Project Manager at Healthier Diets 4 Healthy Lives

Position Overview

The Healthier Diets for Healthy Lives (HD4HL) Project is seeking a highly qualified Project Manager to lead the implementation of a transformative food policy initiative in Ghana.

Project Description

By 2030, non-communicable diseases are predicted to become the leading cause of death in Africa amidst prevailing challenges of infectious diseases, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies. Unhealthy food environments hinder progress in overcoming this double burden of malnutrition.

There is increasing evidence for and recognition of the effectiveness of a set of policies that change consumer food environments and enable more nutritious diets. Food systems and public health experts, including the World Health Organisation, refer to them as "Best Buys" for their cost-effectiveness and feasibility for combating the double burden of malnutrition in low- and middle-income countries.

These policies aim to inform and empower; guide and influence; and incentivize or discourage consumer action within their food environments through:

• Bold and truthful information for all consumers
• Healthier food availability in public institutions and markets
• Adjustment of the relative price of foods to equitably promote health and economic value

Globally, an increasing number of countries are implementing these policies, although few from Africa have done so to date. The HD4HL project aims to build evidence and mobilize multi-stakeholder actions toward developing a policy bundle for healthier and more equitable consumer food environments that reduce the double burden of malnutrition.

Key Information

• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Job Category: NGO