Technical Assistance for Nutrition (TAN) is a
project led by the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development
(DFID) which seeks to improve the capacity of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
countries to design, deliver, and track the progress of nutrition programs and
to generate, learn from and adopt knowledge of what works. The Micronutrient Initiative (MI) is contributing

to TAN by coordinating the provision of Technical Assistance (TA) to help
national SUN Focal Points (SUN FP) in select countries, including Indonesia, to
overcome gaps in capacity for the design and delivery of multi-sectoral
national nutrition plans, tapping into its global hub to source and deploy the
expertise needed.In this
context, MI requires the following position to support the SUN Secretariat in the
National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas)
for a period of 2 years for scale-up of nutrition in the country through
collective and cooperative engagement of sector partners, stakeholders
and SUN Networks.

Technical
Advisor to the SUN Secretariat- Bappenas

Specific
Objectives:1. Support the strengthening of the SUN Secretariat to be an effective
coordinating mechanism for nutrition in the country; 2. Facilitate the SUN Secretariat in steering policy and program
guidance under the nutrition portfolio; 3.
Facilitate monitoring and tracking of nutrition sensitive and nutrition
specific interventions at the national and sub-national levels; 4. Strengthen the multi-sectoral,
multi-stakeholder and SUN Networks’ coordination to avoid duplication of effort
and build synergies for nutrition actions; 5.

Facilitate communication, learning and engagement across the SUN Movement in
the country and globally.The Technical Advisor will carry out the activities
under the direct supervision of the SUN Government Focal Point and in close
collaboration with Director Nutrition, Bappenas. Please refer the website http://www.micronutrient.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Technical-Advisor-Indonesia-closes-March-30.pdf

 for detailed
Terms of Reference with specific responsibilities, expectations and reporting
mechanism.

Qualifications:

Education:i.At least full
time Post-graduate level qualifications in Nutrition/ Food and Nutrition/
Community Nutrition/ Public Health Nutrition/ Public Health/ Public Policy/
Public Administration/ any other related field(s).ii. Qualification in Nutrition would be preferred.

Language Skills:Fluency in written and spoken
English& Bahasa is mandatory.

Experience:

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At least 10 years of relevant technical experience in the field(s) of
nutrition and/or health policy planning including program designing and/or
implementation and/or monitoring.

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Excellent working knowledge of Government of Indonesia’s nutrition and
health portfolios and programmes.

·        
Excellent knowledge of SDG 2 and probable synergistic collaboration with
Indonesia’s national nutrition targets.

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Proven experience in managing multi-stakeholder and multi-sectoral
working groups in national and/or sub-national settings.

·        
Managerial experience in steering a unit/department, preferably
nutrition related.

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Experience in strengthening the capacity of ministries/ governments/
other partners in being able to sustain interventions.

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Experience in designing and implementation of reporting and monitoring
mechanisms.

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Experience in advocacy and communication for nutrition, with strong
skills in facilitation, project management and tracking outcomes.

·        
Experience in working with multi-donor organizations,
civil society networks, UN agencies, government and academic/ research
institutions.

Interested
candidates are invited to submit their Up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV) and
cover letter by email to TechnicalAssistance@micronutrient.org before 30^thMarch

2017.Kindly mention
‘Application for support to the SUN Secretariat – Bappenas’ in the subject line
of the email.

Regards,

The Micronutrient Initiative