Nutrition Intern at Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Institutional Capacity Building

• Assist in the rollout and operationalization of AGRA’s Nutrition Strategy.
• Support the socialization and adoption of the Nutrition Strategy across business units and country teams.
• Provide support in conducting country-level meetings and consultations to review and integrate nutrition priorities.
• Help develop value chain-specific webinars to support technical leads and grantees.

Coordination of Meetings and Engagements

• Assist in planning and coordinating AGRA’s internal nutrition meetings.
• Support stakeholder discussions through networking events, one-on-one meetings, and roundtable discussions.
• Take notes and prepare reports from high-level meetings and workshops.
• Assist in designing and developing nutrition awareness campaigns and materials.

Resource Mobilization Strategy Implementation

• Assist in identifying and tracking funding opportunities for nutrition programs.
• Support the Lead-Nutrition Sensitive Agriculture in the development of funding proposals and donor engagement materials.
• Help maintain and update a database of donors and funding partners.
• Assist in organizing networking events to engage potential funders and investors.
• Support the coordination of a virtual webinar on Nutrition in AGRA targeting external partners.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Recent graduate with a degree in Public Health, Nutrition, Agricultural Economics, or a related field.
• Strong interest in resource mobilization, stakeholder engagement, and nutrition strategy operationalization.
• Experience in research, writing, and documentation.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.