Background: USAID’s Feed the Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity is a five-year program that is part of the US Government’s Feed the Future Initiative and the Government of Ethiopia’s Agricultural Growth Program (AGP-II). This activity functions as the principle contributor to component four of AGP-II, agriculture marketing and value chains, with an overall objective of improving agricultural productivity and commercialization of smallholder farmers in four target regions – Amhara, Oromia, SNNPR and Tigray. The program will work to increase nutrition-sensitive productivity of priority value chains, including maize, coffee, chickpea, dairy, meat and live animals, and poultry.
Job Purpose Summary: The Regional Nutrition Coordinator under the technical supervision of Senior Nutrition Manager will be responsible to plan, organize, coordinate and manage the overall nutrition components of the Feed The Future Ethiopia Value Chain Activity in the specified region. It includes providing oversight to all nutritional analytics (KAP survey and nutrition survey); coordinating the implementation of nutrition interventions under the project, integrating nutrition interventions with the agriculture value chain in the region, managing budget and other resources earmarked for nutrition in the region, coordinating and implementing different trainings and workshops at regional, zonal and woreda levels. Work with communities and the overall project team at each region to address dietary gaps, and design nutrition interventions tailored to local needs; Ensures program interventions are integrated with other components of the project and other stakeholder initiatives; Provide nutritional and SBC training to regional project staff and other stakeholders under the direction from the Senior Nutrition Manager.
Key Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be Ethiopian national with the following skills and experience:
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