Location: Beirut
Deadline: Monday, 28 October 2013
Description
Purpose of the Position Nutrition Specialist is responsible for formulation, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of Nutrition programme or project (s) within the country programme. Accountable to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme and project management, delivery and accomplishment of the goals and objectives. Accountable for ensuring that all aspects of the Nutrition project/programme promote gender equality, and for collaborating to mainstream key features across all related sectors of the country programme. Key Expected Results 1. Timely programme or project analysis, input, support and coordination contribute to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update for effective project planning, development and management, in partnerships with key stakeholders and with contribution of knowledge institutions. 2. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Nutrition programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and ensuring knowledge/information exchange. Partnerships with global funds, multilateral and bilateral agencies and development banks, as well as relations with the private sector enhanced and exploited efficiently, in order to formulate common advocacy position and influence allocation of resources, as well as investment decisions on behalf of Health and Nutrition. 3. Quality of rights-based, gender-sensitive Nutrition projects/programmes effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to project management process through results-based management. 4. Work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined project strategies and approaches, with special attention to gender/sex disaggregated data or relevant indicators in consultation with all relevant partners. 6. Project delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 7. Technical support is provided to government and NGOs and all other partners at various stages of the project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including capacity building of government personnel and beneficiaries. 8. The capacities of Country Office staff are strengthened through effective capacity building support in the development, implementation and management of the Health & Nutrition programme and efficient communication is provided in building technical partnership with collaborative agency which can bring state-of-art information to staff. 9. UNICEFs global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the Nutrition sector. 10. Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Nutrition sector. 11. Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration, ensuring that gender-specific feature and requite issues are highlighted. 12. Relevant and strategic iinformation is kept available and shared with relevant stakeholders as required to support the Health & Nutrition Programme by the effective implementation of an integrated monitoring system. 13. Required programme/project reports are timely prepared and shared with relevant stakeholders as required in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 14. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with effective coordination are provided and in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action, partnerships with the Health and Nutrition humanitarian actors strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). 15. Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished. Qualifications of Successful Candidate Education: - Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Nutrition & Public Health, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).
Deadline: Monday, 28 October 2013
Description
Purpose of the Position Nutrition Specialist is responsible for formulation, design, planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and administration of Nutrition programme or project (s) within the country programme. Accountable to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the programme and project management, delivery and accomplishment of the goals and objectives. Accountable for ensuring that all aspects of the Nutrition project/programme promote gender equality, and for collaborating to mainstream key features across all related sectors of the country programme. Key Expected Results 1. Timely programme or project analysis, input, support and coordination contribute to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update for effective project planning, development and management, in partnerships with key stakeholders and with contribution of knowledge institutions. 2. Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Nutrition programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and ensuring knowledge/information exchange. Partnerships with global funds, multilateral and bilateral agencies and development banks, as well as relations with the private sector enhanced and exploited efficiently, in order to formulate common advocacy position and influence allocation of resources, as well as investment decisions on behalf of Health and Nutrition. 3. Quality of rights-based, gender-sensitive Nutrition projects/programmes effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to project management process through results-based management. 4. Work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined project strategies and approaches, with special attention to gender/sex disaggregated data or relevant indicators in consultation with all relevant partners. 6. Project delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 7. Technical support is provided to government and NGOs and all other partners at various stages of the project implementation, monitoring and evaluation, including capacity building of government personnel and beneficiaries. 8. The capacities of Country Office staff are strengthened through effective capacity building support in the development, implementation and management of the Health & Nutrition programme and efficient communication is provided in building technical partnership with collaborative agency which can bring state-of-art information to staff. 9. UNICEFs global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the Nutrition sector. 10. Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Nutrition sector. 11. Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration, ensuring that gender-specific feature and requite issues are highlighted. 12. Relevant and strategic iinformation is kept available and shared with relevant stakeholders as required to support the Health & Nutrition Programme by the effective implementation of an integrated monitoring system. 13. Required programme/project reports are timely prepared and shared with relevant stakeholders as required in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. 14. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses with effective coordination are provided and in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action, partnerships with the Health and Nutrition humanitarian actors strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC). 15. Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished. Qualifications of Successful Candidate Education: - Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Nutrition & Public Health, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).
- A first university degree with a relevant combination of academic qualifications and experience may be accepted in lieu of advanced university degree. Work Expierence: - Five years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of technical cooperation programmes related to Health and Nutrition. Professional work experience in a managerial position, or a technical expert position in child survival & development, health and nutrition care. - Developing country work experience and background/familiarity with Emergency. - Experience in monitoring gender inequalities and in programming interventions that reduce these inequalities an asset. Language Proficiency: - Fluency in English , Arabic desirable Competencies of Successful Candidate Core Values: - Commitment - Diversity and Inclusion - Integrity Core Competencies: - Communication - Working with People - Drive for Results Functional Competencies - Leading and Supervising [ I ] - Formulating Strategies and Concepts [ II ] - Analyzing [ III] - Relating and Networking [ II ] - Deciding and Initiating Action [ II ] - Applying Technical Expertise [ III ] UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
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