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The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
The humanitarian situation in South Sudan continues to worsen as humanitarian needs continue to rise, driven by compounding effects of years of conflict, sub-national violence, food insecurity, climate crisis, and public health challenges. Conflict and insecurity, fuelled by inter-communal violence, and now the ongoing Sudan conflict, continue to drive up humanitarian needs in the country. This is further complicated by the reducing funding situation impacting humanitarian work in South Sudan and the region.
An estimated 1.65 million children between 6-59 months are expected to suffer acute malnutrition in 2024, including 480,000 million children expected to suffer Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) and 1.16 million expected to suffer Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM). Approximately 870,000 pregnant or breastfeeding women are expected to suffer acute malnutrition in this period. About 72 percent of the acute malnutrition burden is concentrated in the five states of Jonglei, Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Upper Nile, Unity and Warrap.
The recent Sudan war has further exacerbated the situation with almost half a million people crossing the border into South Sudan needing emergency assistance.
In South Sudan, WFP plays a leading role in defining nutrition responses for treating and preventing Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM), in collaboration with the nutrition and food security clusters and other key agencies that contribute to better nutrition prevention and treatment programmes. As the lead United Nations agency responsible for addressing and preventing moderate acute malnutrition, WFP continues to shift focus from direct implementation to partnering closely with the government in strengthening the country’s capacity to develop strategies and implement programmes while scaling up high-quality nutrition interventions.
Under the supervision of the Head of Human Capital Development (HCD), and in close coordination with the Deputy Head of Nutrition (DHoN), the Treatment Coordinator will support the Human Capital Development Unit in providing operational support to WFP’s Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) activities across the country. The consultant will work with the team to lead improvements in programming quality MAM implementation, ensure guidance and standards for CMAM activities are upheld and serve as the WFP CMAM focal point to the nutrition stakeholder community in South Sudan.
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Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Knowledge of Nutrients | Has strong understanding of key nutrients requirements, food sources, food science and food technology related to vitamins and minerals to present evidence on nutrition effectively to WFP staff and partners. |
Situation Analysis and Evidence Assessment | Leverages new evidence and applies that to provide technical advice, identify and prioritise country nutrition gaps, design programmes and train staff and partners on the new evidence. |
Knowledge of Public Health | Ability to analyze data to determine overall health status, determining factors relating to nutrition, and possible areas of intervention for health and nutrition. |
Knowledge of Food System | Expert knowledge of emerging trends and developments in food systems and value chain transformations, as well as innovative programming, policies and interventions achieving good nutrition-promoting food systems. |
Applying Programme & Policy Standards | Leverages nutrition knowledge to provide technical advice to governments to design and implement country nutrition programmes that follow international and WFP agency standards and guidance. |
28th Jan 2024
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No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.
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