn and to be continually
  adaptive within a dynamic working environment
• Self-starter, with strong capacity for
  critical thinking and problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to focus on day-to-day
  tasks at hand while also working towards longer-term objectives with an
  understanding that these will change continuously
• Willingness to travel frequently and
  extensively in remote areas with basic services

• Organizational Learning: As part of our commitment to
  organizational learning and in support of our understanding that learning
  organizations are more effective, efficient and relevant to the
  communities they serve – we expect all team members to commit 5% of their
  time to learning activities that benefit Mercy Corps as well as
  themselves.
• Accountability to Beneficiaries: Mercy
  Corps team members are expected to support all efforts towards
  accountability, specifically to our beneficiaries and to international
  standards guiding international relief and development work, while
  actively engaging beneficiary communities as equal partners in the design,
  monitoring and evaluation of our field projects.

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