JOB DESCRIPTION
Senior Technical Advisor, Alive &
Thrive (A&T) India, FHI360, New Delhi
1. POSITION VACANT: Senior
Technical Advisor, Alive & Thrive, FHI 360
2. ORGANISATION/
PROJECT BACKGROUND:
FHI 360 is a nonprofit, human development
organization, dedicated to improving lives in lasting ways by advancing
integrated, locally driven solutions.
FHI 360 serves more than 70 countries and all
US states and territories.
Through implementation of the Alive & Thrive (A&T) initiative, FHI 360 is
scaling up nutrition to save lives, prevent illness and promote healthy growth
and development, through improved breastfeeding and complementary feeding
practices
A&T is managed by FHI 360 and
funded by the Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), as well as the governments of
Ireland and Canada. A&T is
dedicated to reducing death, illness, and malnutrition caused by sub-optimal
infant and young child feeding. During its first phase (2008-2014), the
initiative aimed to increase rates of exclusive breastfeeding and improve
complementary feeding practices in three countries – namely Ethiopia,
Bangladesh and Viet Nam. As part of its current phase (2013-2017) the
initiative is translating lessons to other countries and regions, including
South East Asia, India and Burkina Faso.