Summary
Date Posted: Monday, December 05, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
VACANCY NO: 2/2022
I he PCU will oversee nutrition interventions through a nutrition and gender expert and work closely with District Community Development/
Nutrition Officers who will inform the design of nutrition interventions with their knowledge of the current nutrition initiatives, local customs, practices and challenges. I he programme will support design and rollout of training of trainers in nutrition to raise group mentors targeting women and youth in each district of the programme area. Ihe Work station will be at Dodoma but he/she will travel extensively within the project area as may be required. Fle/she will sign a two (2) year Contract of Employment with the initial six months on probation. I he contract will remain in force but renewable annually based on satisfactory annual performance. Fle/she will be answerable to the Project Coordinator for the following duties and responsibilities
1. I he Nutrition, Gender and Youth Specialist will in close liaison with other PMU staff, coordinate all the nutrition, gender, youth and social inclusion including focus on minority groups and persons with disability related activity of the project including preparation of a gender, social and nutrition inclusion strategy and action plan to be implemented at County/Sub-county level, including working in close collaboration with community development specialist to ensure community mobilization/sensitization activities are organized in order to capture women and youth groups; ensuring affirmative actions are undertaken for their participation
2. Responsible for the implementation of the AFDP Gender empowerment, Youth, Nutrition and Social Inclusion Strategy in project interventions to ensure results for gender mainstreaming, youth and nutrition are achieved and on track.
3. Develop a strategy for awareness creation and capacity building on gender equality and nutrition, participation of women, men, youth and vulnerable groups in project-supported activities;
4. Develop the project’s nutrition strategy
5. In collaboration with the project M&E specialist, ensure adequate data collection on nutrition, gender and youth indicators and entry in the Project’s M&E database; ensure that nutrition, gender and youth indicators are tracked and reported on a regular basis (along with other project reporting schedules);
6. lo support youth employment and self-employment by promoting the involvement of young men and women in aquaculture related enterprises, introducing through them a business-oriented approach to the Subsector;
7. Work to sensitize all project and partners that project outcomes should be achieved with respect for the principle of gender equity and women’s empowerment;
8. Identify any capacity gap from project implementers that limit achievements of gender and nutrition related objectives and propose practical solutions to address the gap;
9. Review project implementation processes and outputs to provide feedback, quality assurance and advise project teams on corrective interventions with respect to gender equality, women’s empowerment, youth and nutrition mainstreaming.
10. Review annual project plans and monitor budgets to ensure that adequate attention is paid (and resources allocated) to support practical and strategic support to women and youth, nutrition initiatives and to influence the wider policy/decision-making community to protect and promote equity and nutrition mainstreaming
11. Ensure that communication materials promote gender equality, youth inclusion and nutrition knowledge and education, review existing training materials and evaluate whether additional information shall be included for specific sectors/issues. Ensure that the materials the project develops are gender sensitive in their language and image;
12. Ensure that gender transformative and nutrition education and awareness, trainings and refresher courses are held for all staff at all levels. Be available for support in related trainings/workshops preparation and follow up;
13. Provide support where necessary for the successful execution of stakeholder engagement and information gathering sessions on gender, youth and nutrition issues including linkages with women, youth and nutrition networks.
14. Conduct and organize capacity strengthening activities for all the project staff and other relevant partners based on gender, nutrition and SI gaps identified;
15. Ensure that the project implementation teams (at all levels) are sensitized to gender, youth, nutrition and diversity issues that they should expect and explore in their interaction with the community through regular trainings and sensitization programmes;
16. Interacting with communities to gain better understanding of women’s, youth and nutrition issues, perceptions and guiding implementers in approaches to better integrating women, youth into project activities;
17. Monitor participation of women and youth in community development activities and decision-making processes and making recommendation to improve processes;
18. Support the documentation of best practices and lessons learned for in-country and global dissemination;
19. Support preparation, implementation and monitoring of the gender, youth and nutrition action plans and related activities;
20. Any other duty (related to the Programme’s activities) as may be assigned by the Programme Coordinator.

Academic qualifications and other requirements for the Position:
Minimum Requirements:
• BSc in Nutrition, Flome Economics and Nutrition or related field to Rural Development/Community Development/Gender/Nutrition/Social Inclusion
• Master’s Degree in Social Sciences, or related field to Community Development/Rural Development/Gender/Nutrition/Social Inclusion is an added advantage
• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in Community Development and applied nutrition and gender mainstreaming at project or institutional level;
• Minimum of five (b) years’ experience with youth targeting in agriculture/fisheries-based rural development programmes.

Other Requirements:
• Must have practical work experience in agriculture/fisheries projects in I anzania or the region at least b years in nutrition/gender/social inclusion;
• Must be familiar with Ianzania’s diverse agro-ecological zones including the their different agricultural and fisheries systems and development needs;
• Experience in training, capacity building, knowledge of PRA techniques
• Fluent in English (written and spoken) knowledge of local languages such as Swahili will be an added advantage
• Excellent communication skills and proven writing ability;
• High level of computer proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure
• Please ensure that you mention www.mabumbe.com as the source of this job advertisement.
• Qualified candidates should submit their application, including a letter of interest, complete curriculum Vitae and copies of Certified Academic Qualification to:
• Permanent Secretary
Prime minister’s Office,
Policy, Parliament and Coordination
Po. Box 980 – Dodoma

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