UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Jobs 2022 – Nigeria NGO Jobs. UNICEF Nigeria programme looking for “Nutrition Specialist”. Applicants with a University degree may apply on or before 24 March 2022.
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UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Jobs 2022
The UNICEF has published a job vacancy announcement on 14 March 2022 for qualified Nigeria’s to fill in the vacant post of Nutrition Specialist to be based in Abuja, Nigeria.
| Recruiter | United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) |
| Position | Nutrition Specialist |
| Location | Abuja, Nigeria |
| Country | Nigeria |
| Total Vacant Post | N/A |
| Qualification | University degree |
| Experience Required | A minimum of five years |
| Application Deadline | 24 March 2022 |
UNICEF Job Vacancy 2022
How can you make a difference: Mostly upstream, the Nutrition Specialist will mainly advocate/ engage with the government on policy and resource mobilization, continue to provide inputs to the government’s nutrition sector strategies, while supporting the development and preparation of the nutrition programme. Also, is responsible for managing, implementing, monitoring, evaluating, and reporting the programme progress of a sector of the nutrition programme within the country programme. In addition, the incumbent will provide technical guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable results in the nutrition programme. This temporary staff support will be carried out according to plans and allocations for this 2018-2022, and early into the next country program results
Main Responsibilities and Tasks:
- Contribute to and support the preparation, design, and updating of the situation analysis for the nutrition sector(s) to ensure comprehensive and current data on maternal and child nutrition is available to guide policy development and the design and management of nutrition programmes/projects.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes to ensure integration, coherence, and harmonization of programmes/projects with other UNICEF sectors and achievement of results as planned and allocated.
- Plan and/or collaborate with internal and external partners to establish monitoring benchmarks, performance indicators, and UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurements, to assess and strengthen performance accountability, coherence, and delivery of concrete and sustainable results for the assigned sector in nutrition programmes.
- Provide technical guidance and operational support to government counterparts, NGO partners, UN system partners and other country office partners/donors on the interpretation, application and understanding of UNICEF policies, strategies, processes, best practices, and approaches on nutrition and related issues to support programme development planning, management, implementation, and delivery of results.
Qualification & Experience:
- An advanced 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
- A minimum of five 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.
- Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset
- Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.
Other Details
- Contract Type: Full Time
- Selection Process: Interview
- Salary: negotiable
- Application Process: Online
How to Apply UNICEF Nutrition Specialist Jobs 2022
Note: Before you apply, please download (link is given below) the full advertisement and read it carefully.
Then to apply, go to this link Click Here
The Closing Date: 24 March 2022
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
| Particulars | Details Link |
| Job Advertisement | Download |
| Official Website | www.unicef.org |
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