UN Nutrition Specialist Careers – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Job Title:        Nutrition Specialist
Organization: United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
Reports to: Nutrition
Manager
Job Number: 511355
Grade: P3
About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN
general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help
meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full potential.
Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories to
translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on
reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all
children, everywhere.
Job Summary: The Nutrition Specialist supports the
development and preparation of the Child Survival and Development program/s and
is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting
of progress of the nutrition projects within the country program, with focus on
nutrition governance and coordination, monitoring and evaluation of
nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions. The Specialist is
responsible to supporting the development of a functional and sustainable national
nutrition information system to inform and monitor accelerated cover and
reduction of disparities in nutrition at national and district level.  The incumbent of the post will be an active
member of inter-sectoral teams and interagency coordination on issues related
to nutrition and will play a key role in supporting capacity of partners to
implement a sustainable nutrition information system. The Specialist will be
accountable for ensuring that all aspects of the Nutrition project/programme
promote gender equality, gender mainstreaming and for collaborating to
mainstream key features across all related sectors of the country programme.
The Specialist provides technical guidance and management support throughout
the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of
concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition
programs/projects according to plans, allocation, results based-management
approaches and methodology (RBM) and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of
performance and accountability framework.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Provide support to
    programs/projects development and planning
  • Tasked with program
    management, monitoring and delivery of results
  • Offer timely technical
    and operational support to program implementation
  • Tasked with networking
    and partnership building
  • Responsible for
    innovation, knowledge management and capacity building. 



Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
  • The ideal candidate
    for the United Nations UNICEF Nutrition Specialist job opportunity should
    hold an advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in nutrition,
    public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and
    nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, or other
    health related science field is required.
  • At least five years of
    relevant professional experience in nutrition, public health, related
    research or planning and management in relevant areas of maternal, infant
    and child nutrition, at the international level some of which preferably
    in a developing country is required.
  • Relevant experience in
    health/nutrition program/project development and management in any UN
    system agency or organization is an asset.
  • Experience in
    monitoring gender inequalities and in programming interventions that
    reduce these inequalities an asset
  • Developing country
    work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
  • Fluency in English is
    required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese,
    French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
  • Core Values: Commitment,
    Diversity and Integrity
  • Core
    Competencies:     Communication, Working with People and Drive
    for Results
  • Functional
    Competencies:     Leading and supervising, Formulating strategies
    and concepts, Analyzing, Relating and networking, Deciding and Initiating
    action, and Applying technical expertise.
NB: UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its
mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to
apply. UNICEF is a smoke free environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to
join the United Nations UNICEF in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to
apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 18th March 2018
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