Chief Nutrition

United Nations Children's Fund

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The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, all over the place, in every part the group does in packages, advocacy, and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all youngsters have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential with out discrimination, bias, or favoritism. That is why the concentrate on fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all youngsters, which is the common mandate of UNICEF, as outlined by the Conference on the Rights of the Baby, whereas additionally supporting the equitable improvement of countries.
UNICEF India is on the lookout for Chief Diet to spearhead its diet program, overseeing all points from strategic planning and formulation to the supply of measurable outcomes. The chosen candidate will take cost of main and managing the Diet workforce primarily based in New Delhi and coordinating with the Diet Community working throughout 13 Area places of work.
Underneath the supervision of Deputy Consultant, Programmes, the incumbent shall be liable for following obligations and duties:
Managerial management:
  • Set up the part’s annual work plan with the diet workforce and community, and set priorities and targets. Monitor work progress and guarantee outcomes are achieved in response to schedule and efficiency requirements.
  • Set up clear particular person efficiency goals, objectives and timelines; and supply well timed steering to allow the workforce to carry out their duties responsibly and effectively. Plan and guarantee well timed efficiency administration and evaluation {and professional} and profession development and improvement of the workforce and workforce members.
  • Supervise workforce members by offering them with clear goals, objectives, route, and steering to allow them to carry out their duties responsibly, successfully and effectively.
  • Promote and help a workforce of diet workforce members in Delhi and area places of work working supportive and collaborative with one another and with colleagues in different sections.
 Programme improvement and planning:
  • Lead and help the planning and updating of the scenario evaluation to make sure complete and present information on maternal and baby diet is out there to information coverage improvement and design and administration of diet programmes and initiatives.
  • Maintain abreast of improvement developments to boost programme administration, effectivity and supply to attain sustainable, efficient and equitable protection of maternal, new child and baby well being and diet programme outcomes.
  • Lead, coordinate and supervise the formulation and design of diet programme/mission suggestions and associated documentations as a part of the Nation Programme, establishing clear programme objectives, goals, methods and outcomes primarily based on results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
  • Oversee the well timed preparation of diet programme suggestion to make sure the alignment of diet programmes with the general UNICEF Strategic Plan, Nation Programme, and coherence and integration with the UN Improvement Help Framework (UNDAF), regional methods, and nationwide priorities, plans and competencies.
  • Seek the advice of and collaborate with colleagues and exterior companions to offer technical and operational help on programme planning, administration and implementation, and to make sure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/initiatives with UNICEF Strategic Plans, donors’ improvement methods, insurance policies, nation degree nationwide priorities and competencies, and UN system improvement interventions and initiatives.
  • Lead shut collaboration, partnerships and joint initiatives with different sections and companions to make sure a multisectoral, convergent diet response.
Programme administration, monitoring and high quality management of outcomes:
  • Coordinate, plan and/or collaborate with inner and exterior companions to determine monitoring benchmarks, efficiency indicators and different UNICEF/UN system indicators and measurements to evaluate and strengthen efficiency accountability, coherence and supply of concrete and sustainable leads to diet programmes.
  •  Take part in monitoring and analysis workout routines, programme opinions and annual well being opinions with the federal government and different counterparts to evaluate progress and to find out required motion/interventions to attain outcomes.
  •  Assess monitoring and analysis studies to establish gaps, strengths and/or weaknesses in programme administration.
  • Establish classes discovered and use information gained for improvement planning and well timed intervention to attain objectives.
  •  Monitor programmes and initiatives to evaluate progress, establish bottlenecks and potential issues; and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or consult with related officers for well timed decision.
  •  Plan, approve, monitor and management using programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings) confirming compliance with organizational guidelines, laws, procedures, requirements of accountability and integrity, donor commitments. Guarantee well timed reporting and liquidation of assets.
  • Programme/mission studies to donors and different companions to maintain them knowledgeable on Programme progress and demanding points.
Advisory companies and technical help:
  •  Advise key authorities officers, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions on insurance policies, methods, greatest practices and approaches on diet and associated points to help Programme improvement planning, administration, implementation and supply of outcomes.
  • Take part in strategic programme discussions and planning to offer technical recommendation, contribute to coverage discussions and agendas, and promote well being/diet interventions, particularly within the areas of gender, emergency preparedness and maternal/new child/baby well being and diet.
  •  Put together coverage papers, briefs and different strategic Programme supplies for administration use, data and/or consideration.
  •  Take part in emergency preparedness initiatives Programme improvement and contingency planning and/or to answer emergencies in nation or the place designated.
Advocacy, networking and partnership constructing:
  •  Construct and strengthen strategic partnerships with diet/well being sector authorities counterparts, nationwide stakeholders, international companions, allies, donors, and academia, via lively networking, advocacy and efficient communication. Construct capability, trade information and experience, and/or promote cooperation and alliances to attain programme objectives on maternal and baby rights in addition to social justice and fairness.
  • Lead the event of  communication and data methods and supplies to spotlight programme objectives, achievements and/or wants to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances and help fund elevating for diet programmes (maternal, toddler and baby survival and improvement).
  • Take part and/or characterize UNICEF in acceptable inter-agency (UNCT) discussions and planning on nutrition-related points to make sure organizational place, pursuits and priorities are totally thought-about and built-in within the UNSDC course of in improvement planning and agenda setting. Collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDCF planning and preparation of diet programmes/initiatives.
Innovation, information administration and capability constructing:
  • Promote crucial considering, modern approaches and good practices for sustainable diet programme/mission initiatives via advocacy and technical advisory companies.
  • Maintain abreast, analysis, benchmark, and implement greatest and leading edge practices in well being administration and data methods. Institutionalize and share greatest practices and information discovered.
  • Lead the event of insurance policies and procedures and introduce innovation and greatest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and initiatives.
  • Lead, plan and/or implement capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of purchasers and stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on well being/diet associated programmes/initiatives
To qualify as an advocate for each baby, you should have…
Schooling: 
  • A sophisticated college diploma in one of many following fields is required:  diet, public well being, dietary epidemiology, international/worldwide well being and diet, well being/diet analysis, coverage and/or administration, well being sciences, dietary epidemiology, or one other health-related science area.
Expertise: 
  • A minimal of ten years {of professional} expertise in a growing nation in a number of of the next areas is required: diet, public well being, diet planning and administration, or maternal, toddler and baby well being/diet care.
  • Expertise main and managing medium groups of pros is required.
  • Expertise is required in growing, and convening strategic partnerships with improvement companions, academia, personal sectors and others and leveraging their capacities and assets for outcomes on baby and maternal diet.
  • Expertise in well being/diet programme/mission improvement and administration in a UN system company or group is an asset.
Language Necessities:
  • Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or an area language is an asset.

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