Nutrition Specialist

FHI360 is recruiting a Nutrition Specialist, to be based in Maputo.

Duties

• Provide technical thought leadership to ensure implementation of nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive strategies and activities.
• Implement and plan strategies that ensure integration in program interventions focused on nutrition, agriculture and livelihoods.
• Design and deliver realistic and pragmatic nutrition strategies and programming interventions that will lead to positive nutritional and health outcomes, with a specific focus on pregnant and lactating women and children under five years of age.
• Track and report against Feed the Future and other nutrition indicators and disaggregate data to analyze results within each domain.
• Conduct assessments, reviews and audits to assess ways to continually strengthen the focus, quality and type of interventions.
• Work closely with provincial teams and other technical counterparts to ensure synergistic and comprehensive programming.
• Develop tools, frameworks and resources as needed for the Project.
• Identify successful practices in the project that can be showcased in publications, communication materials and conferences.
• Prepare communications materials that highlight the Project’s nutrition to agriculture programming, successes and lessons learnt

Requisites

• Knowledge of and experience with the design, management and implementation of nutrition and food security projects in developing countries
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and understanding of the socio-economic and political situation in Mozambique
• Ability to organize systems to monitor project results
• Well-developed written and oral communication skills
• Advanced degree in a relevant discipline
• Applied skills in designing and implementing programs with a strong focus on nutrition
• Demonstrated capacity to liaise and negotiate with key stakeholders in other organizations
• Demonstrated capacity to support and supervise staff
• S/he must have strong writing and organizational skills for reporting on program and study results
• Strong English and Portuguese skills required

Notes

• Only short listed applicants will be contacted
• Kindly reference the source of this job post: emprego.co.mz