The Manoff Group, Inc. is recruiting a Senior Nutrition Advisor for a potential five-year project in Mozambique. Hiring is contingent on contract award.
Known as the Strengthening Agribusinesses and Fostering Rural Alimentation Project, one focus area of this planned U.S. Agency for International Development initiative is improving nutritional status and promoting healthy behaviors (particularly related to nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene) in households, especially among children and women. To this end, the Senior Nutrition Advisor will build on existing, evidence‐based interventions in community child health and nutrition models that have been shown to prevent and adequately address under-nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to two years of age.
Overall, the Senior Nutrition Advisor will oversee the project’s nutrition-specific interventions, ensuring also that household nutrition needs are recognized and promoted through all project activities supporting the productivity and competitiveness of Mozambique’s agribusiness sector. Candidates for this position should thus have the following qualifications:
Known as the Strengthening Agribusinesses and Fostering Rural Alimentation Project, one focus area of this planned U.S. Agency for International Development initiative is improving nutritional status and promoting healthy behaviors (particularly related to nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene) in households, especially among children and women. To this end, the Senior Nutrition Advisor will build on existing, evidence‐based interventions in community child health and nutrition models that have been shown to prevent and adequately address under-nutrition during the first 1,000 days of life, from conception to two years of age.
Overall, the Senior Nutrition Advisor will oversee the project’s nutrition-specific interventions, ensuring also that household nutrition needs are recognized and promoted through all project activities supporting the productivity and competitiveness of Mozambique’s agribusiness sector. Candidates for this position should thus have the following qualifications:
Education
Master’s Degree in Nutrition, Public Health or a relevant field
Work experience
- At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in community-based nutrition programming.
- Experience working on complex development projects
- Experience with programmatic responses to rural gender disparities at the household and community levels, and knowledge of approaches to promote women’s leadership and participation in food security programming.
- Strong Social and Behavior Change Communication skills.
- Experience with USAID or other donor-funded programs is strongly preferred.
Supervisory experience
At least 5 years of progressively responsible supervisory work experience, including: direct supervision of professional and support staff; quality evaluation of staff performance and deliverables; and project management under contracts.
Language proficiency
- Portuguese fluency
- Advanced-level English
How to apply:
Qualified applicants are invited to send a CV and a cover letter to manoffgroup@manoffgroup.com . Please put "Senior Nutrition Advisor Mozambique" in the subject line. The position will remain open until filled. No phone inquiries will be answered.
