Title II of the Agricultural Trade and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, authorizes the use of food assistance to combat hunger and malnutrition abroad. This position is located in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, Office of Food for Peace (DCHA/FFP), which manages over $2.0 billion in food aid most years, and employs a staff of over 50 in Washington.  Information on FFP is available at: http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/humanitarian_assistance/ffp/

The successful candidate will have strong applied nutrition program implementation experience, including experience in maternal child health, infant and young child feeding, dietetics, and ration design. The majority of this candidate's time will be spent on activities related to FFP Title II Emergency Food Aid Programs.  The PSC will be able to provide technical and programmatic guidance to Food for Peace (FFP) staff in both Washington and in the field on nutrition program design, including ration design, development of nutrition-sensitive agriculture programs, and monitoring and evaluating nutritional outcomes.   The PSC will be assigned to the Technical Team of the Policy and Technical Division, and be responsible for proposal review and implementing efforts to improve the nutritional impact of food assistance through new and effective programming working closely with Private Voluntary Organizations (PVOs),  the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), and UNICEF.