Nutrition Officer (Information) Full-Time

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

And we never give up.

For every child, a fair chance.

UNICEF and partners in support to the Government of Mozambique are committed to address key challenges faced by children and women and help them fully realize their full rights.  Those challenges include high vulnerability to poverty, high level of chronic malnutrition, high rates of child marriage and low access to quality social services. UNICEF is fully committed to guarantee the survival, development, protection and participation of Mozambican children.

How can you make a difference?

Under the general supervision of the Nutrition Specialist and the Chief of Health and Nutrition, the Nutrition Officer (Information) will provide technical support to the nutrition information system in Mozambique by continued consolidation of methodologies, practices and tools related to the emergency nutrition information implemented during the last three years emergency response and align other important sources of nutrition information to the requirements of the IPC Acute Malnutrition analysis.

The position is created for a period of 364 days to provide technical assistance to SETSAN specialized information unit on food security and nutrition (SISAN), to support routine and surveillance system and to consolidate a M&E system for monitoring emergency response for UNICEF.

• Monitor the application of the validated guidelines for nutritional assessments aligned with survey methodology and IPC Nutrition standards;
• Identify learning needs and build the capacity of stakeholders in conducting nutrition assessments and IPC AMN analysis;
• Working with SPEAR, support the elaboration and rolling out, through INE, of national standard and best practices for the measurements and analysis of anthropometric and nutrition specific information collected through surveys;
• Work with the M&E and research Health & nutrition Specialist to ensure definition and introduction of key nutrition indicators linked with emergency nutrition program into SIS-MA, including at district level;
• Set up monitoring system for DFID funded programme and any other humanitarian grant, and ensure regular updates on performance indicators to the Nutrition Specialists

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree (Master’s or higher) in Nutrition, Public Health, National Epidemiology, Global/International Health and Nutrition, Health Sciences, Nutritional Epidemiology, or another health-related science field;
• A first University Degree in a relevant field combined with 2 additional years of professional experience may be accepted in lieu of an Advanced University Degree;
• A minimum of one year of relevant 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 quantitative data analysis, particularly with large household budget surveys using STATA/SPSS software;
• Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset;
• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) is an asset.

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.

The technical competencies required for this post are….

View our competency framework at

http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

Remarks:

Mobility is a condition of international professional employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the international civil service.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.