Nutrition & Health Intern

Date: 29 Aug 2024

Country: Netherlands

Function: Innovation, Quality & Food Safety

Sub-Function: QFS

ofi is a global leader at the forefront of food & beverage consumer trends. Through its complementary portfolio of cocoa, coffee, dairy, nuts and spices ofi delivers sustainable, natural, and plant-based ingredients & solutions to its global and diversified customer base. ofi has 20,000+ employees, is in 51 countries and supplies food and raw materials to over 8,000 customers.

One in five chocolate bars produced anywhere in the world use our cocoa beans and products. We supply enough coffee beans to brew over 90 billion cups of coffee and our nuts, spices and dairy products are used in millions of products around the world. But we don’t just source or grow the raw materials for these products: our team of chefs and food scientists are working closely with our customers, sharing our fresh ideas to inspire new concepts. Making it real at every step, from plant to palate.

We’re also driven by our Purpose – ‘Be the change for good food and a healthy future’. By working with ofi, you’ll be helping to create real impact on the ground. Sustainability is built into our business model - from our offices to our farming operations and supply chains, we’re acting across issues as diverse as farmer poverty, deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions.

Job Description

The Nutrition & Health Intern will support the Nutrition and Health Manager within the Central Sustainability Team. The core roles of the unit are: (1) developing strategies, approaches, and tools that catalyze and support business action toward the achievement of sustainability goals; (2) identifying needs and sustainability risk across the supply chains; (3) monitoring, evaluating, and reporting for impact and (4) facilitating and contributing to internal and external learning, sharing, aligning, and influencing. The unit is composed of subject matter experts in Nutrition & Health, Human Rights & Inclusion, and Livelihoods, as well as experts in data and communications. The team supports businesses to identify sustainability risks and opportunities, and design and implement strategies, policies, sustainability pathways and tools. The team provides tools, guidance and sometimes coordination and program management for businesses to implement approaches and achieve objectives to improve farmers' livelihood and create positive impact on communities and landscapes where we operate. The team also promotes alignment and cross-learnings across business units, participates in global platforms and influences the wider sector agenda, while learning from other experts and stakeholders, and promoting ofi’s reputation.

The Nutrition and Health Intern will support the subject matter expert on tasks related to food security, nutrition, health, and well-being. This is one of ofi’s high priority areas due to the growing global demand for products and ingredients with increased health and nutritional value, as well as the global call to action for multinational companies to work through multiple pathways (i.e. workforce health and nutrition, nutrition-sensitive livelihoods, marketing, product development, etc.) towards food system transformation.

Key Deliverables

Under the direct supervision of the Nutrition & Manager, the Intern’s tasks will include, but are not limited to:

Workforce Nutrition Scorecard (est. 50% of time)

Liaising with HR/sustainability leads to identify worksites that have not yet conducted the scorecard as well as worksites that will conduct the scorecard for the second time
Liaising with HR/business leads and HR representatives to introduce the scorecard and encourage workforce nutrition activities
Liaising with HR/business leads and HR representatives to assess progress against the action plan and prepare for the second round of the scorecard
Supporting HR representatives to complete the scorecard, assess results, and develop context-appropriate action plans
Following up with teams to assess progress related to action plans
Following up with teams to develop case studies and identify best practices
Reporting on our progress on workforce nutrition, and visualize this using e.g. PowerBI or Canva

Farmer Nutrition & Health Toolkit (est. 35% of time)

Sourcing and populating tools and resources for the Farmer Nutrition & Health Toolkit
Developing content for the launch of the Farmer Nutrition & Health Toolkit
Supporting country-product teams to utilize the Farmer Nutrition & Health Toolkit
Supporting country-product teams to develop contextually appropriate iterations of the Farmer Nutrition & Health Toolkit

ofi Healthy Living (OHL) (est. 15% of time)

Supporting follow up of intervention implementation
Collection of ofi Healthy Living data
Follow-up with teams to develop case studies and identify best practices

Requirements

Must be currently enrolled at an accredited college or university in the Netherlands, working toward a bachelor’s or master’s degree in i.e. Nutrition & Health, Environment & Resources Management, International Food & Agribusiness or Global Health.
A personal passion for nutrition, health, sustainable agriculture, and food systems
Critical thinking skills, organizational skills, and the ability to effectively and autonomously complete tasks
Teamwork and interpersonal skills, with a proactive, solution-oriented, and innovative mindset
Good written and oral communication skills in English
Displays cultural, gender, religion, nationality and age sensitivity and adaptability

ofi is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nationality, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applicants are requested to complete all required steps in the application process including providing a resume/CV in order to be considered for open roles