SNV - Netherlands Development Organisation Are you interested in joining an international organisation with a long-term commitment to fighting poverty? Would you like to work in a challenging environment to develop a career focused on shared values and lasting impact? Position Name: Nutrition Officer – Zambia Project: Sustainable Nutrition for All (SN4A) Position Location: Kasama, with frequent travel to project sites in Isoka and Chinsali Reports to: Project Manager Responsible for: Development and Implementation of Demand Triggering and Maintenance Key contacts: Country Director, Zambia, Agriculture Leader, Project Accountant, Logistics and Procurement, Operations Manager Effective Date and Length of contract: January 2015 – December 2017 Project background: Uganda and Zambia are countries with high rates of malnutrition, despite their recent economic growth, scoring 19.2 (serious) and 24.1 (alarming), respectively, on the Global Hunger Index[1]. Both countries have recognised their nutrition problems and responded to them positively by joining the Scaling Up Nutrition network[2] (Zambia in 2010 and Uganda in 2011). In Zambia, the National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) is the designated convening body to coordinate action on nutrition in Zambia. A National Food and Nutrition Strategic (NFNS) Plan covering the period 2011-2015 was developed by key government officers in key cross-sector ministries and departments, international partners, representatives of non-government organizations, civil society, academicians, and the business community. However, despite these plans, Zambia has the highest rates of stunting in the world. 45% of Zambian children aged 6 -59 months are stunted with 21% being severely stunted. 5% of children under the age of 5 are wasted and 11% of the children of this age are underweight. Factors leading to this include, among others, low frequency of consumption of nutritious food as well as with the quality and diversity of such foods; poor health, bad hygiene and lack of sanitation. In order to address these, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), KIT – the Royal Tropical Institute and the Centre for Development of Wageningen UR (CDI) have developed an innovative Sustainable Nutrition for All (SN4A) project to be implemented in Zambia and Uganda. The goal of the project is to improve nutrition outcomes through adoption of agro-biodiversity and improve dietary diversity at the intra household level. Purpose of the job: The Nutrition Officer is expected to work with existing networks of local and national service providers from public health, agriculture, education and sanitation to which the project is already connected; to trigger and maintain demand, while improving supply of nutrient rich vegetables through smallholder farmers. The Nutrition Officer is also expected to induce behavioral change through understanding of broad range of factors playing into improved nutrition with special focus on intra-household gender relations; and increase national governance. Main Tasks and Responsibilities: Trigger Demand and maintenance.; the Nutritional Officer will be tasked to build local capacity for implementation of triggering communities to become aware of their own nutritional status and create momentum for change by promoting district wide coverage Establishment of District Nutritional Teams –Lead the process of establishment of DNTs in the target districts for building capacity for upscaling of activities and establishment of nutritional standards and certification Induce Behavioral Change Campaigns – Working with the local level nutritional teams and SN4A partners, lead the process of developing behavioral change communication methodologies that will be then anchored and linked to local planning Coordination of project activities with SUN and national structures – gather lessons emerging from the project on early adaptors and results and ensure these are shared and reviewed at national and district level meetings. Duties and Responsibilities include: Work with project partners to undertake community and household mapping study and behavioural motivator research study Organize and steer triggering activities and undertake post triggering activities Provide follow up support to district facilitators and Nutrition Champions on triggering activities Facilitate the development of materials and tools for BCC and support the dissemination of developed tools Development of local fruits and vegetables calendars for the target districts Establishing of district nutritional teams and nutritional hubs Work with partners to facilitate development and support implementation of innovation platforms in the target districts. Data collection and analysis for monitoring and evaluation Documentation and share results and lessons learnt from the project. Competencies, Capabilities and Attributes: (Skills/behavioral (Special Training or Competence) : Demonstrated creativity, willingness to innovate, think systemically and work independently High-level interpersonal skills Strong background in gender integration and women empowerment desirable. Team player Relationship builder Ability to work with a wide range of actors from different backgrounds (smallholder farmers, private sector companies, government, and NGOs) Academic & professional qualifications, Knowledge and Experience: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, social work, public health or other relevant discipline or a Master’s degree in a relevant field will be an added advantage. Minimum of 3 years of experience in nutrition programming, with experience in behavioral change campaigns, gender or market-led approaches and advantage Demonstrated Knowledge on how to improve dietary diversity at intra-household level. Demonstrated success in implementing programs with a measurement for results framework. Demonstrated experience in providing capacity development services Demonstrated experience in collaborating across projects. Interested to undertake extensive field work Working environment: This position is Kasama-based with 40% of office time and 60% field time How to apply Applicants should submit an application letter, full CV, pay rate history for the last three years, three professional references including their email addresses and day contact phone numbers. Applications to be submitted to [email protected] not later than Monday 15th December, 2014. [1] IFPRI, 2013. Global Hunger Index. The Challenge of Hunger: Building Resilience to Achieve Food and Nutrition Security. IFPRI, Washington DC, USA. [2] SNV is a member of the Civil Society Organisation sections of SUN in both countries, as well as globally
Posted on: Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:22:06 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015