Overview
Support the implementation and field-level follow up of UNICEF’s nutrition program in the Papua region, contributing to programme planning, implementation, monitoring, and coordination.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the implementation and field-level follow up of UNICEF’s nutrition program in the Papua region including the four nutrition programme pillars: children under-five and women’s nutrition (including maternal, infant and young child nutrition/MIYCN), school-age and adolescent nutrition, food systems, nutrition and climate change, and the integrated management of acute malnutrition (IMAM).
- Contribute to programme planning, implementation, monitoring and coordination by assisting in organizing consultations and meetings with government counterparts and partners, participating in monitoring activities, and conducting regular field visits and assessments at health facilities, schools, communities, and other programme sites to track programme progress and provide technical support. They will help identify implementation bottlenecks, risks, and operational challenges, and contribute to practical solutions and timely follow-up.
- Provide hands-on technical and operational support to provincial and district government counterparts, civil society organizations, and other stakeholders throughout all stages of the programming process, ensuring compliance with UNICEF procedures and systems. This includes executing programme transactions, preparing documentation and materials, and supporting programme planning, results-based management (RBM), and monitoring and evaluation.
- Support evidence generation and development of strategies and results-based plans through analysis of the nutrition situation in Papua provinces, and contribute to advocacy, knowledge management, and documentation of programme results to strengthen the delivery of UNICEF nutrition interventions in priority areas.
- Support any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.
Required Experience
- At least 3 years of professional work experience at the national level in nutrition programmes.
- Experience working in Papua is an asset, as is experience working in the UN or other international development organizations.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health sciences, nutrition research, policy and/or management, or another related field.
- A master’s degree in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health sciences, nutrition research, policy and/or management, or another related field is desirable.
