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Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Public Health Nutritionist job in Tanzania

Tetra Tech ARD (www.ardinc.com) is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified candidates for a potential 5 year USAID-funded Market-based Solutions to Reduce Poverty and Improve Nutrition project in Tanzania. The successful candidates will provide long-term technical assistance to promote improved, more nutritious and affordable food products for the vulnerable groups, and value-added of targeted agricultural commodities through improvements in Tanzania’s agricultural processing sector.  This project will focus on; 1) the agro- processing linkage in the rice, maize and horticulture value chains, 2) increase investment in medium- and small scale enterprises, and 3) make more nutritious process foods available and affordable to vulnerable groups. 
 
The Public Health Nutritionist
Qualifications:
--Undergraduate degree in Nutrition;
--Master’s Degree in Nutrition and/or MPH preferred;
--10 years managing and/or implementing nutrition programs in Africa (Tanzania country experience preferred);
-- Minimum 5 years of social marketing and/or behavioral change communication, or social mobilization experience preferred;
--At least 3 years of experience implementing nutritional approaches in a rural and remote context.
-Fluent in written and spoken English and Swahili.

To apply:

Applicants are requested to email full, current CV in reverse chronological format to erika.macpherson@tetratech.com. Please refer to ‘Tanzania Technical” in the subject line. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. No phone calls will be accepted.

Tetra Tech ARD is committed to diversity and gender equality in all of its operations – in the U.S. and overseas. We strive to reflect these goals in our global mission and in our workforce. We encourage applications from women and underrepresented ethnic, racial and cultural groups. Tetra Tech ARD is proud to be an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

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