Key Responsibilities:

·    Lead the Nutrition component of the program; will be responsible for the overall design, implementation, oversight, and reporting of the program’s Nutrition activities, including design of behavior change and communication interventions and integration of nutrition interventions in the production and market components of the program.

·    Identify and recruit Community Health Volunteers and conduct Social and behavior Change Communication (SBCC) kits on dietary diversity and hygienic practices in food preparations and handling. Ensure that project implementation is in compliance with the stipulations of the selection of Women and Youth Empowerment to at least 60%.

·    Promote consumption of vegetables, fruits, spices and herbs to improve local markets as well as emphasizing best feeding practices to infant and young children and hygienic practices in food preparations, so as to overcome micronutrient deficiency and stunting.

·    Study and record severe malnutrition among stakeholders’ children between 1-5yrs and follow up their progress through feeding regime advices; Build capacity trainings on nutrition and diverse diets for reproductive child health officers from health centers according to project target.

·    Promote the seed-kit for kitchen gardens, sensitize horticulture producer households about nutritious diversified diets and hygienic practices in food preparations; and hence crop diversification.

·    Link TAHA extension services especially on establishing kitchen gardens to increase the availability of vegetables, improve uptake of Vitamin A and Iron. Hence promote vegetable bag farming for leafy vegetables.

·    Promote healthy nutritious practices through radio, social media, ICE materials and sms’; and disseminate voice and video messages through different platforms.

·    Promote and disseminate TAHA Market Information System through TAHA groups, TAHA Knowledge hub and government extension workers.

·    Must be up to date on the latest research relating to nutrition and health; analyze the information; and use it to shape recommendations and actions on behalf of our project beneficiaries. Clarifying information to beneficiaries and explaining the effects of nutrients on overall health condition.

·    Examine the process of nourishment and the association between diet, disease and health and provide health advice and promoting healthy eating.

·    Work as part of a multidisciplinary team/supporting the work of other Team members in providing services to the horticulture sector within the project geographical areas. Develop, revise, and update activity workplans accordingly.

·    Attends conferences and engage in educational opportunities. Make presentations on a variety of topics such as how nutrition affects performance in sports, schools etc.

·    Contribute to high level project implementation by working closely with the Horticulture stakeholders and  Nutrition department of Ministry of Health, school health teachers, and other key health and nutrition sector stakeholders.

·    Collaborate with production team (including agriculture extension officers) to integrate nutrition messages within agriculture platforms, to promote crop diversification.

·    Reporting and documenting project implementation status on monthly and quarterly basis and participate in the establishment of mechanisms to collect appropriate information of the monitoring and evaluation system of activities under the outcome of the project. Ensure key lessons and best practices from the project are shared with all key stakeholders.

Qualifications:

·    Bachelor’s Degree in Nutritional Science, Home Economics& Nutrition, Horticulture or food sciences, public health or related field as well as specialized training in Nutrition are required or any other related field.

·    At least 5 years of work experience progressively responsible experience in Nutrition, and/or at least 1-year experience implementing nutrition-sensitive or nutrition-specific interventions particularly in managing community-based nutrition programming will be an added advantage.

·     Experience in Instructing, Coaching, and Motivating, demonstrated knowledge of the horticulture sector.

·    Experience working with diverse stakeholders including Government institutions and Regional and Local levels; private sector, Agri-inputs suppliers, research institutions and Producers groups /Market Associations.

·    Solid knowledge and understanding of global evidence-based approaches to school-based and community-based health and nutrition interventions; ability to articulate and operationalize best practices.

·    Training in and/or experience implementing social and behavior change interventions; understanding of core behavior change principles.

·    Experience in designing and implementing nutrition sensitive agricultural, dietary diversity, and social and behavior change communication projects. Experience with food and equipment quality standards would be an added advantage.

·    Demonstrated experience on preparing documentation and reporting.

Competencies:

·    Excellent verbal and oral communication skills, interpersonal and reporting skills

·    Sound leadership and mentoring skills and experience. Actively works towards continuing personal learning, acts on learning plan and applies newly acquired skills.

·    Knowledge in computer (MS word, excel and PowerPoint)

·    Fluent written and oral communication in English and Swahili is required

·    Willingness to undertake regular field visits and interact with different stakeholders, especially with primary stakeholders;

·    A team player and self-starter able to inspire and influence action.

·    Ability to work independently and most importantly as part of a multi-cultural team.

·    Broad geographic experience of Tanzania Isles (Unguja and Pemba).

·    Critical Thinking Skills; Good Decision-Making Skills; Great Presentation Skills; Time Management Skills; Self Motivated and Service Oriented;