POSITION DESCRIPTIONProject Director Position Description • July 25th, 2012
Strengthening Partnerships, Results, and Innovations in Nutrition Globally (SPRING) is a five‐year Cooperative Agreement funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in October 2011. Through the provision of technical assistance, research and in-country implementation, SPRING’s goal is to strengthen global and country efforts to scale up high impact nutrition practices and policies and improve maternal and child nutrition outcomes. SPRING builds on past USAID investments and delivers high impact nutrition interventions targeting infants, young children, and women, with a keen focus on the first 1,000 days of life. At the intersection of the USG’s two flagship foreign assistance initiatives, Feed the Future and the Global Health Initiative, SPRING is uniquely positioned to work across sectors–including health, agriculture, social protection, and economic growth– and is the first significant nutrition project with broad scope funded by the USAID Global Health Bureau. S
