Senior Nutrition Manager / Officer (Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems & Agriculture Programming)
Project
Child Food Poverty Advocacy and Local Food Solutions
Duration
One Year renewable subject to performance and continued program funding
Duty Station
Addis Ababa, with frequent field travel to priority regions
Reporting To
YADAM CEO / Program Manager
Contract Type
One Year renewable subject to performance and continued program funding
Date
August 7 2026
BACKGROUND YADAM Foundation is seeking a Senior Nutrition Manager/Officer to provide technical leadership on nutrition and food-systems programming — combining nutrition policy advocacy and evidence generation with the design, resource mobilization, and coordination of nutrition-sensitive agriculture and food systems projects across Ethiopia
PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT
YADAM Foundation, in partnership with UNICEF, is seeking a Senior Nutrition Specialist Consultant to provide technical leadership on advocacy and evidence-generation activities, translating national commitments (FNS 2021–2030, Seqota Declaration, N4G Paris 2025) into concrete regional policy and action to reduce child food poverty.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide technical leadership on nutrition-sensitive food systems and agriculture programming, integrating approaches such as crop diversification, homestead gardening, and value chain strengthening
- Align project activities with Ethiopia's Food and Nutrition Policy/Strategy, Seqota Declaration, N4G commitments, SDGs, and the UNICEF Child Food Poverty Framework
- Synthesize evidence on drivers of child food poverty and malnutrition, and translate findings into policy briefs and advocacy recommendations
- Lead resource mobilization: identify funding opportunities and draft concept notes, technical proposals, budgets, and partnership agreements
- Design and co-facilitate policy dialogues, roundtables, workshops, and multi-stakeholder consultations with government, donors, and communities
- Coordinate with the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, regional bureaus, UN agencies, and development partners to align activities with national priorities
- Represent YADAM Foundation in technical working groups, donor coordination forums, and sector-level meetings
- Support the design, planning, and implementation of food systems and agriculture projects, integrating nutrition-sensitive approaches such as crop diversification, homestead gardening, and value chain strengthening
- Proactively identify, track, and screen calls for proposals (CFPs), grants, and funding opportunities from bilateral, multilateral, UN, and foundation donors relevant to food systems, agriculture, and nutrition
- Organize and facilitate workshops, trainings, and stakeholder consultations for government counterparts, farmer groups, cooperatives, and development partners
Monitor project implementation against work plans, track indicators, and prepare periodic progress and donor reports
- Support monitoring, evaluation, accountability, and learning (MEAL) activities, including data collection and documentation of results
- Contribute to knowledge products, case studies, and communications materials showcasing project results and lessons learned
- Perform any other duties as reasonably assigned by the CEO/Programmed Manager in support of project and organizational objectives
KEY DELIVERABLES
- Project work plans, implementation frameworks, and periodic progress reports
- Portfolio of concept notes and technical proposals submitted, and a tracker of active funding opportunities
- Resource mobilization strategy and donor/partnership mapping
- Workshop, training, and stakeholder engagement reports
- MEAL data and documentation contributing to project reporting requirement