Chemonics seeks a nutrition and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) advisor for an anticipated multiyear, USAID-funded Feed the Future agriculture project in Mozambique. This five-year project aims to promote market-oriented, competitive businesses in priority food and cash crop sectors, strengthen the policy environment for private sector development and trade, and improve nutrition and sanitation behaviors. Project activities will support farmer organizations in the Zambezia, Nampula, Tete, and Manica provinces. The nutrition and WASH advisor will provide managerial and technical support to all project activities and will serve as technical lead for one or more project components. We are looking for individuals who have a passion for making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
Responsibilities include:
- Providing overall technical support to the project's nutrition and WASH components
- Ensuring nutrition and WASH are integrated throughout project activities
- Serving as key liaison for nutrition and WASH activities with project leadership, counterparts, and beneficiaries
- Managing and supervising the work of project personnel and subcontractors
- Contributing to project work planning, performance management, and strategic communications
Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in public health, sanitation, nutrition, rural development, or related area preferred; bachelor's degree with more than 15 years of relevant experience may also be considered
- Knowledge and experience implementing and monitoring community health and nutrition, malnutrition prevention, or WASH projects
- Understanding of Mozambique country context, including significant knowledge of national, provincial or district governments
- Experience managing complex programs and staff
- Proven track record in integrating gender and youth into complex programming
- Minimum five years' experience in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Demonstrated leadership, versatility, and integrity
- Fluency in English required; Portuguese or Spanish proficiency strongly preferred
How to apply:
Send electronic submissions to MozambiqueFtF@chemonics.com by September 22, 2014. Please include "Nutrition and Wash Advisor" in the subject line. No telephone inquiries, please. Finalists will be contacted.
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