Overview

Lead the planning, implementation, and monitoring of nutrition-sensitive interventions under the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project in refugee settlements. The role focuses on improving dietary diversity and nutrition outcomes through community-based programming and integration with agriculture and food security interventions.

Tasks Summary

• Lead field-level implementation of gender-sensitive community-based nutrition interventions
• Support households to improve dietary diversity through nutrition-sensitive agriculture
• Integrate nutrition objectives within crop, livestock, and value chain activities
• Support community mobilization for inclusive participation in nutrition activities
• Train and backstop community-based facilitators on nutrition-sensitive programming
• Coordinate with district structures, settlement leadership, and partners
• Ensure nutrition activities align with project safeguards, GBV risk mitigation, and do no harm principles
• Support establishment and use of demonstration sites for nutrition-sensitive agriculture

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in community-based nutrition, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, food security, or public health nutrition in rural or humanitarian settings
• Demonstrated experience implementing gender-sensitive nutrition programmes in refugee or displacement-affected contexts in Uganda
• Strong knowledge of community-based nutrition approaches, dietary diversity, maternal and child nutrition, and behaviour change communication methodologies
• Experience integrating nutrition into agricultural, livelihoods, or food security programmes
• Proven experience in community mobilization, working with women’s groups, caregiver groups, and community-based facilitators
• Familiarity with humanitarian and development donor requirements, including World Bank funded projects, nutrition indicators, and safeguarding considerations
• Experience supporting training of field staff and community facilitators using participatory approaches
• Strong coordination skills with district structures, OPM, and settlement leadership
• Experience working on gender, GBV risk mitigation, and protection-sensitive programming is an advantage

Qualification Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, public health, food and nutrition sciences, agriculture, community development, or a related field
• Postgraduate training in public health nutrition, maternal and child nutrition, nutrition-sensitive agriculture, or behaviour change communication is an added advantage
• Relevant professional certifications or short courses in community-based nutrition, Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF), or gender-responsive programming are an asset

Other Details

Languages Required: Fluency in written & spoken English

Languages Preferred: Knowledge of local languages spoken in refugee settlements is an asset (Swahili, Luo/Acholi, Kinyabwisha, Arabic, Lingala, French or Madi)