Nutrition Officer, NO-B, Temporary Appointment, Manila, Post No. 136570

Overview

The Nutrition Officer provides technical, operational, and administrative support for nutrition programmes, contributing to improved nutrition outcomes for children. The role involves supporting programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination with partners.

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Key Responsibilities

• Support programme development and planning processes, including situation analysis and results-based planning.
• Contribute to programme management, monitoring, and delivery of results through collaboration with colleagues and partners.
• Provide technical and operational support to programme implementation, including field visits and surveys.
• Build and sustain partnerships with government counterparts and national stakeholders.
• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and capacity building.

Required Experience

A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care. Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.

Qualifications

A university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.

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