Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition program in Uganda is currently searching for Finance & Operations Manager. This position is based in Kampala, Uganda and closes on July 8, 2021. The ideal candidate has 10 years experience in financial and operational management and at least 5 years of experience in a senior management role on a USAID funded project.
Job Posting
The USAID Advancing Nutrition program in Uganda is currently searching for Chief of Party. This position is based in Kampala, Uganda and closes on November 7, 2021.
Job Posting
The consultant will support the USAID Advancing Nutrition New Partnerships Initiative (NPI) by providing technical assistance to identified local organizations. The capacity strengthening consultant will collaborate with two organizations in the Centre Ouest region of Burkina Faso, to conduct an organizational capacity assessment (OCA) and lead the development of a capacity strengthening plan for each. The ideal candidate will have:
Job Posting
USAID Advancing Nutrition is recruiting for a Project Coordinator on the Social Behavior Change (SBC) team. The project coordinator will work to keep the SBC team organized and on deadline through day-to-day administrative support. The ideal candidate will be exceptionally organized and attentive to detail, comfortable working in teams and independently to complete tasks, cross-cultural intelligence and hold a university degree with experience studying or working overseas. They will coordinate internal and external meetings, including meetings with USAID.
Event
The Micronutrient Action Policy Support project is working with partners in Malawi to use data in innovative ways to inform nutrition policies and programs.
News and Features
On July 12, 2021, USAID Advancing Nutrition launched a new country office in Burkina Faso. USAID Advancing Nutrition Chief of Party Sidi Coulibaly chaired the event, which included remarks from Burkina Faso’s Minister of Health Prof. Charlemagne Ouedraogo.
News and Features
On June 7‒10, NUTRITION 2021 LIVE ONLINE gathered thousands of participants from 87 countries, including the Kyrgyz Republic team of USAID Advancing Nutrition.
USAID Nutrition Resource Hub
With the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security, USAID Advancing Nutrition conducted a series of activities to identify assessments (methods, tools, and metrics) suitable for food environments in LMICs. This report presents findings from three activities—a landscape assessment, a ranking exercise, and a survey—that led to a priority list of methods, tools, and metrics for evaluating informal and formal market food environments in LMICs. The report links to a Supplementary Table of the methods, tools, and metrics reviewed.
Project Leadership
Peter is a health systems specialist and capacity development expert with almost 20 years of experience in health, education, livelihoods, governance, and advocacy. He joins USAID Advancing Nutrition from Concern Worldwide, where he served as programme director and nutrition project lead for the USAID/Nawiri project. Peter brings extensive experience working with Kenya’s Ministry of Health (MOH) and USAID, as well as local county governments and academic institutions.
Focus Area Subpage
Through collaborations with global and national organizations, USAID Advancing Nutrition and the MEL team are contributing to discussions on individual, national, and global nutrition data collection and monitoring, as well as the tracking of funding and resources directed toward global nutrition programming.