UNICEF Jobs November 2024

UNICEF Jobs November 2024

Organization: UNICEF

Position: Nutrition Officer

Key Functions/accountabilities

• Support to programme development and planning.
• Conduct and update the situation analysis for the programme sector(s) for the development, design and management of nutrition related programmes/projects. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, nutrition, health) for higher management use to enhance programme management, efficiency and delivery of results.
• Contribute to the development and establishment of sectoral programme goals, objectives, strategies, and results-based planning, through analysis of nutrition needs and areas for intervention; and submission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Work closely and collaboratively with colleagues and partners to discuss operational and implementation issues. Provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision-making. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
• Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, programme reviews and annual reviews with the government and other counterparts to assess programmes/projects and to report on required action and interventions at the higher level of programme management.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation
• Conduct regular programme field visits and surveys, and exchange information with partners and stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support. Take appropriate action to resolve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.
• Networking and partnership building
• Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with nutrition sector government counterparts and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate programme implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve programme goals on maternal and child rights as well as social justice and equity.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building
• Identify, capture, synthesize, and share lessons learned for knowledge development and to build the capacity of stakeholders.
• Apply innovative approaches and promote good practices to support the implementation and delivery of concrete and sustainable programme results.

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

• A university degree (Bachelor’s) 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.
• 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.
• Fluency in English is required.

Location: Islamabad Apply

Position: Research & Evaluation Specialist

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

• An advanced university degree in social sciences, economics, statistics, or in research methods is required.
• A minimum of 5 years of professional experience in the Evaluation & Research of programmes and socio economic and other related issues at the international level some of which preferably were served in a developing country is required.
• Fluency in English is required.

Desirable

• Relevant experience in programme/project development Evaluation & Research in a UN system agency or organization is an asset. Experience with leading data collection, evaluation or research efforts as a team leader or principal investigator is desirable.
• Developing country work experience and/or familiarity with emergency is considered an asset.
• Knowledge of a local language is an asset.

Location: Islamabad Apply

UNICEF Jobs November 2024