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Food4Education
Title: Senior Associate – Food and Nutrition
Reporting to: Senior Manager, Food Safety and Quality
Location: Nairobi
About Food for Education Hungry kids can’t learn or grow.Today, we serve 600,000 kids DAILY in Kenya. But every day, we deliver more than a meal – improving nutrition and education outcomes for children while also creating jobs and opportunities for whole communities.
We are an experienced and trusted non-profit partner that operates with the excellence of a global business, reinvesting the value we create into local economies.To learn more, please visit www.food4education.org
Our ValuesAt Food for Education, our values are guiding principles that provide us with purpose and direction and set the tone for our interactions with all stakeholders:
Build with excellence and curiosity - We’re not afraid to try new things and iterate as much as we can to find the best and most efficient way to get results;
Be the change you seek - We acknowledge that continuous improvement is a shared responsibility;
We do what we say; and say what we do - We embrace an ownership mentality;
Ask why, and commit- Share openly, question respectfully, and commit fully. When we understand the why, we are able to work with a purpose.
The Senior Associate- Food and Nutrition is responsible for ensuring that F4E’s meals are not only nutritionally balanced but also practical to produce at scale, affordable, and appealing to children. This role bridges nutrition science, operational feasibility, and large-scale food production, ensuring that nutrition improvements are both evidence-based and implementable across hundreds of kitchens.
The role holder will lead efforts to optimize menus, enhance nutrient profiles, and introduce innovations in meal design and ingredient use. The role also involves monitoring and evaluating nutritional outcomes, fortifying meals where needed, and providing actionable insights that influence procurement, operations, and impact strategies. In addition, you will support pilots of new meal components, contribute to nutrition education initiatives, and strengthen the capacity of kitchen teams and stakeholders in applying nutrition best practices.
Success in this role looks like:Measurably improved nutrient profiles across core menus.
Practical menu innovations that kitchens can execute consistently at scale.
Clear, credible nutrition data that informs decisions across Operations, Procurement, and Impact teams.
Stronger collaboration and capacity-building across teams, enabling sustainable implementation of nutrition improvements at all kitchens.
The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of child nutrition requirements, cost-effective meal planning, and the practical realities of large-scale school feeding programs. They will thrive in environments that require both strategic thinking and hands-on problem solving.
Key Responsibilities:Own the nutritional quality of F4E’s core menus, ensuring meals are balanced, diverse, and aligned with national and international standards while remaining affordable at scale.
Recommend menu improvements grounded in evidence and realistic cost constraints.
Work closely with Procurement and Kitchen teams to align menus with ingredient availability, preparation feasibility, and production consistency.
Ensure cooking and production practices preserve nutrient integrity.
Lead nutritional analysis of meals, including macro- and micronutrient profiling per serving, using laboratory services and nutrition software.
Strengthen fortification approaches (e.g., iron, vitamin A, zinc) in collaboration with suppliers and partners.
Track nutritional performance over time and surface clear insights on gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
Pilots, Innovation & Learning
Lead trials and pilots of new ingredients, recipes, or preparation methods alongside operations before scale-up.
Research and test innovations in large-scale school feeding (e.g., biofortification, alternative proteins).
Build and maintain a practical database of nutrient-dense, locally available foods suitable for school meals.
Translate pilot learnings into scalable, operationally viable menu changes.
Contribute nutrition expertise to policy reviews, donor reporting, and documentation of nutrition outcomes.
Support nutrition education and behaviour-change initiatives in collaboration with Impact and Operations teams.
Build nutrition capacity across kitchen teams and relevant stakeholders through practical training.
Ensure nutritional standards comply with national school feeding policies and food-based dietary guidelines.
Participate in policy reviews, donor reporting, and documentation of nutrition outcomes.
Generate periodic reports on menu performance, nutrient intake gaps, and improvement recommendations.
Bachelor’s degree in Human Nutrition, Dietetics, Food Science, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
Registered with the relevant professional or regulatory body.
Minimum 4 years’ experience in nutrition programming, with strong exposure to large-scale or institutional feeding.
Demonstrated experience designing cost-effective menus under operational constraints.
Hands-on experience with nutritional analysis, recipe development, and end-to-end nutrition innovation.
Familiarity with fortification, local food systems, and evidence-based behaviour change approaches.
Strong analytical skills in nutritional assessment and data interpretation.
Practical understanding of nutrient requirements for children aged 5–18.
Ability to balance nutrition impact with cost, feasibility, and scale.
Comfort operating in fast-paced, iterative environments that test and learn.
Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and operational teams.
High data literacy, including use of tools such as NutriSurvey, Excel-based models, or similar software.
Career Growth and Development
We have a strong culture of constant learning, and we invest in developing our people. You will have weekly check-ins with your manager and regular feedback on your performance. We hold career reviews every six months and set aside time to discuss your aspirations and career goals. You will have the opportunity to shape a growing organisation and build a rewarding, long-term career.
We are an equal-opportunity employerWe are committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are valued and people are supported to do their best work. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and lived experiences and make employment decisions based on merit, potential, and alignment with our values.
We aim to contact all our applicants, but due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you do not hear from us within two weeks, your application might not be successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles, so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience.
