Catholic Relief Services Recruits Technical Adviser - Food Security and Nutrition

Catholic Relief Services is the official agency of the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops for relief and development assistance overseas.

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is an international nongovernmental organization supporting relief and development work in over 99 countries around the world. CRS programs assist persons on the basis of need, regardless of creed, ethnicity or nationality. CRS works through local church and non-church partners to implement its programs. Therefore, strengthening and building the capacity of these partner organizations is fundamental to our approach in every country in which CRS operates. CRS re-established its presence In Nigeria in 2000 and currently focuses on agriculture, governance, peace building, health systems and institutional strengthening programs. Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com

Catholic Relief Services (CRS) will like to request application from suitably qualified candidates to fill position for the implementation of Its SMILE OVC project. The position will be based in Benue State and will require about 30% travel within Nigeria

Job Title: Technical Adviser - Food Security and Nutrition

Ref No: Band B-1

Location: Benue State

Job Description

• Serve as technical lead on nutrition and food security. Identify and facilitate partnerships with the private sector.
• Develop technical reports Copied: www.hotnigerianjobs.com
• Lead technical working group and communities of practices meetings in PS and nutrition
• Build linkages between food security and other sectors of OVC programming Develop linkages with other service providers in food security.
• Lead capacity building of CSO and government agencies in skills building and knowledge for food security and nutrition

Key Competencies:

• Technical skills and experience in capacity building, nutrition, food production, processing and agro-enterprise.
• Minimum of 6 years’ experience in developmental field with Msc/MPH or related field

Application Closing Date
5pm, Wednesday, 22nd of May, 2013.

How to Apply:
Interested applicants should download the CR5 application form using this link:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l06q5xifhyfusa3/CRS-%20Application%20Form.doc  and send with a detailed CV as attached MS Word documents to [email protected]  (HG underscore [email protected] ). Applicants must explicitly state the position applied for in the application form and in the subject of their email.

Only applications sent in the required format will be considered. Candidates should please adhere to the instructions explicitly stated.