The IMCHD program officer will have the following primary responsibilities:

• Retain current knowledge and understanding of up to date research and policies related to feeding of the small and sick newborn;
• Support the creation, adaptation, and piloting of newborn nutrition implementation materials, embedding specialized lactation support requirements;
• Provide hands on specialized lactation support training to health care workers in key geographies;
• Ensure high quality technical direction and input for all materials related to specialized lactation support for small and sick newborns and their mothers, including:
  • Training and curriculum resources;
  • Policy and advocacy resources;
  • Communications resources;
  • External and internal reports, blogs, manuscripts;
  • Implementation science research protocols and planning.
• Provide nutrition/lactation technical expertise to the IMCHD team to inform integration across the life cycle, project planning, implementation and evaluation, and strategic expansion;
• Assist in guiding gender integration within IMCHD and specialized lactation support activities;
• Contribute to partnerships development, proposal writing, and grant management;
• Work as collaborative multi-country, diverse team;
• Coordinate stakeholder engagement, regional learning sessions, and policy advancement.

Required Experience:

• Master’s degree or higher in public health, public policy, or related technical/clinical field
• 5+ years of working in breastfeeding support/maternal and newborn health
• International Board Certified Lactation Consultant certification, or proven experience and knowledge in lactation support for mothers of preterm infants
• Clinical experience in provision of hands-on specialized lactation support, with experience in supporting mothers of newborns in the neonatal intensive care
• Strong technical expertise in newborn or early infant nutrition/ maternal lactation; experience in both preferred
• Previous experience in developing technical training materials; experience conducting training preferred
• Experience collaborating with technical and policy experts
• Skilled in proposal writing and concept development
• Fluent in English; additional languages a plus
• Available to travel internationally estimated at 20 percent per PATH’s travel and safety guidelines