This role contributes to transforming diets and futures of children, adolescents, and women by driving strategies that increase availability, access, and consumption of diverse, nutritious foods. The specialist will advance community-based approaches and support behaviour change to improve food utilization, preparation, and consumption.
A minimum of five years of professional experience in a developing country is required in one or more of the following areas: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or food systems strengthening. Experience implementing both preventive and treatment nutrition interventions. Strong expertise in child sensitive nutrition-responsive agriculture and food systems. Ability to design and implement scalable, community-based interventions; Experience in household-level production, processing, preservation, value addition, and consumption of diverse, nutrient-dense foods through interventions that improve access at household and community levels. Facilitate linkages with other sectors and programmes like social protection and income generating activities to improve dietary diversity of children. Coordinate with the health systems to ensure availability of nutrition services including MIYCAN counselling and screening for severe acute malnutrition and referral in the targeted districts.
Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in nutrition, public health, epidemiology, global health, health policy, health management, health sciences, maternal and child health and any other related fields.
