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Guided by the belief that all lives have equal value, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation pride ourselves in being ‘impatient optimists' whose purpose is to work to reduce inequity. Our vision is to ensure a world where every person has the opportunity to live a healthy, productive life. We have four missions to:

• Ensure more children and young people survive and thrive;

• Empower the poorest, especially women and girls, to transform their lives;

• Combat infectious diseases that particularly affect the poorest; and

• Inspire people to take action to change the world.

Key to enabling these missions is our commitment to science and innovation, collaboration and partnership, measurement and rigor, as well as optimism and risk taking. Based in Seattle, the foundation has a worldwide staff of 1,500 people and is led by CEO Sue Desmond-Hellmann and co-chair William H. Gates Sr., under the direction of Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett. We have offices in the United States, Europe, India, China and Africa.

Group Summary

The Nutrition Team is expanding following the approval of a new strategy. The foundation's nutrition strategy includes five initiatives: new solutions; country impact; data, analytics and evidence; advocacy, policy and alignment; and making food systems work (jointly owned with Agricultural Development). The Nutrition strategy has particularly strong linkages with the following foundation teams: Agricultural Development, Global Policy and Advocacy, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health, Discovery and Translational Science, Family Planning, and Integrated Delivery.

Responsibilities

Ethiopia is a priority country for the new Nutrition strategy as it is on a path toward improved nutrition, with a conducive policy environment, deep-reaching delivery platforms, and richness in data for decision-making; yet malnutrition remains the underlying cause of more than half of childhood deaths in Ethiopia. Our goal in Ethiopia is to support implementation of the government's multisectoral National Nutrition Plan. This role will shape and help execute our work in Ethiopia including but not limited to:

• Delivery of proven interventions, building on existing foundation investments in health and agriculture

• Better use of data and evidence for policy and program decision making

• Support for making food systems/agriculture investments more nutrition-sensitiveKey responsibilities include:

• Lead the development and execution of a tailored nutrition strategy for Ethiopia.

• Scope, propose and shape investments (grants and/or contracts) to execute activities to support programmatic goals

• Manage a portfolio of complex grants and contracts requiring high-level grant management skills, including applying and evaluating milestone-based performance objectives.

• Participate as the nutrition representative to program teams in the Foundation as assigned, particularly the Agriculture team as it relates to the food systems initiative in Ethiopia and the teams working in the health sector in Ethiopia.

• Establish and nurture the external partnerships that will contribute to the success of our investments in Ethiopia. Work closely with country office staff for coordinated relationship management with Federal and Regional government officials, other donors, grantees and other partners.

• Lead efforts to promote appropriate policies and plans for nutrition in Ethiopia.

• In collaboration with the Measurement, Learning and Evaluation (MLE) team, define and implement appropriate measures to track investment performance.

• Serve as a partner and resource to grantees and foundation program teams to facilitate accomplishment of strategic objectives.

• Synthesize and document results and lessons from grants and contracts including preparing briefings and portfolio reviews to leadership.

• Contribute to writing background documents, briefs, and presentations, including carrying out relevant literature reviews, landscape analyses, and data analysis.

• Plan and coordinate partner consultations and meetings to advance understanding of key issues for the strategy

• Undertake and lead special projects, as requested.

• Maintain high quality interactions and clear and consistent communications internally, as well as with grantees and partners in the field.

Qualifications

- Minimum of an advanced degree and significant experience in nutrition, or advanced degree in public health, agriculture, social sciences, or business with deep experience in nutrition preferred.

• A minimum of 15+ years of progressive leadership experience with deep experience working in Ethiopia is required.

• Experience in some of the foundation's program strategies is required; some exposure to multiple strategies is ideal.

• Experience in strategy or program design and implementation related to nutrition, food security, and/or public health, either for global health/development organizations and/or strategy consulting firms.

• Demonstrated experience in partnership building and management in Ethiopia.

• Experience working on nutrition related to food systems, including with the private sector.

• Experience working with public health, and strong understanding of public program implementation.

• Demonstrated ability to work with efficiency and diplomacy, particularly as part of a team effort.

• Demonstrated experience with conducting analyses.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Demonstrated curiosity and comfort in areas beyond current areas of expertise with proven ability to rapidly acquire knowledge and execute good judgment in a variety of scientific areas.

• Ability to organize/prioritize work and meet deadlines within a fast paced environment with multiple and competing demands.

• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse teams including scientists, business analysts, program implementers and other stakeholders in Ethiopia.

• Sense of humor and positive attitude required.

• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills with the ability to solve problems with energy.

• Ability to speak Amharic is a plus but is not required. Fluency in English is required.

• Ability to travel within Ethiopia and internationally, up to 30%.

As part of our standard hiring process for new employees, employment with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check.

Source: http://careers.gatesfoundation.org/job/Addis-Ababa-Senior-Program-Officer%2C-Nutrition%2C-Ethiopia-Job/309322500/

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