Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Duties and responsibilities
Summary of responsibilities
• Analyze and understand the nutritional and functional properties of DTCs in relation to their ability to address nutritional challenges of hunger and malnutrition in Kenya.
• Conceptualize and develop scaling strategies for nutritious value-added recipes and Ready-to-eat (RTE) and Ready-to-Cook (RTC) food products, based on understanding of the local dietary diversity gaps and dietary requirements of specific target groups.
• Work with youth in scaling up the local ecosystem for value addition to DTCs through innovative product development and entrepreneurship development.
• Coordinate capacity building and providing technical support for/to beneficiaries on agri-nutrition issues, including innovative agri-nutrition sensitive technologies and strategies/interventions for dietary diversification.
• Learning and support to develop market opportunities that increase adoption of DTC products.
• Coordinating nutrition messaging and social and behavior change communication activities in the target counties.
• Assist in project administration.
• Coordinate and lead project field activities in project counties

Requirements
• Master's degree in Nutrition, Home Economics, Food science and technology or any other relevant food and agriculture related discipline.
• Experience of nutritional analysis, food product development and knowledge of Food Safety Management Systems (FSMS) and value addition processing equipment (primary and secondary processing
• Experience of establishing and operationalization of food processing units, especially among rural communities, will be and added advantage.
• Previous experience in conducting agri-nutrition activities in livelihood projects in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) settings is desirable.
• Understanding of youth-integrated agriculture concepts and ability to integrate gender into nutrition-sensitive approaches

Personal attributes and competencies:
• Strong analytical skills and applied statistical experience.
• Good scientific writing experience.
• Fluency in English and Swahili, both verbal and written.
• Good communication, presentation and report writing skills.
• Experience in training and capacity building.

Education, knowledge and experience
• Analyze and understand the nutritional and functional properties of DTCs in relation to their ability to address nutritional challenges of hunger and malnutrition in Kenya.
• Conceptualize and develop scaling strategies for nutritious value-added recipes and Ready-to-eat (RTE) and Ready-to-Cook (RTC) food products, based on understanding of the local dietary diversity gaps and dietary requirements of specific target groups.
• Work with youth in scaling up the local ecosystem for value addition to DTCs through innovative product development and entrepreneurship development.
• Coordinate capacity building and providing technical support for/to beneficiaries on agri-nutrition issues, including innovative agri-nutrition sensitive technologies and strategies/interventions for dietary diversification.
• Learning and support to develop market opportunities that increase adoption of DTC products.
• Coordinating nutrition messaging and social and behavior change communication activities in the target counties.


Job Experience: No Requirements

Work Hours: 8

Level of Education: Associate Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) on www.cifor.org to apply

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