Nutrition Officer at the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (FMAFS)

JOB TITLE: Nutrition Officer

JOB LOCATION: Uyo, Akwa Ibom

JOB LOCATION

• The Nutrition Officer will be responsible for the facilitation of nutrition mainstreaming in project interventions in the Niger Delta region.

Specific Duties

• Facilitate the analysis of nutrition gaps along the supply chain of priority commodities in the project locations.
• Facilitate the periodic food survey and report dissemination on Knowledge, Attitude and Practice (KAP).
• In collaboration with selected relevant institutes and/or private sector, facilitate the promotion of value added products development and consumption among project beneficiaries.
• Organize nutrition publicity on project nutrition activities; facilitate the development and testing of appropriate campaign messages, tools and materials to promote nutrition education, social and behavioural change communication.
• Facilitate capacity building and training sessions on nutrition-sensitive agriculture for project staff, implementers, nutrition officers, ADPs and extension workers.
• In collaboration with other stakeholders and partners, facilitate the activities on Home Grown School Feeding Initiative, vegetable garden and integrated homestead food production.
• Establish and maintain working relationships with the line ministries (such as health, gender, education) to build synergy in nutrition-sensitive interventions in LIFE-ND.
• Track and document substantive data and information on nutrition-sensitive activities and maintain regular technical reports on nutrition outcomes, nutrition indicators and food security as linked to project interventions.
• Work collaboratively with the technical specialists on gender and climate in documenting interface on nutrition outcomes.

Reporting and Location:

• The officer will report directly to the State Project Coordinator. The position will be in the State Project Coordinating Office located in Uyo.

Qualifications and Experience

• Advanced University Degree from an accredited institution in the field of Human Nutrition, Food Science or equivalent in a field related to Food Security.
• At least 3 years’ experience in, and demonstrated understanding of food and nutrition initiatives in rural development. Knowledge of the Niger Delta region is an advantage.
• Experience in previous food survey and/or nutrition programme is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. Working knowledge of another local language in Niger Delta region is essential and desirable.
• Experience of interacting with a variety of internal and external stakeholders is desirable.
• Strong project coordination skills; and basic knowledge on gender and climate change issues is desirable.

Job Tenure:

• The appointment will be for a period of two (2) years in the first instance, renewable subject to satisfactory performance.

HOW TO APPLY
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