Sajia Mehjabeen didn’t intend to become a nutritionist. She had thought she’d become a teacher until she stumbled into a position with Helen Keller International, and decided the nutrition sector was where she wanted to focus her career.
Mahjabeen is now a nutrition adviser at Concern Worldwide, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and working with a team at the international level out of Dublin headquarters, which allows staff to do their jobs from anywhere in the world. Previously she was an emergency nutrition manager with Concern, a position which involved much more travel and field-based work.
“One of my jobs is to make sure that learnings [are] reflected in the policies and strategies that Concern develops globally and also in the country,” Mahjabeen said of her current role. “You need to make sure that you’re supporting the implementation in the field and supporting the staff.”