WFP Nutritionist Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs

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WFP Nutritionist Jobs 2024 – Zambia NGO Jobs.

WFP Zambia looking for ” Nutritionist “.

Applicants with an Advanced University Degree may apply on or before 25th February, 2024.

The World Food Programme (WFP) is United Nations frontline agency in the fight against hunger, WFP is continually responding to emergencies. We save lives by getting food to the hungry fast. But WFP also works to help prevent hunger in the future. We do this through programmes that use food as a means to build assets, spread knowledge and nurture stronger, more dynamic communities. This helps communities become more food secure. On average, WFP aims to bring food assistance to more than 80 million people in 80 countries.

The WFP has published a job vacancy announcement on 22nd February, 2024 for qualified Zambia’s to fill in the vacant post of Nutritionist to be based in Lusaka, Zambia.

WFP Job Vacancy 2024

Key Accountabilities:

As Strategic Outcome 2 (Nutrition) Manager, lead a team of staff to design, implement and manage nutrition activities in WFP’s Country Strategic Plan in Zambia.
Lead nutrition integration efforts in close collaboration with other functional teams, ensuring a nutrition-sensitive approach to crisis response/emergency preparedness and response, smallholder farmer support, social protection, disaster risk management and supply chain services.
Represent WFP at Government, United Nations, donor/development partner, non-governmental organisation, academic and private sector for a related to nutrition.
Contribute to the development of nutrition projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance.
Provide project management support to specific and defined nutrition projects and activities, ensuring a co-ordinated approach with wider programmes/projects that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
Develop and co-ordinate data gathering and monitoring/assessment systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs.
Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs for example the production and review of training materials.
Guide more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.

Position in Organization:

Position: Nutritionist
Requisition ID: 831728
Posted: 20/02/2024
Fixed Term
Location: Zambia, Lusaka
Deadline: 25th February 2024

Minimum Requirements:

Education:

Advanced University degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or other relevant field.

Experience:

5 years working experience in comparable and/or relevant positions in the public service, private sector or with an international organization. Additionally, experience in project management, with proven results in achieving programme milestones.
Experience and exposure to implementation of national/international development programmes.
Experience working in public health/food security/ nutrition related activities.
Experience identifying and defining nutrition issues/problems within a country.

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