Impact Associate at Food For Education

Position Overview:

The Impact Associate will play a critical role in supporting the design, implementation, and analysis of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) frameworks with a strong focus on nutrition. The role involves assessing the impact of school feeding programs on child health, dietary diversity, and nutrition outcomes, while also contributing to data-driven decision-making and program improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

M&E Support

• Assist in designing, implementing and refining M&E frameworks, tools and methodologies aligned with the organizations Theory of Change
• Monitor program performance through the collection, analysis and interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data
• Conduct field visits to support data collection and validation
• Train field staff and enumerators on data collection tools, processes, and nutrition-specific indicators.

Nutrition Analysis and Reporting

• Analyze the impact of school feeding programs on child nutrition, dietary diversity and health outcomes
• Provide insight into the relationship between school means and child outcomes
• Prepare regular reports, visualizations and presentations for internal and external stakeholders
•  Collaborate with external research and evaluation partners to implement ad hoc survey
• Stay updated on best practices in nutrition, M&E and school feeding programs

Desired Candidate Profile 

• Bachelors in Nutrition, Statistics or a related field
• Proven experience with data collection, analysis and reporting tools
• Prior experience working with school feeding programs or child nutrition is a plus
• Strong knowledge of nutrition indicators and impact assessment  methodologies
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Proficiency in G Suite 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary teams
• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools like Powerbi, Tableau, SQL etc.
• Familiarity with M&E tools and platforms
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Passion for improving child nutrition and advancing evidence-based program impacts.
• Ability to travel to project sites for fieldwork as needed