Programme Associate (Nutrition)

The Programme Associate (Nutrition) supports the implementation of nutrition programmes and activities in line with WFP's Country Strategic Plan and government priorities in Rwanda. The role involves providing technical and operational support to nutrition interventions, monitoring, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and evidence generation to improve nutrition outcomes among beneficiaries.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of nutrition programmes and activities in line with WFP policies, CSP objectives and national priorities.
• Provide operational and technical support to nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions, including food fortification, school feeding, refugee nutrition, SBC and emergency nutrition activities.
• Prepare reports, briefs, presentations, analyses and donor updates on programme performance, nutrition outcomes and key achievements.
• Support data collection, management, monitoring and analysis, ensuring quality information is available for decision-making, reporting and programme improvement.
• Coordinate with internal units and field offices to facilitate effective implementation, monitoring and nutrition integration across WFP programmes.
• Liaise with government institutions, UN agencies, NGOs, academia and private-sector partners to support nutrition programme delivery and policy engagement.
• Contribute to capacity strengthening of WFP staff, partners and government counterparts through training, technical guidance and knowledge sharing.
• Serve as a focal point for routine operational and technical matters within the Nutrition Unit and support the resolution of implementation issues.
• Support the coordination of consultants, implementing partners and temporary staff to ensure timely delivery of agreed outputs.
• Contribute to emergency preparedness and response activities, including assessments, coordination, reporting and nutrition assistance interventions.
• Support nutrition policy, strategy and evidence-generation initiatives, including food fortification, nutrition analyses and food systems work.
• Contribute to resource mobilization through the preparation of concept notes, proposals, donor reports and documentation of programme results and lessons learned.
• Perform any other duties assigned by his/her supervisor

Requirements

• First degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Public Health, Medicine, Agriculture, Food Systems or Community Health.
• A minimum of six years of progressively relevant experience in nutrition, food technology, public health or related fields.
• Experience supporting nutrition programme implementation across multiple sectors, including refugee response, school feeding, social protection, emergency response, and food systems programming, is highly desirable.
• Experience supporting implementation of nutrition programmes in humanitarian and development contexts.
• Experience working in nutrition, public health, food security, food systems, school feeding, social protection, refugee response, or related sectors.
• Experience supporting government institutions and implementing partners in nutrition programme delivery.
• Experience in nutrition monitoring, data analysis, programme reporting, and evidence generation.
• Experience supporting Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) programming.
• Experience organizing trainings, workshops, consultations, and stakeholder coordination activities.
• Experience supporting food fortification and healthy diet initiatives is an asset.
• Strong analytical and report-writing skills.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience with nutrition monitoring and evaluation systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel and Power BI.
• Familiarity with data collection platforms such as Kobo Toolbox desirable.
• Knowledge of Rwanda's nutrition and food systems landscape desirable.
• Fluency (Level C) in both oral and written communication in English.
• Fluency in Kinyarwanda is desirable.

Skills

• Nutrition Program Implementation
• Public Health Nutrition
• Food Technology
• Nutrition Monitoring
• Data Analysis
• Programme Reporting
• Evidence Generation
• Social and Behaviour Change programming
• Training Organization
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Food Fortification
• Healthy Diet Initiatives
• Nutrition Monitoring and Evaluation Systems
• MS Excel
• Power BI
• KoBo Toolbox
• Nutrition Programme Development
• Multi-sectoral Nutrition Programming
• Humanitarian Nutrition
• Development Nutrition Programs

Languages

English, Kinyarwanda