SNV

Position: Advisor : Nutrition

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Posted date: 4 hours ago

Application Deadline: Feb, 2/2022 (8 days left)

Company Description

SNV’s mission is to support people to pursue their sustainable development, where we leave no one behind. To do so sustainably, we need to address systemic issues that trap people into poverty and marginalization. Using a systems perspective means we seek to find ways of changing the underlying structures and dynamics to sustain access to services and income generation over time and grow them further. Attention to systems change, including power dynamics and mental models, can increase the quality, depth, and sustainability of results as well as their continued growth.

In its new Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV will more explicitly aim for systems change during project preparation and implementation - by strengthening institutions and kick-starting markets that help many more to escape poverty beyond our projects. We will continue to position ourselves as a premium organization and invest in making knowledge flow to and from the frontline.

SNV, Netherlands Development Organization, is operating in Ethiopia since the 1970s. Currently, SNV is working in eight regional states and the two city administrations of Ethiopia, providing technical assistance and program implementation in Agriculture, WASH, and Energy Sectors. SNV is an open and learning organization that focuses on improving the lives of Ethiopians through a market-based approach inclusive of women and youth. In its new Strategic Plan period (2019 – 2022), SNV will more explicitly aim for systems change including strengthening institutions and kick-starting markets that help many more to escape poverty beyond our projects.

Project Background:

Horti-LIFE is funded by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (EKN) and implemented by SNV-Ethiopia in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture. The aim is to increase productivity and food safety in the horticultural sector by supporting smallholder farmers, rural SMEs, and supporting institutions.

Job Description

The main responsibilities of the Nutrition Advisor are:

•  Lead the work on nutrition across all project components
•  Identify the determinants of dietary diversity and the nutrition gap in rural      households
•  Design the nutrition part of the Household Action Plans (HAP) that forms the foundation for the Farmers’ Field School on home gardens
•  Design & implement training on nutrition as part of the staff training on HAP in home garden FFSs
•  Integrate the outcomes of the scoping study also in the work with universities and A-TVETs (to be done in the full recognition that several NSA handbooks have already been published)
•  Design and implement a recording (and M&E) system on nutrition for the beneficiaries
•   Coordinate all activities with all other national teams (FFS, SCIF, gender, seed multiplication, micro-finance, education, etc.) and the regional staff (especially regional managers & FFS master trainers)
• Document all activities

Qualifications

• MSc degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field (nutrition, agriculture, post-harvest handling & processing/household science, etc.) or a BSc with a very solid work experience in the field and/or private sector
• A minimum of 10 years of work experience in (horticultural) nutrition
• Basic insight in smallholder agricultural development
• A strong focus on practical nutrition interventions 
• Solid knowledge of nutrition issues in rural Ethiopia especially in extension, and education
• Broad experience in nutrition: covering work with households, informal groups (like FFSs), and institutions (extension service, A-TVETs, or universities)
• Good network among experts, organizations, and projects that work on nutrition in the agricultural sector

Additional Information

Contract Type: National

Expected start date: As soon as possible

Duty Station: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Contract Duration: 1 year with possible extension based on performance and budget availability. 

Working at SNV 

SNV offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package; for internationals, we offer an international benefits package and to Ethiopian nationals, we offer a competitive national package. We also offer a challenging work environment, opportunities to lead and innovate, and a commitment to growing your skills in a fulfilling and diverse working environment. Our staff benefit from, and contribute to, an internal global network of experts. 

How to apply

Please apply and complete your application in our in-house recruitment system

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