Overview
This role focuses on coordinating nutrition sector activities and contributing to programme development and implementation in a humanitarian context.
Tasks Summary
- Coordinate and represent the nutrition sector
- Conduct needs assessments and analysis
- Develop strategic response plans
- Engage in resource mobilization and advocacy
- Oversee implementation and monitoring
- Ensure accountability to affected populations
- Strengthen local capacity
- Support programme/project development, planning, and coordination
- Manage programmes, monitor progress, and deliver results
- Drive innovation, knowledge management, and capacity building
Experience Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care
- Experience working in the humanitarian coordination system is required
- Experience in humanitarian contexts is required
- Experience in development and/or refugee contexts is an added advantage
- Direct, practical experience in the design, implementation and/or coordination of nutrition interventions through community-based platforms, and effective intersectoral collaboration is strongly desired
- Prior experience in partnership development and management, including bilateral donors, foundations and civil society is an asset
- Experience in effective management of human resources/teams in high stress/risk environments is an advantage
- Experience working in a developing country is considered an asset
- Strong knowledge of cluster coordination mechanisms, child protection in emergencies, and inter-agency standards
- Relevant experience in Programme development in child protection related areas in a UN system agency or organization is considered an asset
- Experience in both development and humanitarian contexts is considered an added advantage
- Experience of working in a senior management role or in cluster coordination within a complex country Programme in an emergency response or protracted crisis, including experience in first phase emergency response, is desirable
- Experience in humanitarian contexts is required with experience in development contexts an added advantage
Qualification Requirements
• Advanced university degree in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, humanitarian assistance and development or another health-related social science field.