UNICEF Nutrition Officer Jobs 2024 – Nigeria NGO Jobs.
UNICEF Nigeria looking for “Nutrition Officer”.
Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 24 April 2024.
UNICEF, also the United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, is a United Nations agency responsible for providing humanitarian and developmental aid to children worldwide. The agency is among the most widespread and recognizable social welfare organizations in the world, with a presence in 192 countries and territories.
UNICEF Nutrition Officer Jobs 2024
The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on 19 April 2024 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Nutrition Officer to be based in Sokoto, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Position | Nutrition Officer |
| Location | Sokoto, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | Minimum of five years |
| Application Deadline | 24 April 2024 |
UNICEF Job Vacancy 2024
How can you make a difference?
The Nutrition Officer (Data, Analytics and Evidence) will be based in Sokoto under the overall supervision of the Nutrition Specialist based in the Sokoto Field Office, will work in close collaboration with Abuja’s Nutrition Section Information Management Officer (Data, Analytics and Evidence), and will ensure close collaboration with Government counterparts and Partners at State and Local Government Area (LGA) levels to strengthen data systems across the data value chain.
Key Accountabilities and Duties & Tasks:
- Provide leadership on strengthening nutrition data systems (routine, surveys, and surveillance) at sub-national levels and in close collaboration with national partners, including enabling interoperability and digitization of data platforms
- Strengthen existing in-country data approaches and platforms for collecting, analysing, and reporting high quality nutrition data at national and sub-national levels, particularly coverage data.
- Maintain information databases and general Programme tools and consolidate, analyse and report/disseminate data collected throughout various assessments
- Manage relevant nutrition data sets, including humanitarian and development data sets.
Qualification:
- University degree in one of the following fields is required: Nutrition, Public Health, Statistics, Monitoring, Nutritional Epidemiology.
- Additional technical qualifications (supported with certificates) in SMART survey methodology, IPC Acute Malnutrition Analysis, geographic information systems, District Health Information Systems, Information Systems, Computer Science, data management or related field may be an added advantage.
Experience:
- A minimum of five years of relevant professional work experience including field work. Experience in nutrition data management, monitoring and evaluation, and workplan development.
- Proven statistical, analytic and technical skills including designing and administrating databases, database management and data analysis using statistical packages ((ENA, SPSS, STATA, etc.), high level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), ability to maintain basic websites, ability to produce data summaries and visualizations, GIS knowledge an advantage.
- Experience with digital data platforms and District Health Information Systems-2 (DHIS-2) platforms, SMART surveys, Multi-Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and nutrition analysis including IPC AMN, and CH Analysis
- Experience of working in emergency and humanitarian contexts is an asset.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply UNICEF Nutrition Officer Jobs 2024
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
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The Closing Date: 24 April 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Click Here to View |
| Official Website | www.unicef.org |
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