The Ugandan Jobline

• Plan and monitor nutrition programme, verify the planned movements
  and distribution of nutrition products, resolving routine issues and/or
  escalating where appropriate, to ensure that the quality distributed and
  the quality of the operation is in line with WFP standards;
• Summarise nutrition data, conduct analysis and prepare reports to
  support programme reviews and informative decision making;
• Liaise with cooperating partners and internal counterparts to gather
  feedback and comments to support nutrition programme reviews and improve
  services.
• Suggest improvements to field monitoring processes and procedures  for efficient implementation of
  Nutrition programmes;
• Support communication and activities with local partners , agencies,
  NGOs and government institutions;
• Build team capacity in Nutrition through effective guidance ,
  coaching, training and accountability;
• Support technical trainings for cooperating partners in Nutrition
  and WFP operational practices to support them to independently implement
  and self-monitor nutrition activities in the areas of coverage;
• Assist in developing and expanding malnutrition prevention
  activities through promotion of E-IYCE and awareness raising in targeted
  areas;
• Follow standard emergency preparedness practices to ensure WFP can
  quickly respond and deploy needed resources to affected areas at the onset
  of the crisis.

• The ideal candidate for the United Nations UN World Food Programme
  (WFP) Nutrition Officer job placement should hold an advanced University
  degree in Public Health Nutrition, Nutrition, Food Technology, Medicine or
  other relevant field;
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in the areas
  of monitoring, evaluation and reporting in reputable organisation;
• Research experience in a variety of analytical tools methods for
  causality analysis, forecasting and other modeling needs;
• High level of proficiency in both oral and written English;
• Sound knowledge of regional local dialects is very desirable.

• Knowledge of Nutrients: Utilizes knowledge of vitamins and nutrients to understand the
  causes of malnutrition, the relationships between the different types of
  malnutrition, and is able to articulate the UNICEF conceptual model.
• Situation Analysis and Evidence Assessment: Able to appropriately interpret the
  nutrition situation, analyze primary causes of malnutrition, define
  limitations to the analysis (e.g. seasonality) and prepare an overview of
  the food security and nutrition situation in country.
• Knowledge of Public Health: Has foundational knowledge of the core public health sciences
  (i.e., biostatistics, epidemiology, social science, environmental health,
  and prevention of chronic and infectious disease and injury) in order to
  assess a country’s/region’s health situation.
• Knowledge of Food System: Ability to analyze how food systems influence the diets of
  vulnerable groups and identify how and where food systems may contribute
  to specific nutrient gaps.
• Applying Programme & Policy Standards: Leverages nutrition knowledge to provide
  technical advice to governments to design and implement country nutrition
  programmes that follow international and WFP agency standards and
  guidance.
• Previous experience and exposure to implementation of
  national/international development programmes.
• Experience working in public health/food security/ nutrition related
  activities.
• Experience identifying and defining nutrition issues/problems within
  a country.

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