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For every child, good nutrition

The purpose of this job is to reinforce the capacity of the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition and support the committee in putting in place a strong multi-sectoral nutrition system that allows the delivery of both nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions.

The specific objectives of the job are as follows:

• Provide technical assistance to the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition and facilitate the finalization of a national multi-sectoral implementation plan to reduce malnutrition
• Act as a technical advisor to the chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition
• Provide strategic guidance to the committee to monitor and coordinate all nutrition interventions at national and decentralized levels.

Impact of Results:

• The effective functioning of Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition;
• The relevant follow up of the nutrition interventions carrying out in the field by different sectors
• The better coordination of the nutrition activities carrying out by all the sectors;
• The improvement of mothers and child nutritional status.

Major duties and responsibilities

Provide technical assistance to the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition and facilitate the finalization of a national multi-sectoral implementation plan to reduce malnutrition

• Support the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition to finalize the national multi-sectoral implementation plan to reduce malnutrition and its budgeting.
• Support the committee to produce other strategic documents on nutrition
• Produce monthly reports that give an update of the activities of the committee

Act as a technical advisor to the Inter-Ministerial Committee to fight malnutrition and its chair

• Support the chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee in developing a clear TOR for the committee
• Support the chair of the Inter-Ministerial Committee to organize, on a monthly basis, planning, meetings with stakeholders from all the sectors involved in nutrition
• Update the committee of any recent developments in nutrition
• Perform other related tasks as required

Provide strategic guidance to the committee to monitor and coordinate nutrition activities at national and decentralized levels.

• Support the Inter-Ministerial Committee to implement the national multi-sectoral implementation plan to reduce malnutrition at both national and district levels
• Support the identification and development of mechanisms that allow ongoing monitoring and coordination of nutrition policy, plans and interventions

Perform other related tasks as required.

Qualifications or specialized knowledge/experience/competencies required for the assignment

• Education: Advanced university degree in Nutrition, Public Health Nutrition, Epidemiology or any other relevant field
• Work experience: Minimum 2 years of experience in the design and management of nutrition programs
• Languages: French written and oral fluency, with a good knowledge of English
• Competencies: Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; Strong analytical skills Sound judgement and initiative; Strong communication and writing skills.
• Core values: Commitment, Integrity, Diversity and inclusion
• Core competencies: Communication (II), Working with people (I), Drive for results (I)
• Functional Competencies: Formulating strategies and concepts (I), Analyzing (II), Applying technical expertise ((II), Learning and researching (II), Planning and organizing (II)
• Technical knowledge: Strong knowledge on Nutrition intervention, Multisectoriality and Coordination in nutrition, Design and management of nutrition programs.

For every Child, you demonstrate:

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results

Source: https://www.unicef.org/about/employ/?job=525572