Programme Associate Nutrition Vacancy-Job Ref: JKRWWFP/1610/2026110

Programme Associate Nutrition Vacancy-Job Ref: JKRWWFP/1610/2026110

Kigali (Rwanda)

Job Description
ABOUT WFP
The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of extreme weather shocks.

At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP’s values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

WHY JOIN WFP?

WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.
WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.
WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.
A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

ORGANISATIONAL CONTEXT:
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need. In Rwanda, WFP works in partnership with the Government and other stakeholders to support national priorities for achieving food and nutrition security. This is done through direct implementation of integrated programmes targeting the most vulnerable people and strengthening national capacity to design, implement and manage programmes for achieving zero hunger.

In Rwanda, WFP supports the Government with its ambitious goals to ensure food security and nutrition and equitable access to sustainable livelihoods for all. In this effort, WFP Rwanda works closely with diverse stakeholders to provide general food and nutrition assistance to over 135,000 refugees, asylum seekers and returnees; to strengthen national disaster risk management, social protection, school meals and nutrition programmes; to transform food systems; and to support emergency preparedness and response.

JOB PURPOSE:

WFP Rwanda, through its 2nd Generation Country Strategic Plan (CSP), positions nutrition as a cross-cutting priority to contribute to the prevention of malnutrition through multisectoral approaches.

The country office is therefore seeking a Programme Associate (Nutrition), SC6 to support the implementation of nutrition programmes and activities in line with the CSP and government priorities. The incumbent will provide technical and operational support to nutrition interventions, monitoring, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and evidence generation to contribute to improved nutrition outcomes among WFP beneficiaries.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

(not all-inclusive, within delegated authority) Under the overall supervision of the Nutritionist (SC9), the Programme Associate (SC6) will be expected to perform the following duties:

Support the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of nutrition pro-grammes and activities in line with WFP policies, CSP objectives and national priori-ties.
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 per-formance, nutrition outcomes and key achievements.

Support data collection, management, monitoring and analysis, ensuring quality infor-mation 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 counter-parts 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, pro-posals, donor reports and documentation of programme results and lessons learned.
Perform any other duties assigned by his/her supervisor

OTHER SPECIFIC JOB REQUIREMENTS:

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

DESIRED EXPERIENCES FOR ENTRY INTO THE ROLE:

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.

STANDARD MINIMUM ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

First degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Public Health, Medicine, Agriculture, Food Systems or Community Health.

EXPERIENCE:

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.

LANGUAGE:

Fluency (Level C) in both oral and written communication in English.
Fluency in Kinyarwanda is desirable.

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