Palladium International ,Nutrition Officer Jobs in Malawi

Closing date: 04 Nov 2016

Palladium seeks a
Nutrition Officer for the five-year USAID-funded Malawi Ag Diversification
activity. The Activity contributes to USAID/Malawi’s Feed the Future goal of
sustainably reducing poverty and stunting in eight districts of Central and
Southern Malawi. S/he will report directly to the District Coordinator and will
be responsible for implementing interventions in nutrition and behavior change
at the field-level.

Implements
nutrition interventions to increase consumption of diverse and nutritious
foods in the targeted districts (including expansion of home gardens,
improved household and community-based processing and storage of nutritious
foods)
Delivers
training and demonstrations on nutrition to women, caregivers of young
children and partner and community-based organizations.
Participates
in community-based initiatives to raise demand and consumption for highly
nutritious foods (e.g. Orange Fleshed Sweet Potato, soy products, safe
groundnuts, other legumes, horticulture and vegetables).
Provides
support to the Outcome 3 Lead (Nutrition) and the Technical Nutrition
Specialist as needed
Liaises
with community stakeholders including Care Groups, VSLAs, father’s groups,
community leaders and additional community organizations to promote
savings of nutritious foods for local consumption to enhance dietary
diversity (especially among women of reproductive age and children under
5).Special emphasis will also be given to promote dietary diversity and
essential nutrition actions during the first 1000 days (conception to 24
months).
Contributes
to district-level M&E, collaborating with M&E Assistants on key
nutrition performance indicators.
Links
with other program components to enhance access and availability of
locally produced and processed nutritious foods.