Food for Education is a social enterprise in Kenya that uses technology, smart operations and logistics to deliver low cost, nutritious meals, targeting Africa’s 250 million urban and peri-urban low income, public school students. They provide subsidised nutritious meals to primary school children to improve nutrition education outcomes. By sourcing food from local small holder farmers, and utilising a model which prioritises efficient supply chain management and production, Food for Education lowers the cost of school meals. Parents contribute to these affordable and nutritous meals through a mobile money system linked to NFC wristbands, which their children wear and ‘Tap2Eat’ in under 5 seconds to access their lunch. To date, Food for Education have served over 5,000,000 meals and are scaling to serve 72,000,000 meals in the next two years. Their goal is to reach 1,000,000 public school students by 2025.
Food for Education are looking for a Head of Growth Operations who will be responsible for designing, leading and implementing their growth strategy. As the new Head of Growth Operations, you will report directly to the Founder and CEO. The role will be based at Food for Education’s headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, with travel required within Kenya and East Africa to manage new sites expected when needed.
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Food for Education is a social enterprise in Kenya that uses technology, smart operations, and logistics to deliver low cost, nutritious meals targeting Africa’s 250 million urban and peri-urban low income, public school students. From sourcing food from local small holder farmers, our model through efficient supply chain management and production lowers the cost of school meals providing affordable and nutritious meals. Parents contribute for each meal through mobile money linked to NFC wristbands that children wear and ‘Tap2Eat’ in under 5 seconds to access their lunch.