Technical Advisor- Food security and nutrition (Band E-1)

Catholic Relief services in the official agency of the United States catholic conference of Bishops for relief and development assistance oversees.

The catholic relief services (CRS) is an international non governmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners implements its programs. Therefore, strengthen and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to our approach in every country in which CRS operate.

• Serve as technical lead on nutrition and food security.
• Identify and facilitate partnership with the private sector.
• Develop technical reports.
• Lead technical working group and communities of practices meetings in FS and nutrition.
• Build linkages between food security and other sectors of OVC programming.
• Develop linkages with other service providers in food security.
• Lead capacity building of CSO and governmental agencies in skills building and knowledge for food security and nutrition

Qualifications

• Technical skills and experience in capacity building, nutrition, food production, processing and agro-enterprise.
• Minimum of 6 years experience in developmental field with MSC/MPH or related field.