Program Officer – Nutrition at Rikolto in Tanzania May 2025 – Jobs in Tanzania

Program Officer – Nutrition
Job Overview
Rikolto Job Vacancy, Program Officer – Nutrition

Ajira Mpya Rikolto in Tanzania May 2025

Program Officer – Nutrition at Rikolto in Tanzania May 2025
Position: Program Officer – Nutrition
Job Type: Full-time
Rikolto in East Africa is
part of the Rikolto network, an international NGO with more than 50
years of experience working with farmer organizations and food chain
actors in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Rikolto’s mission is
to contribute to the development of a vibrant, sustainable, and
inclusive agricultural sector, where family farmers supply quality
products for their own consumption and various markets (national,
regional, and international).

In Tanzania, Rikolto is currently
implementing food systems projects in 8 regions of the Northern and
Southern Highlands, focusing on transforming urban food systems (Good
Food for Cities), sustainable rice for all, and livelihoods through the
cocoa/coffee program. One of the projects is the Joint Program on
Accelerating Progress towards Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP
RWEE), designed to advance economic opportunities for rural women,
focusing on the sorghum value chain, particularly in the regions of
Singida and Dodoma. This project is funded
by the MasterCard Foundation and implemented in partnership with the
World Food Program (WFP) as a prime partner and Rikolto as a subgrantee.

Rikolto is currently seeking to hire a Program Officer –
Nutrition for the VKB and JP RWEE projects. This role is crucial in
ensuring that nutritional components are well integrated across both
projects. The Program Officer will be responsible for providing
efficient and effective nutritional intervention in all project
activities. This position requires close collaboration with project
teams, partners, and local communities to ensure that both women and men
benefit equally from these interventions. The successful candidate will
also play a pivotal role in monitoring and evaluating the impact of
nutritional initiatives within the projects.

Job Purpose
Contributing
to achieving project outcomes and impact by providing technical support
in the implementation of nutritional activities for Vijana Kilimo
Biashara (VKB) and the Joint Program on Accelerating Progress towards
Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment (JP RWEE).

Reports to: Program Advisor
Contract Duration: 1 year (renewable)
Duty Station: Dodoma

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on nutritional interventions in the project areas.
• Ensure
  all nutritional and hygiene interventions are designed, implemented,
  and supported by data disaggregated sex and age- in JP RWEE and VKB
  projects.
• Conduct Nutritional, and hygiene awareness and mobilization sessions/meetings to beneficiaries in project targeted areas.
• Support engagement of women and youth in improved nutritional practice including promotion of traditional food system.
• Improve
  nutritional status and interventions through increasing diverse and
  safe vegetables, to increase household food availability.
• Lead
  in the development of manuals, and guides and facilitate trainings and
  workshops groups, focusing on women and girls, to enhance their
  participation in improving community health.
• Support actions
  that improve food security and nutrition by empowering women and girls
  in decision-making at the household and community levels.
• Address
  underlying Nutritional inequalities that affect people’s opportunities,
  visibility, and voice, ensuring the effectiveness of food security.
• Coordinate training on nutrition and hygiene, using mass media approaches and community platforms (VSLAs, village dialogues).
• Coordinate national and local dialogues on nutrition to promote healthy social, and behaviours within the project
• Support women and youth peer groups in FBOs to promote a high nutritional diet.
• Disseminating and promoting /demonstrating vegetable preparations and utilization best practices
• Lead Nutritional component and designed community nutritional intervention plans in other Rikolto programs in Tanzania.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, Food Science or similar related field.
• Experience working with Rural Women.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of Nutrition and community-based inclusive development.
• Strategic thinker who can approach problems from different angles.
• Results-oriented, with clear communication skills and good networking abilities.
• In-depth understanding of value chain development approaches, and food systems,
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to coordinate platforms and dialogues.
• Good understanding of sustainability and environmental issues, and the ability to interpret this information for stakeholders.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Good proficiency in English (speaking and writing).
• Licensed and able to drive a manual car.

Mode of Application
Qualified
candidates are invited to submit their applications, including: A cover
letter describing your qualifications for the position. A detailed CV
with three recent referees.
Applications should be sent to: eastafrica.recruitment@rikolto.org before 25th May 2025, indicating the source of the advertisement and the position title “Program Officer – nutrition” in the subject line.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified and invited for an interview.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the full job posting here.