District Coordinators – Scaling Up Nutrition Phase II International Development Enterprises

District Coordinators – Scaling Up Nutrition Phase II – (SUN II)

iDE Zambia is a branch of the larger International Development Enterprises structure that employs market-based approaches and the power of entrepreneurship to create competitive, resilient and inclusive income and livelihood opportunities for poor rural households in the Agriculture and WASH subsectors. iDE Zambia has been contracted by the World Food Programme (Wfp) to be an implementing partner on the ‘Support for Scaling Up Nutrition Phase II – SUN II for the First 1,000 Most Critical Days program II (MCDP II)’.  The assignment contributes to the following MCDP II results:

CSP Outcome 2 – Vulnerable people in Zambia have improved nutritional status in line with national targets by 2024

• Output 1 – Smallholder farmers benefit from enhanced financial services to increase their income and resilience
• Output 3: Targeted communities benefit from increased access to nutrition products through strengthened private sector value chains for nutritious foods

CSP Outcome 3 – Smallholder farmers in Zambia, especially women, have increased access to markets, enhanced resilience to climate shocks and diversified livelihoods by 2030

• Output 2. Smallholder farmers benefit from knowledge and technology in postharvest management to enhance their resilience to shocks and increase their incomes

To achieve the stated results iDE Zambia will coordinate and support implementation of the following activities at district level working under a multi sectoral team approach:

Economic empowerment for women of reproductive age (WRA) with a focus on promoting aligned and productive Village Savings and Lending Associations (VSLA) and access to financial education, services and products;
Support the integration of Nutrition SBCC in VSLA and it roll out.
Food safety and preservation to increase availability, access, quality and safety of nutritious foods at household level.
Support private sector engagement to promote local and community based nutritious food development, processing and marketing;

iDE Zambia now seeks to recruit staff at the level of District Coordinators in the following district:

a) Luapula Province; Chiengi

Qualifications

i. Minimum of a degree in one of the following: – Development studies, Nutrition, Agriculture entrepreneurship or their equivalent.

ii. Minimum of 3 years working experience in promoting sustainable livelihoods among the rural in the area of food and nutrition security and/or agriculture entrepreneurship among the rural poor

iii. Experience in training and working with multisectoral teams will be added advantage.

iv. Those who do not meet the above minimum qualifications need not apply as they will not be selected.