PATH is currently recruiting for a NUTRITION RESEARCH SPECIALIST.

PATH is a global nonprofit dedicated to achieving health equity. With more than 40 years of experience forging multisector partnerships, and with expertise in science, economics, technology, advocacy, and dozens of other specialties, PATH develops and scales up innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing health challenges.

A leader in global health innovation, PATH is at the forefront of finding and implementing effective approaches to improve maternal, newborn, and child health and nutrition. For over two decades, our experts have helped develop the best methods to fortify rice with vitamins and minerals. To ensure that the benefits of fortified rice reach as many people as possible, we are expanding evidence, developing global markets, and working to broaden adoption worldwide. We are also supporting stakeholders to introduce, test, use, and scale fortified rice to combat malnutrition and improve lives.

PATH’s rice fortification project in India has already benefitted about 1 million people. It has the potential to reach 800+ million people in India, especially women and children through the government’s safety net programs, making it a viable tool for addressing vitamin and mineral deficiencies at scale. Also, the cost of fortification is minimal between 50 and 80 paise / kg), especially compared to the negative health and economic costs of vitamin and mineral deficiencies. Scaling up rice fortification will therefore not only improve the health of India’s families and communities but improve the productivity of the country at large.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM:

PATH has been a global leader over two decades working on rice fortification technology advancement, building evidence, and implementing in multiple countries. Many pilots conducted over the years by PATH demonstrated operational feasibility of distribution of fortified rice through safety net programs and open market in India.

Studies have shown that consumption of fortified rice has positive impact towards combating iron deficiency anaemia and other vitamin deficiencies. The Government of India and other stakeholders such as FSSAI and NITI Aayog have acknowledged the importance of rice fortification and need to introduce it through various safety net programs in India. Billions of people around the world suffer from micronutrient malnutrition. To address the need, PATH has advanced and commercialized the Ultra Rice technology, filling an important market gap in the range of solutions for addressing micronutrient malnutrition. PATH’s Ultra Rice® technology packs vitamins and minerals into extruded rice grains made from rice flour. PATH has licensed the technology to several manufacturers, and regional technology centers have

Over the last few years, PATH has been a technical partner to the national government’s Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). PATH has played an imperative role in guiding FSSAI on the regulation for staple foods and is now working with FSSAI, its newly established Food Fortification Resource Centre (FFRC), and state governments to scale-up rice fortification in the government’s safety net programs. PATH is also supporting FFRC in developing a national repository on food fortification evidence and implementation tools including quality control and assurance tools. PATH’s advocacy with government has led to introduction of fortified rice in MDM program in several states including Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chandigarh. PATH is also providing support in Delhi, Odisha, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa, Assam and West Bengal to initiate rice fortification program. PATH India team is also supporting scale up of rice fortification in Myanmar and plans to scale it up in Africa, Bhutan and other south Asian countries.

(To read more: https://www.path.org/articles/harnessing-power-fortified-rice-stronger-healthier-india/)

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Responsible for collecting, organizing, and analyzing opinions and data to solve problems, explore issues, and predict trends.
• Management of getting ethical clearances, permissions and protocols for RCT/ human trials. supervise research projects from the early planning stages to project completion.
• Carrying out quantitative data analysis of existing secondary data sets and primary quantitative data, using Excel and/or SPSS.
• Organising, designing and carrying out qualitative fieldwork, often with marginalised or vulnerable people, in different locations and contexts across the geographies where PATH works
• Conducting qualitative analysis of data conducted through interviews, focus groups, workshops or other methods.
• Carrying out desktop research, using a range of methods and sources of data, related to inequality and social innovation practice globally.
• Working closely with the project team to map the research needs, trends and design the project
• Producing high quality and varied research outputs for a range of audiences including analysis, report writing and presentations where necessary.
• Making sure the work is participatory, including working with peer researchers and valuing the importance of communicating with different audiences.
• Expert understanding of monitoring and evaluation indicators and design
• Publishing scientific documents that emerge out of the research

Required Skills Required Experience

• A PHD degree in Nutrition with over seven years of relevant experience in nutrition research
• Experience of designing quantitative research tools
• Experience of quantitative and statistical data analysis, including of large existing data sets, using Excel and/or SPSS
• Experience of designing qualitative research tools
• Experience of conducting and organizing qualitative fieldwork
• Experience of conducting qualitative analysis using Excel, Word and/or NVivo
• Experience of having conducted robust desktop research and knowledge of a range of methodologies of research
• Evidence of ability to grasp complex concepts and debates quickly and to engage with these effectively through research
• Evidence of having worked in group settings and / or as part of a cross-organizational or inter-organizational team
• Ability to communicate effectively – in writing and in person - about research findings to a range of audiences
• Evidence of having delivered or contributed to the delivery of high-quality social research outputs
• Able to lead work packages and deliver work in different areas on time and Experience of having designed and conducted participatory research
• Experience of research with people from a range of backgrounds, including from vulnerable or disadvantaged backgrounds
• Experience or understanding of ethnographic methods
• Published social research outputs

Must have legal authorization to work in India.

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PATH is dedicated to building an inclusive workforce where diversity is valued.

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• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related discipline or equivalent experience.  A master's degree in a relevant discipline may substitute for one year of experience

• Minimum eight years relevant experience including demonstrated abilities in project planning, project management and personnel management

• Proven analytic and problem solving skills

• Proven communication skills including the ability to articulate and facilitate technical, business and analytical discussions at all levels

• Well-developed data mining and manipulation skills

• Knowledge and awareness of new tools and techniques in the industry and the ability to implement new techniques within the division

• Strong technical skills and the ability to work on multiple platforms; able to make recommendations for use of those platforms

• Effective time management skills

• Well-developed multi-tasking skills and project management skills

• In-depth knowledge of database structure and data models

• Basic MS Office applications

• Ability to manage resources at all levels across the division and keep in mind the best interest of the division as they work to allocate the correct resources for the job

• Considered an expert on technical discussions and applications and can be called upon in client or internal meetings to lead discussion

• Understanding of client and industry business and its challenges; keeps abreast of new industry trends

• Ability to help employees set and maintain career goals