Passionate about developing and
implementing solutions for hidden hunger, the Micronutrient Initiative (MI)
works in partnership with governments, the private sector and civil society
organizations to address micronutrient deficiency and related health and
nutrition problems in underserved populations.
Governed by an international Board of
Directors, MI works in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the
Middle East and reaches people in more than 75 countries.
The purpose of the TAN project
supported by the British Government (DFID) is to increase and enhance the
technical assistance available to SUN (Scaling Up Nutrition movement) countries
to help them accelerate the scaling up of nutrition.
MI’s work on TAN will contribute also
to building MI’s N-TEAM (Nutrition-Technical Assistance Mechanism) business
model, and will complement other work by MI in the region and countries.
Priority ‘client’ SUN countries in
the region may vary over the life of the TAN project but currently include:
Ethiopia; Kenya; Tanzania; Nigeria; Senegal; Burkina Faso; Uganda and Zambia.
Africa Project Manager – Technical Assistance to Nutrition (TAN)
Job #: 2016-AFR-07
The purpose of this position is to
work closely with
(a) MI staff
(b) SUN focal points, networks and
key stakeholders
(c) DFID and others donor
representatives in the Region and in prioritized countries to
(1) identify, diagnose and specify
needs for Technical Assistance (TA),
(2) source and select appropriate
national and/or international TA resources, and
(c) to negotiate contracts with,
manage and monitor the performance of, TA providers;
(d) capture and help disseminate lessons
learned from TA assignments via the SUN movement.
Africa Project Officer – Technical Assistance to Nutrition (TAN)
Job #: 2016-AFR-08
The purpose of this position is to
provide programmatic and financial administrative support to MI’s Project Manager
Africa in the implementation and coordination of the DFID-funded TAN project to
support selected SUN countries to accelerate the scale up of nutrition.
For complete job descriptions and job
requirements, please visit our website at www.micronutrient.org/careers
How to Apply:
Please forward your resume and cover
letter to africahr@micronutrient.org quoting Job# for which you are applying in
the subject line.
Selected candidates must be currently legally entitled to work in Kenya OR Ethiopia.
Only applicants chosen to participate
in the interview process will be contacted.
