Overview
The Chief, Nutrition is responsible for managing and supervising all stages of the nutrition programme, from strategic planning and formulation to delivery of results, and for leading and managing the Nutrition team.
Key Responsibilities
- Managerial leadership
- Programme development and planning
- Programme management, monitoring and quality control of results
- Advisory services and technical support
- Advocacy, networking and partnership building
- Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
Required Experience
- A minimum of ten 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 policy development, project management, strategic planning, technical expertise.
- Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization.
- Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.
Qualifications
An advanced 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.
