Junior Consultant at Food and Agriculture Organization

Duty Station: Tanariver, Samburu, Marsabit, Baringo, Nandi, Westpokot

Responsibilities for the Junior Consultant Job

• Undertake a systematic literature research using SCOPUS or similar search engines to collect compositional data on Kenyan foods
• Analyse data sources based on set criteria to evaluate their inclusion or exclusion for further compilation
• Work with selected entity in the preparation, measuring, calculation and data entry of the Kenyan recipes activities
• Support compilation of compositional data into the INFOODS compilation tool following international standards and guidelines
• Support food composition data processing and management into the archival database during calculations estimation and imputation of data in the reference data base
• Support the project coordinator in arranging for relevant meetings and recording the minutes for the meetings
• Support the project coordinator in preparation of project reports

Junior Consultant Job Requirements

• University Degree in Food Science and Technology, Food and Nutrition, Nutrition and Dietetics or related field.
• At least one year experience in food composition related activities which includes completion of e-learning course on INFOODS Food composition tables; food sampling training and activities in the counties, data collection and compilation
• Working knowledge of English
• Competency in the use of Computer Applications