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Job Title:    Nutrition Officer

Organization: United
Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Programme Policy Officer Social Protection (CST)

About WFP:

United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, fighting
hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger
in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes
to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and
children, can access the nutritious food they need. In emergencies, WFP gets
food to where it is needed, saving the lives of victims of war, civil conflict
and natural disasters. After an emergency, WFP uses food to United help
communities rebuild their lives. On average, WFP reaches more than 80 million
people with food assistance in 80 countries each year. The organization has the
global footprint, deep field presence and local knowledge and relationships
necessary to provide access to food and contribute to lasting solutions,
especially in many of the world’s most remote and fragile areas.

Job Summary:  The Nutrition Officer  will provide support to nutrition programmes
and activities to contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of WFP
beneficiaries

Key Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Plan and monitor Nutrition programme, verify the planned movements
  and distribution of nutrition products, resolving routine issues and/or
  escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quantity distributed and
  the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards.
• Summarize Nutrition data, conduct analysis and prepare reports to
  support programme reviews and informative decision-making.
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather
  feedback and comments to support Nutrition programme reviews and improve
  services.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures
  for efficient implementation of Nutrition programmes.
• support communication and activities with local partners, agencies,
  NGOs and government institutions.
• Build team capacity in Nutrition through effective guidance,
  coaching, training and accountability.
• Support technical trainings for cooperating partners in Nutrition
  and WFP operational practices to support them to independently implement
  and self-monitor nutrition activities in the coverage areas.
• Assist in developing and expanding malnutrition prevention
  activities through promotion of E-IYCF and awareness raising in targeted
  areas.
• Strengthen eternal stakeholder engagement including district local
  governments to strengthen nutrition programming
• Support corporating partner project management processes, evaluation
  and oversight
• Support nutrition programme reporting including; donor report
  writing; CP report reviews, HMIS etc
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can
  quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset
  of the crisis.
• Participate and give area office nutrition report in the weekly
  nutrition technical meetings
• Participate in national level nutrition technical working group
  discussions as may be required by the head of nutrition
• Strengthen eternal stakeholder engagement including district local
  governments to strengthen nutrition programming
• Support corporating partner project management processes, evaluation
  and oversight
• Support nutrition programme reporting including; donor report
  writing; CP report reviews, HMIS etc
• Any other duties as may be required

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations World Food Programme
  (WFP) Nutrition Officer job vacancy must hold a Bachelor’s Degree in
  nutrition, social sciences, nutrition or such a related field and
  functional area is desirable. With working at least four (5) of relevant
  experience
• Advanced University degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Sociology,
  Development Studies or other relevant field.
• A minimum of five years in direct nutrition programming- planning,
  implementation and evaluation
• Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the field of
  monitoring, evaluation and reporting of nutrition programmes;
• Research experience using variety of analytical tools and methods
  for causality analysis, forecasting, and other data modeling needs, related
  to nutrition programming.
• Sound knowledge of regional local dialects is very desirable
• Experience and exposure to implementation of national/international
  development programmes.
• Experience working in public health/food security/ nutrition related
  activities.
• Experience identifying and defining nutrition issues/problems within
  a country.

Competencies:

• Knowledge of Nutrients: Utilizes knowledge of vitamins and nutrients to understand the
  causes of malnutrition, the relationships between the different types of
  malnutrition, and is able to articulate the UNICEF conceptual model.
• Situation Analysis and Evidence Assessment: Able to appropriately interpret the
  nutrition situation, analyze primary causes of malnutrition, define
  limitations to the analysis (e.g. seasonality) and prepare an overview of
  the food security and nutrition situation in country.
• Knowledge of Public Health: Has foundational knowledge of the core public health sciences (i.e.,
  biostatistics, epidemiology, social science, environmental health, and
  prevention of chronic and infectious disease and injury) in order to
  assess a country’s/region’s health situation.
• Knowledge of Food System: Ability to analyze how food systems influence the diets of
  vulnerable groups and identify how and where food systems may contribute
  to specific nutrient gaps.
• Applying Programme & Policy Standards: Leverages nutrition knowledge to provide
  technical advice to governments to design and implement country nutrition
  programmes that follow international and WFP agency standards and
  guidance.

NB: Female
applicants and qualified applicants from developing countries are especially
encouraged to apply

How to Apply:

All suitably
qualified candidates who wish to join the United Nations World Food Programme
(WFP) are encouraged to apply online at the link below

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