Duties and responsibilities 

• Establish and maintain partnerships with local authorities, community leaders, NGOs, and educational institutions for collaboration and support with the implementation of AfriFOODlinks interventions and other project activities.
• Oversee project execution to ensure effective, timely and efficient implementation of interventions.
• Coordinating field activities and providing oversight to the implementation partners and the community organized group.
• Conduct regular field visits to monitor implementation activities, provide support to community organized groups, and consultants.
• Prepare regular progress reports, highlighting challenges and achievements in implementation of interventions.
• Actively engage with beneficiaries to document what is working and what is not working and work closely with consultants and implementers to incorporate changes where possible.
• Maintain contacts with key stakeholders to increase synergies and represent APHRC in stakeholder engagements including engagements with AfriFOODlinks partners.
• Act as a link between beneficiaries and the APHRC team.
• Participate in recruitment, training and supervision of field interviewers during data collection.
• Hold regular consultative sessions with the APHRC project team to clarify needs and asks, and provide feedback and updates during the assignment period.
• Support any AfriFOODlinks activities when called upon.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, Food Science, Public Health or related fields.
• Proven working experience in implementing community-based food system/food environment/nutrition/public health or other closely related interventions including promotion/outreach activities and monitoring of implementation activities in informal settlements in Kisumu.
• Proven experience in coordination/supervision of health and food systems interventions.
• Demonstrated expertise in community and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in conducting field research and managing research projects and teams is an added advantage.
• Computer literacy in Microsoft packages (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Experience in report writing.
• Resident of Kisumu City.
• Fluent in English, Swahili and Dholuo is an added advantage (verbal and written)
• Excellent interpersonal skills.