Overview
Serve as Project Coordinator for the Postcode Lotterij Food Fortification Project, ensuring strategic coordination, implementation oversight, and stakeholder engagement for micronutrient initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day and overall project management, coordination, and implementation oversight for the Postcode Lotterij project.
- Serve as the primary focal point for coordination between Tanzania Country Office, Global Headquarters (GHQ) technical teams, and global project coordinator.
- Oversee WFP Tanzania's food fortification and biofortification portfolio.
- Lead planning and execution of project phases (pilot, scale-up, advocacy).
- Monitor grant spending and re-programme budgets as needed.
- Monitor implementation and report progress and challenges.
- Map and engage with stakeholders involved in food fortification and biofortification.
- Support the application of MIMI analysis.
- Facilitate policy dialogue and support development/adoption of fortification standards, strategies, and guidelines.
- Review and finalise the food fortification position paper.
- Support the finalisation of nutrition integration and healthy diets strategy.
- Support evidence generation, documentation, and dissemination.
- Lead resource mobilisation efforts on micronutrients.
- Lead donor reporting for the project, contribute to visibility, and communication efforts.
- Contribute to global knowledge sharing and cross-country learning.
- Liaise with all relevant Programme staff and other units.
- Work in close coordination with Global Project Coordinator in GHQ and other relevant teams.
- Perform any other tasks as assigned.
Required Experience
5–10 years of relevant professional experience in nutrition, particularly micronutrients including food fortification and biofortification, public health, or food systems. Experience working with government (at national and local levels), civil society, private sector, and development partners including on capacity development. Experience in project management across different thematic areas. Experience in supporting advocacy and communication efforts in nutrition including developing communication and knowledge products. Experience in mobilising resources for nutrition will be an added advantage.
Qualifications
Advanced university degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Food Technology, Public Policy, Social Sciences, or related fields.
