Nutrition Specialist (Programme

The post will coordinate the nutrition cluster work to ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, and adequate response by all cluster members. The Health & Nutrition Specialist Programme / cluster is accountable for the effective running of the nutrition cluster operations in northwest Syria. The Health & Nutrition Specialist Programme / cluster will provide leadership and representation of the Cluster/ Working Group at the central and sub-national levels. They will facilitate the processes that will ensure a well-coordinated, strategic, adequate, coherent, and effective response by participants in the sub-national Cluster/ Working Group that is accountable to those who are affected by the emergency. In their effort to provide an efficient and effective response to the humanitarian crisis, the Health & Nutrition Specialist Programme/cluster is responsible for building relationships with stakeholders, securing the overall coordination of sectoral responses, ensuring inter-sectoral collaboration at the sub-national level, and ensuring adequate coordination with the national level. The Health & Nutrition Specialist Programme/cluster will coordinate all the nutrition technical working groups and work closely with the information management officer to ensure all data for the cluster members are updated.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

The following minimum requirements:

• Education: Advanced university degree in Public Health and Nutrition, Child Development, Water Sanitation, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines.
• Work Experience: Five years of professional work experience at the national and international levels in planning, programming, implementation monitoring, and evaluation of technical cooperation programmes related to Health and Nutrition.
• Professional work experience in a managerial position, or a technical expert position in child survival & development, health, and nutrition care.
• Developing country work experience (for IP) or field work experience (for NO)
• Background/familiarity with Emergency.

Language Requirements:

• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.

Source: https://jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/572278