4 UN Nutrition Specialist Job Opportunities – United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

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Organization: United Nations
Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Duty Station: Kampala, Gulu,
Mbarara and Moroto, Uganda
Job Number: 504635
Grade: NOC
About US:
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is mandated by the UN
general assembly to advocate for the protection of children’s rights, to help
meet their basic needs and expand their opportunities to reach their full
potential. Together with our partners, we work in 190 countries and territories
to translate that commitment into practical action, focusing special effort on
reaching the most vulnerable and excluded children, to the benefit of all children,
everywhere.
Job Summary: The Nutrition
Specialist will support UNICEF through the development and preparation of the
nutrition (or a sector of) program/s and is responsible for managing,
implementing, monitoring, evaluating and reporting of progress of the nutrition
programs/projects within the country program. The incumbent provides technical
guidance and management support throughout the programming processes to
facilitate the administration and achievement of concrete and sustainable
results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programs/projects according to
plans, allocation, results based-management approaches and methodology (RBM)
and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability
framework.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:  
  • Provide support to programs/projects
    development and planning
  • Tasked with program management, monitoring
    and delivery of results
  • Offer timely technical and operational
    support to program implementation
  • Tasked with networking and partnership
    building
  • Responsible for innovation, knowledge
    management and capacity building.     



Qualifications, Skills and
Experience:
  • The ideal candidate for the United Nations
    UNICEF Nutrition Specialist job opportunity should hold an advanced
    university degree (Master’s or higher) in nutrition, public health,
    nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition,
    health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, or other health
    related science field is required.
  • At least five years of relevant
    professional experience in nutrition, public health, related research or
    planning and management in relevant areas of maternal, infant and child
    nutrition, at the international level some of which preferably in a
    developing country is required.
  • Relevant experience in health/nutrition
    program/project development and management in any UN system agency or
    organization is an asset.
  • Core Values: Commitment,
    Diversity and Integrity
  • Core Competencies:
    Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results
  • Functional Competencies:
    Leading and supervising, Formulating strategies and concepts, Analyzing,
    Relating and networking, Deciding and Initiating action, and Applying
    technical expertise.
NB: UNICEF is committed
to gender equality in its mandate and its staff; qualified female candidates
are strongly encouraged to apply. UNICEF is a smoke free environment.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested Ugandan Nationals who wish to
join the United Nations UNICEF in the aforementioned capacity are encouraged to
apply online at the link below.
Deadline: 2nd June 2017

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