Summary
Date Posted: Tuesday, July 09 2024, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
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Under The Overall Supervision Of The FAOR, Direct Supervision Of The National Coordinator – Food Security And Nutrition And The Technical Guidance Of The Nutrition Lead Technical Officer (LTO) And Relevant Technical Units In FAO The Nutrition Specialist Will Perform The Following Tasks
Technical Focus
Nutrition, food safety, nutrition sensitive agriculture, food systems, behaviour change communications and food security.

Tasks And Responsibilities
The incumbent, through his/her work, will contribute to implementation of the project activities among which include:
Nutrition Advisory Responsibilities
• Provide nutrition technical advice in the implementation of the SUN II project
• Ensure the delivery of Output 3 of the SUN II project: “Food safety and diet quality enhanced”
• Support the Nutrition Lead Technical Officer in developing the Consumer Manual of the Food Based Dietary Guidelines
• Develop messages on addressing of gender issues in nutrition and agriculture to address socio-economic and cultural dimension affecting nutrition for children, men and women
• Develop communication tools to deliver key messages on nutrition and non-wood forest foods tailor made for each type of target audience.
• Support measures and training on Good Agricultural Practices that mitigate against aflatoxin contamination.
• Capacity building on specific food safety control measures along the targeted value chains.
• Monitor and supervise the implementation of Nutrition Manual for Extension Workers in all the SUN II districts
• Promote sustainable practices in capture, collection, processing and consumption of nutritious forest foods (insects, honey, mopani worms-caterpillars, grasshoppers, termites (inswa), mushrooms, nuts etc)
• Support moringa tree planting, multiplication propagation, care, processing and utilization of moringa as a nutrient dense food.
• Promote appropriate processing techniques to improving nutrition status for Agriculture and Forestry products during harvesting, preservation, and processing for consumption
• Document and share project outputs, outcomes, human life stories of changed lives for project beneficiaries and impacts covering various aspects of output 2 & 3 to promote the visibility of FAO’s work on quarterly basis.
• Promote synergies and strengthen linkages with other interventions within this project and with other FAO programs.
• Liaise with WFP with Aflatoxin management.
• Any other tasks required to optimize the impact of the SUN II Programme;
• Represent FAO in all nutrition cluster meetings
• Any other nutrition related duties assigned by the FAOR

Field Responsibilities
• In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, the Forestry Department and the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, provide technical support to the sector activities under the SUN II program in Southern and Lusaka Provinces particularly Choma, Monze, Lusaka and Chongwe Districts
• Liaise with the local NGOs and the DNCC to ensure prioritization of agricultural sector activities in the four districts.
• In consultation with the SUN II Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, carry out monitoring and evaluation of SUN II activities in your assigned provinces
• In consultation with the Communications Specialist, collaborate with the district and provincial media organizations to communicate information relating to FAO technical support to SUN II
• Contribute to the organization of and/or participate in meetings, conferences, workshops, consultations and field visits as needed; contribute to building collaborations and partnerships;
• Represent FAO in district and provincial level SUNII partners meeting in your respective provinces
• Submit monthly progress reports to the National Coordinator- Nutrition and Food Security
• Provide weekly updates on the project implementation during the SUN II team weekly meetings
• Support the SIFAZ activities in Choma and Monze

Candidates Will Be Assessed Against The Following
Minimum Requirements
• An undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Agriculture, Agricultural agribusiness, Livestock production or related field
• Five (5) relevant progressive experience working in nutrition programs. Demonstrated Knowledge and experience in working under the Government’s First 1000 most critical days program.
• Working knowledge of English
• National of Zambia
FAO Core Competencies
• Results Focus
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Building Effective Relationships
• Knowledge Sharing and Continuous Improvement

Technical/Functional Skills
• Work experience in more than one location or area of work
• Attention to detail and problem-solving skills; and Result-oriented approach;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with Excellent analytical and synthesis capacities.
• Strong organizational and planning skills and commitment to discretion and confidentiality
• Familiarity with UN human resource administrative procedures and systems
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines; and able to work under minimum supervision and to cope with conflicting agendas;
• Knowledge of food safety, food systems transformation and scaling up nutrition interventions is added advantage
• Experience in capacity building and training, an asset

Education Requirement: No Requirements

Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months:

Level of Education:

Job application procedure
Additional Information
• FAO does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview meeting, processing)
• Applications received after the closing date will not be accepted
• Please note that FAO only considers higher educational qualifications obtained from an institution accredited/recognized in the World Higher Education Database (WHED), a list updated by the International Association of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The list can be accessed at http://www.whed.net/
• For additional employment opportunities visit the FAO employment website: http://www.fao.org/employment/home/en/ 
• Appointment will be subject to certification that the candidate is medically fit for appointment, accreditation, any residency or visa requirements, and security clearances.
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Job Posting
08/Jul/2024
Closure Date
22/Jul/2024, 4:59:00 PM

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