CARE seeks a Nutrition Technical Lead for a USAID/Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance Resilience Food Security Activity (RFSA) in Mozambique. USAID/BHA intends to award one cooperative agreement in Zambezia Livelihood Zone (LHZ) 5, Northern Highland with Mixed Cropping. This LHZ is part of USAID Mozambique’s Resilience Focus Zone, and the RFSA will contribute to the Mission’s Country Development Cooperation Strategy in partnership with other Mission activities. This cooperative agreement will follow the R&I approach. This program is anticipated to be awarded in January 2022.
This position is subject to project award and funding and is anticipated to be based in Quelimane in the Zambezia Livelihood Zone.
The nutrition technical lead will provide technical oversight for program interventions targeting sustainable improvements in maternal nutrition, and improved nutrition among infants and young children under 2 years. These interventions will encompass individual contacts with mothers and households, group-based promotion, and support to nutrition-related sectors (e.g., WASH, agriculture, health systems) to ensure maximum nutritional impact. They also will oversee food commodity distribution to ensure maximum nutritional impact for girls/women of reproductive age, and infants and young children under the age of 2 years.
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