Technical Advisor, Nutrition at GIZ Nigeria

Responsibilities and Tasks  

• Support the integration of nutrition actions across value chain  activities, ensuring alignment with the MoNA results  framework, national nutrition priorities, and relevant sector pro grammes in the agri-food cluster. 
• You plan overall action of the project in alignment with the GIZ  implemented project EU VACE/TARED and other relevant  technical cooperation interventions and develop joint in tervention strategies, particularly in the context healthy diets,  gender-transformative ap-proaches and nutrition sensitive  agri-food system. 
• You organize the roll out the design, coordination, and  implementation of nutrition-relevant activities targeting women  of reproductive age within selected value chains of the EU VACE/TARED project. 
•  The foreseen activities entail: 
• Support interventions that strengthen women’s agency and  decision making around nutrition, food choices, and household  resource use, in collaboration with community, private sector,  and public stakeholders. 
• Promote gender responsive nutrition approaches that  encourage shared responsibility for family nutrition and  contribute to improved nutrition outcomes, gender equality, and long-term sustainability. 
• Contribute to awareness raising, behaviour change, and systems strengthening activities that improve diet quality and nutrition outcomes at household and community levels. 
• As a focal point for nutrition in the wider cluster, advocate for nutrition integration and cross-project collaboration on this topic. 
• Other duties and tasks at the request of management.  

Required qualifications, Competences and Experience 

Qualifications 

• Masters/ MSc degree in Nutrition, Agriculture, Development Studies or related fields. 

Professional experience  

• Minimum of seven (7) years professional experience in nutrition, food systems, agriculture-nutrition linkages, related fields, with demonstrated experience integrating nutrition objectives into food systems or value chain interventions. 
• At least five (5) years of professional experience providing technical advisory support to government or institutional partners, preferably at federal or national level including engagement with policy processes, coordination mechanisms, and multi-stakeholder dialogue. 
• Minimum of three (3) years professional experience in project management, including results-based planning and monitoring, coordination with partners and service providers, and support to implementation and reporting. 
• Proven professional expertise in gender transformative project design and implementation, particularly in integrating women’s empowerment and equity for the benefit of improving nutrition security for women. 
• Demonstrated experience in technical coordination, sensitisation, or behaviour related interventions that support improved nutrition outcomes, food choices, or utlisation of food systems services among women and households.  
• Other knowledge, additional competences  
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to collaborate effectively across diverse workforces. 
• Ability to ensure quality assurance across multiple workstreams and to coordinate inputs from different technical and administrative actors.  

Personal Skills 

• Self-motivated and proactive approach. 
• High level of reliability, attention to detail, and solution-oriented working style. 
• Strong coordination, communication, and stakeholder management skills.  
• Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage interfaces between technical, financial, and administrative processes. 
• Capacity for reflection of own work and willingness to learn. 
• Developed attitude and awareness of service delivery. 
• High level of reliability, attention to detail, and solution-oriented working style.