UGA - Nutrition Expert​/Officer

UGA Nutrition Expert/Officer

The Nutrition Expert will ensure integration of nutrition outcomes into agricultural production, household food security, kitchen gardens, dietary diversity, cooking demonstrations, and behavior change activities.

• Lead integration of nutrition-sensitive agriculture into crop, livestock, and household resilience interventions.
• Support promotion of nutrient-dense crops, kitchen gardens, diversified food production, and household‑level food utilization.
• Design and supervise nutrition education sessions and cooking demonstrations.
• Work with field teams, CBFs, women’s groups, caregivers, and community structures to promote dietary diversity.
• Support linkage of eligible caregivers and households with relevant health and nutrition services where appropriate.
• Ensure nutrition messaging is culturally appropriate and aligned with local food systems.
• Track household participation in nutrition training, cooking demonstrations, kitchen garden establishment, and dietary diversity‑related outcomes.
• Contribute to success stories, behavior change documentation, and nutrition-sensitive agriculture reports.

• Degree in Nutrition, Food Science, Agriculture, Public Health Nutrition, Home Economics, Community Development, or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in nutrition-sensitive agriculture, food security and nutrition programming, community nutrition, or behavior change communication.
• Experience working with women, caregivers, children under five, and vulnerable households.
• Experience in refugee settlements or humanitarian-development programming is preferred.
• Strong skills in participatory training, community mobilization, and culturally appropriate nutrition messaging.
• Nutrition training and cooking demonstration reports.
• Dietary diversity and household resilience monitoring inputs.
• Nutrition-related case studies and learning products.