Job Title: 3 Nutrition Field Officers
Organization: International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
Duty Station: Fort Portal(1), Mbale(1), Kabale(1)
Roles and responsibilities
- Lead the local implementation of nutrition status surveys and disseminate findings to relevant stakeholders
- Support the Nutrition Lead to develop the nutrition strategy for the project
- Provide local context to the design and adaptation of nutrition training materials social behavior change communication materials for different audiences including communities, farmer groups, households and subsistence and market-oriented farmers.
- Conduct the roll out of the nutrition training program through lead farmers and local partners
- Conduct the roll out of the social and behavior change communication (SBCC) campaigns and demonstrations around nutrition and dietary practices, including kitchen gardens, cooking demonstrations, and media messaging
- Coordinate with other project officers to ensure integration of nutrition approaches with household visioning and planning exercise and climate smart agricultural training program on promoting crop diversification and nutritional values.
- Link with existing nutrition structures at sub county and district level to ensure coordination and maximum outreach of activities.
- Create synergies with other nutrition programs/projects including DIETS to ensure maximum impact of activities and better awareness of and access to nutrition services within the project areas.
Minimum Qualifications for this job:
- Degree in nutrition, food science, household economics or related fields
- At least 3 years professional experience in implementing projects in the nutrition sector with a focus on: early childhood nutrition, promotion and inclusion of enhanced household nutrition and dietary diversity
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in leading the development and implementation of nutrition strategies to improve dietary diversity and household resilience.
- Fluency in written and spoken English, with a good working knowledge of the second language.
- Good planning skills, honest and reliable.
- Ability to work alone and in a team.
- People management skills
- Willingness to work in the field on a daily basis and travel on a motorcycle
- Ability to communicate effectively in writing and orally in small audience and large audience settings.
- Fluency in written and spoken English is required, proficiency in multiple local languages is an asset.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should submit their applications online via the link below:
Closing Date: 17 October 2022
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