Nutrition Officer Full Time NEW

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For every child, nutrition

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent, with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries—Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan—and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 per cent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures, with Middle Eastern and African influences evident in the religious, ethnic and linguistic composition of its people.

Over the past two years, you will be working in a context where children and their families across Ethiopia have faced multiple and complex emergencies, including the conflict in northern Ethiopia and severe drought, resulting in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF implements programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy and Education, serving over 15 million children across the country. By joining UNICEF Ethiopia, you will contribute directly to improving the lives of children and women.

As a Nutrition Officer, you provide professional technical, operational and administrative support throughout the programming process for nutrition programmes and projects within the Country Programme, from development planning to the delivery of results. In this role, you implement a range of technical and administrative programme activities to support programme development and implementation, as well as programme monitoring, evaluation and results reporting.

Summary Of Key Functions/accountabilities

• Support to programme development and planning
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Networking and partnership building
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Support to programme development and planning
• Conduct and update the situation analysis for the programme sector(s) for the development, design and management of nutrition related programmes/projects. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, nutrition, health) for higher management use to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery of results.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning, through analysis of nutrition needs and areas for intervention; and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
• Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing and administering a variety of technical programme transactions; preparing materials and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support programme planning, results based planning (RBM), and monitoring and evaluation of results.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues. Provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision-making. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with the government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects and to report on required action and interventions at the higher level of programme management.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys, and exchange information with partners and stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
• Provide technical and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners, and other country office partners/donors on the application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, and best practices on nutrition-related issues to support programme implementation, operations and delivery of results.
• Networking and partnership building
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with nutrition sector government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve programme goals on maternal and child rights as well as social justice and equity.
• Draft communication and information materials for CO programme advocacy to promote awareness, establish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for nutrition programmes.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.
• Research, benchmark and report on best and cutting-edge practices for development planning of knowledge products and systems.

If you would like to know more about this position, please review the complete Job Description here: GJD – Nutrition Officer Level 2.pdf

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

Minimum Requirements

• Education: A university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.
• Work Experience: A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
• Skills: Networking, Partnership building, Innovation, Knowledge management, Capacity building.
• Language Requirements: Fluency in English is required.

Desirables

• • Language: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
  • Previous experience with: UN, Local language, Interagency collaboration, Operational efficiency, Health project development, Nutrition project development.
  • Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
  • Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Trust and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Builds and maintains partnerships
• Demonstrates self-awareness and ethical awareness
• Drive to achieve results for impact
• Innovates and embraces change
• Manages ambiguity and complexity
• Thinks and acts strategically
• Works collaboratively with others

How To Apply

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