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• Ensure effective collaboration and
  coordinate with other UN agencies, NGOs and other actors in the overall
  nutrition and food security response
• Assess the nutrition and food security situation
  for the populations of concern and propose technical solutions to address
  identified needs
• Plan, supervise and monitor nutrition and
  food security related activities in accordance with international
  standards and protocols
• Assess the capacity of potential
  implementing partners and provide adequate technical support and training.
  
• The Associate Nutrition and Food Security
  Officer plays a key role in the coordination of nutrition and food
  security needs assessments, activities and monitoring in the emergency
  with other humanitarian actors and UN agencies in particular with WFP and
  UNICEF.
• Assess the nutrition and food security
  needs and map resources and capacities, together with Governments and
  partners in order to propose technical solutions and strategies,
  priorities needs and provide the most appropriate and timely response to
  refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR in the emergency and
  post-crisis phase.
• Ensure close coordination with other
  humanitarian actors involved in nutrition, food security and related areas
  
• Act as a focal point on nutrition and food
  security issues within UNHCR and liaise with humanitarian counterparts
  actors (UN and governmental and non-governmental).
• Support the establishment of refugee
  Nutrition and Food Security committees to enable active participation in
  the process of nutrition and food security planning, implementation,
  monitoring and evaluation
• Promote inter-sectoral coordination
  outside and within UNHCR in all matters related to nutrition and food security 
• Alert the Country Office,
  Regional Office and Headquarters in case there is a need for additional
  technical requirement in nutrition and food security
• Coordinate, consolidate and provide
  technical guidance and support to Ministry of Health, Implementing
  partners, Operational Partners on all nutrition and food security related
  activities in relation with the needs and in accordance with UNHCR
  policies and priorities
• Ensure, in close co-ordination that
  nutritional and food security services provided to persons of concern are
  based on Ministry of Health, UNHCR and/or internationally recognised and
  most up-to-date standards and policies 
• Identify
  gaps and overlaps in programming, address unmet needs, and orient existing
  activities to address priority nutrition and food security issues.
• Formulate project submissions including
  budget to respond to the assessed and prioritized needs in collaboration
  with appropriate authorities, implementing partners and UNHCR programme
  and technical sectors at all levels
• Contribute to the budgeting process and
  input to financial management of the programme on technical areas
• Advise programme staff and managers on the
  strategic development of nutrition and food security aspects of the
  programme
• Establish and/or adapt UNHCR internal
  guidelines and procedures to streamline inputs and improve efficiency of
  programme activities through integrated public health response also taking
  into account crucial services such as public health and water and
  sanitation
• Ensure that national and/or
  internationally accepted and relevant standards and policies are applied
  and adapted in close coordination with the host country and relevant UN
  agencies and partners in order to guide the provision of essential
  nutrition and food security services.
• Support capacity building initiatives so
  that refugees and other persons of concern to UNHCR, and its partners
  acquire the needed knowledge, skills, and sense of responsibility and
  ownership of programmes
• Conduct an assessment on the technical
  capacity of each Implementing Partner and recommend areas for improvement
• Support nutrition and food security focal
  points and coordinators to develop training plan, organize and act as
  resource persons in workshops and training both in service (formal) and on
  the job (coaching)
• Share relevant guidelines and information
  materials on refugee nutrition and food security with local and
  international partners
• Advocate, inform, and communicate amongst
  stakeholders to ensure that refugee nutrition and food security issues are
  addressed and that the needs and status of refugees and other persons of
  concern to UNHCR are appropriately documented and disseminated

• Reduce prevalence of malnutrition and
  other micronutrient deficiencies
• Food security and nutrition surveys
  conducted and results disseminated
• Joint Assessment Mission coordinated and
  resulted disseminated
• Nutrition and Food security programme
  adequately coordinated, capacity to the partners for nutrition and food
  security built
• Nutrition and food security activities
  monitored and evaluated.
• Support aspects of the UNHCR Public Health
  Programme cycle for – assessment, resource mobilization, monitoring,
  reporting and evaluation in coordination with other actors in the country

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations
  UNHCR Associate Nutrition & Food Security Officer job placement should
  hold a Masters-level qualification in public health, nutrition food
  security or related field
• Five years of international emergency
  nutrition or food security field based experience in progressively
  responsible functions with either a UN organisation or NGO
• Two years of experience of assessment and
  response to the initial phases of an emergency
• Demonstrated experience of the latest
  developments and technology in Nutrition and food security (e.g. Use of
  Food supplementation products, SMART methodology, CMAM, Voucher or cash
  transfer programmes, small scale agriculture, IYCF)
• Demonstrated ability to deal with multiple
  tasks in a courteous and service-oriented manner in a demanding working
  condition that often has short deadlines
• Demonstrated experiences in organising and
  conducting nutrition and food security related training activities
• Proven technical expertise in the area of
  nutrition and food security assessments including surveys, rapid
  screenings and rapid assessments
• Confirmed experience in nutrition and food
  security programme implementation, monitoring and coordination
• Knowledge and experience of working with
  local partner agencies with a capacity to provide formal and informal
  training
• Proven technical and managerial skills in
  emergency nutrition and food security programming
• Ability to promote good working
  relationships among colleagues, supervisors and those persons s/he
  supervises
• Excellent communicator with strong
  interpersonal and negotiation skills to interact with persons of different
  cultural and educational backgrounds
• Ability to coordinate a range of diverse
  actors and activities to achieve a common objective in the area of
  nutrition and food security
• Strive to live up to high ethical and
  professional standards
• Ability towards analytical and creative
  thinking for rapid solutions
• A team player with service oriented
  attitudes
• Proficiency in computer software such as
  excel, word, powerpoint, ENA, NutVal, EpiInfo.
• Core Values (Required):
  Commitment, Diversity and Inclusion, Integrity
• Core Competencies (Required):
  Communication, Working with People, Drive for Results
• Functional Competencies (Required):
  Leading and Supervising, Formulating Strategies and Concepts, Relating and
  Networking, Persuading and Influencing, Applying Technical Expertise,
  Entrepreneurial Thinking

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