Senior Advisor for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health

The Senior Advisor for Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health (Senior Advisor) will provide technical assistance to the GH/HIDN/MCH Division and to USAID field Missions on programmatic approaches to increase the uptake, use, and impact of key interventions to reduce maternal and child mortality. The focus of this position will be child health, working closely with the existing child health team in the Division, the MCH Element co-Head for Child Survival, and the MCH Division Chief, and complementing the work of existing teams in maternal and newborn health, immunization, and environmental health.

International Micronutrient Malnutrition Fellowships

CDC’s International Micronutrient Malnutrition Prevention and Control (IMMPaCt) Program is currently accepting applications for both Master’s and Doctoral level fellowships. Applications are being accepted through Friday, April 3rd, 2009.

Internships with Save the Children

Attached please find the Internship Application Packet for 2009 opportunities with the Department of Health and Nutrition at Save the Children. As in the past we have a good mix of program focus and location, and a range of experiences. Throughout the year, we receive many inquiries for internships and we seek to match well-qualified students with meaningful action research projects to meet the needs of at least four stakeholders: the student, the project, the student’s institution, and the international health community at large. In other words, we expect that able students, carefully mentored by Save the Children technical staff and the student’s faculty, will advance the state-of-the-art and document findings for various audiences.

Academic Nutritionist, Ethiopia

University Research Company is looking for candidates for the position below that is part of a USAID proposal.
Academic Nutritionist Seconded to a University Masters Program
Location: Ethiopia

Nutritional, Physical Activity, Obesity Prevention Program

The California Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Prevention Program is currently recruiting for two research scientists with experience in epidemiology and biostatistics. We would appreciate it if you would forward the information to any potentially interested colleagues/students. Links to the job announcements with application details can be found below. The final filing date is Tuesday, August 26, 2008.

Food for the Hungry

Food for the Hungry is urgently looking for 2 nutrition and health program managers, one to be posted in the DRC and the other Mozambique. Interested candidates can see job descriptions and qualifications necessary at http://www.fh.org/jobs/international and apply online.

Helen Keller International

HKI has various positions open. The job announcements can be found on our website at: http://www.hki.org/about/careers.html. While there are closing dates, we will continue to receive applications until positions are filled.

Dietitian – Missouri

This is professional dietetic work in a state facility. An employee in this class performs duties as a staff dietitian in areas of quality assurance, administration, education or clinical nutrition. Work may include preparing menus, supervising the preparation and serving of modified diets, and training non-professional personnel in proper dietary methods.

Cancer Control – Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity

Position announcements in the Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Program in the Cancer Control Branch of the California Department of Health:

Country Director – Helen Keller International

HKI is seeking a Country Director in Tanzania to represent the Agency and be responsible for all HKI/Tanzania programs. Tanzania is a flagship program for HKI in Africa. Our current programs focus on nutrition and blindness prevention.