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  • Posted: Jul 18, 2024
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    Since 1963 and in 146 countries, ACDI/VOCA has empowered people in developing and transitional nations to succeed in the global economy. Based in Washington, D.C., ACDI/VOCA is a nonprofit international development organization that delivers technical and management assistance in agribusiness, financial services, enterprise development, community development...
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    Social Marketing Lead,

    • The Social Marketing Lead will lead the development of the activity’s social change marketing approach and oversee external communications efforts, including development of outreach materials.

    Responsibility

    • Support project objectives through social marketing strategy, especially related to strengthening consumer demand for safe, nutritious foods and capacity of food systems actors to meet those demands. 
    • Conduct formative research to inform the social marketing strategy, including but not limited to barrier analysis, market segmentation, identification of existing messaging materials, identifying priority and influencing groups, etc. 
    • Implement the social marketing strategy with project partners and stakeholders. 
    • Provide guidance and support for project staff on how to implement social communication strategies. 
    • Lead and train project team on how to conduct barrier analyses as a method for identifying behavior change-related messaging for the activity. 
    • Work with the project M&E team to put in place effective monitoring and evaluation indicators to evaluate the effectiveness of marketing strategies in behavior change. 
    • Develop gender-sensitive messaging and training materials for project activities. 
    • Train Community-based Champions to be role models for changing behaviors and social norms that restrict participation of identified groups. 
    • Write success stories and reports on social marketing approaches or interventions and provide examples of successes, challenges, lessons learned and recommendations. 

    Requirement

    • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communication, public relations, or relevant field is required; master’s degree is desired. 
    • Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in communication, marketing, social behavior change, or related areas. 
    • Demonstrated experience in identifying barriers to social change and developing sound communication plans that include innovative strategies to address them. 
    • Excellent written communication skills required, with a demonstrated ability to write reports in a clear, concise manner. 
    • Experience with USAID or other U.S. Government-funded projects preferred. 
    • Experience working in Kenya required. 
    • Fluency in English is required. 

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    Nutritious Food Systems Lead

    • The Nutritious Food Systems Lead will lead the development, implementation, and monitoring of nutritious food systems interventions and activities across the project.

    Responsibility

    • Provide technical guidance on the development of tools, resources, and models to facilitate the integration of nutrition into agriculture and market systems development interventions. 
    • Support, manage, and advocate for the integration of high quality and responsive approaches to increase affordability, demand for, access to and consumption of safe, nutritious foods, particularly for women, youth, and other vulnerable groups. 
    • Design and conduct participatory workshops on nutrition-sensitive agriculture and/or food systems for program participants, including households, private sector and food systems actors, and government entities. 
    • Facilitate the increased capacity of all staff members in nutrition. 
    • Implement Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting (CLA) best practices to inform and scale-up nutrition and food systems interventions. 
    • Manage and direct implementation teams to carry out project activities as needed. 
    • Oversee the implementation of field research to identify key opportunities for increasing both supply of and demand for safe, nutritious foods. 

    Requirement

    • Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, food sciences, public health, or relevant field is required; master’s degree is desired. 
    • Minimum 8 years of progressively responsible experience in nutrition, food systems, food safety, or other relevant areas. 
    • Experience working with food systems actors, including rural producers, farmers’ associations, agribusinesses, private sector agricultural production, private sector food processors, or governments desired. 
    • Understanding of gender- and youth-integrated nutrition concepts and ability to integrate gender into nutrition-sensitive approaches. 
    • Excellent written communication skills required, with a demonstrated ability to write reports in a clear, concise manner. 
    • Experience with USAID or other U.S. Government-funded projects preferred. 
    • Experience working in Kenya required. 
    • Fluency in English is required. 

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