Senior Nutrition Manager / Officer

10 Aug 2026 Senior Nutrition Manager / Officer at YADAM Foundation

• Provide technical leadership on nutrition-sensitive food systems and agriculture programming, integrating approaches such as crop diversification, homestead gardening, and value chain strengthening • Align project activities with Ethiopia’s Food and Nutrition Policy/Strategy, Seqota Declaration, N4G commitments, SDGs, and the UNICEF Child Food Poverty Framework • Synthesize evidence on drivers of child food poverty and malnutrition, and translate findings into policy briefs and advocacy recommendations • Lead resource mobilization: identify funding opportunities and draft concept notes, technical proposals, budgets, and partnership agreements • Design and co-facilitate policy dialogues, roundtables, workshops, and multi-stakeholder consultations with government, donors, and communities • Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, regional bureaus, UN agencies, and development partners to align activities with national priorities • Represent YADAM Foundation in technical working groups, donor coordination forums, and sector-level meetings • Support the design, planning, and implementation of food systems and agriculture projects, integrating nutrition-sensitive approaches such as crop diversification, homestead gardening, and value chain strengthening • Proactively identify, track, and screen calls for proposals (CFPs), grants, and funding opportunities from bilateral, multilateral, UN, and foundation donors relevant to food systems, agriculture, and nutrition • Organize and facilitate workshops, trainings, and stakeholder consultations for government counterparts, farmer groups, cooperatives, and development partners • Support monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) activities, including data collection and documentation of results • Contribute to knowledge products, case studies, and communications materials showcasing project results and lessons learned • Perform any other duties as reasonably assigned by the CEO/Programmed Manager in support of project and organizational objectives • Project work plans, implementation frameworks, and periodic progress reports • Portfolio of concept notes and technical proposals submitted, and a tracker of active funding opportunities