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Posted 2019-02-15 01:33:45
DAI
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excellence, professional project management, and exceptional customer service
to solve our clients’ most complex problems. Since 1970, DAI has worked in 150
developing and transition countries, providing comprehensive development
solutions in areas including crisis mitigation and stability operations,
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trade, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza control, water and natural resources
management, and energy and climate change. Clients include international
development agencies, international lending institutions, private corporations
and philanthropies, and host-country governments.
1.
Project Background:
The
Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Program is a cross-ministry and multi-donor program
to reduce stunting in Zambia. The National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC)
implements SUN as part of the Government of the Republic of Zambia (GRZ) 1,000
Most Critical Days Program. SUN 2.0, the second phase of the program, has
three major components: (1) Pooled Multi-Donor SUN Fund, (2) SUN Technical
Assistance (SUN TA), and (3) SUN Learning and Evaluation. Working in parallel
with the SUN Fund, the USAID/Zambia SUN TA program will provide support and
direct technical assistance to sub-national local government officials in
target districts to plan, implement, coordinate, and monitor integrated
nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific activities to significantly reduce
the rate of stunting among Zambian children under two.
2.
Location: Lusaka, Zambia with frequent in-country travel
3.
Objective:
The
Training Specialist will coordinate training implementation in line with
overall SUN TA technical objectives and will collaborate with the DCOP and
smallholder livelihoods, nutrition/child health, WASH, and M&E teams and TA
from TA pool to develop training curricula in response to provincial- and
district-level needs.
4.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
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Manage
the SUN TA training program in line with technical objectives and identified
training needs
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Develop
and maintain with designated subcontractors a system for tracking the progress
of trainings conducted by SUN TA and counterparts and the impact on technical
objectives
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Support,
organize, and facilitate training events, including management of project
inventory required for specific training activities
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Lead
the development of training modules and curricula in coordination with the
DCOP, Smallholder Livelihoods, Nutrition/Child Health, WASH, and M&E teams
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Contribute
to SUN TA’s knowledge management efforts to ensure collection and use of
lessons learned and best practices to support delivery of quality TA, internal
learning, and external communications
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Support
development of relevant training materials, program documentation, and lessons
learned
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Other
tasks as may be assigned by the Deputy Chief of Party to successfully achieve
SUN TA training objectives
5.
Reporting and Supervision:
The
Training Specialist directly reports to the Deputy Chief of Party.
6.
Qualifications:
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Master’s
degree in Public Health, Agriculture, Water Resources Management, Human
Nutrition, or other related discipline
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5+
years of specialized experience carrying out training and learning activities
on a donor program of similar size; USAID experience preferred
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Experience
with quantitative and qualitative data collection, analysis, visualization,
use, and reporting, including related tools and software
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Proven
ability to translate and analyze complex data into easily understandable
learning aids, reports, abstracts, presentations, and narratives for various
audiences, including government, donor partners, and beneficiary communities
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Excellent
writing, editing, and presentation skills
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Proven
ability to work effectively in a team-oriented setting while also taking
individual initiative to complete assigned tasks with high quality and within
tight timelines
§ Fluency in English is required