Nutrition Coordinator Consultant, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 11.5 months

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to succeed in the world’s most deprived youngsters. To save lots of their lives. To defend their rights. To assist them fulfill their potential. 

Throughout 190 international locations and territories, we work for each youngster, in every single place, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody. 

And we by no means quit. 

For each youngster, Vitamin

With over 850 indigenous languages and one of the crucial ethnically various populations, widespread poverty, and gender inequality make it laborious for a lot of youngsters to understand their rights. In Papua New Guinea, UNICEF’s works successfully each ‘upstream’ (with governments) and ‘downstream’ (on the grassroots degree) to hold out its mission via a programme of cooperation collectively developed with the federal government guides our work within the nation.

How are you going to make a distinction? 

In PNG, virtually half of the under-five youngsters are stunted in accordance with the Well being Earnings and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2009/2010. PNG has the best charges of all dimensions of kid malnutrition within the area and is off-track on all the worldwide vitamin targets. The stunting charge rises rapidly from 6 months onwards to 2 years and stays steady till 59 months. Stunting in early years can forestall youngsters from reaching their full growth potential via its impacts on bodily and psychological growth of kids, which can lead to poor achievement in school, decreased productiveness, and lack of earnings in grownup life. Stunting might be prevented with vitamin particular interventions and multisectoral actions in vitamin delicate interventions through the first 1,000 days of life when toddler and youngster progress, bodily and mind growth, are at their peak. It’s with this background that UNICEF, is looking for to rent a professional Vitamin coordinator to assist coordination, implementation and monitoring of the implementation of the CNSP. The Vitamin Coordinator will probably be based mostly at NDOH- PMU and can work intently with the vitamin Part and companions to assist coordination of CNSP companions, capability constructing of NDOH, PHA and CHO employees, monitoring and supervision of the CNSP implementation, high quality assurance checks on the implementation of the CNSP.

Working below the direct supervision of the Vitamin Specialist and in collaboration with the technical advisor – Vitamin at NDOH, the marketing consultant will.

1. Help coordination of the implementation of element one of many CNSP.
2. ii) Present technical assist within the monitoring and analysis of element one of many CNSP.
3.  iii) Help emergency preparedness and response actions as and each time required and be certain that the venture meets Accountability to Affected Populations (AAP) necessities.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each youngster you should have… 

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required: vitamin, public well being, dietary epidemiology, well being sciences, dietary epidemiology, or one other health-related science area

     – NB. For NSO supporting program monitoring: Data know-how, statistics or different associated area.

Data/Experience/Expertise required:

  a. Needed expertise.

 – Minimal 2 years of related work expertise in vitamin, evaluation, and knowledge administration.

 – Expertise with data programs, statistical evaluation together with the usage of related software program.

b. Language abilities. Fluency required in English and TokPisin.

 c. Different needed/fascinating abilities/{qualifications}. – Sturdy verbal and written communication abilities

 – Willingness to journey and work in area environments.

 d. Different necessities.

 – Candidate have to be a nationwide of PNG.

 – candidates should submit a canopy letter along with their CV

 – Candidate should embrace within the cowl letter anticipated month-to-month consultancy charge (state quantity in PGK please)

 

For each Little one, you show… 

For each Little one, you show… our core values of Dedication, Respect, Integrity, Belief, Accountability and Sustainability. 

This place is a short-term task and doesn’t give rise to a long-term everlasting publish with the group.

Candidates are required to incorporate of their functions a monetary proposal which features a lumpsum quantity for consultancy charges, native transportation and different miscellaneous prices. Breakdown or particulars of the charge will probably be a lot appreciated.

People engaged below a consultancy or particular person contract is not going to be thought of “employees members” below the Employees Laws and Guidelines of the United Nations and UNICEF’s insurance policies and procedures and won’t be entitled to advantages supplied therein (comparable to go away entitlements and medical insurance coverage protection). Their circumstances of service will probably be ruled by their contract and the Common Situations of Contracts for the Providers of Consultants and Particular person Contractors. Consultants and particular person contractors are answerable for figuring out their tax liabilities and for the cost of any taxes and/or duties, in accordance with native or different relevant legal guidelines.

UNICEF is dedicated to range and inclusion inside its workforce, and encourages all candidates, regardless of gender, nationality, non secular and ethnic backgrounds, together with individuals dwelling with disabilities, to use.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and aims of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination.

UNICEF additionally adheres to strict youngster safeguarding ideas. All chosen candidates will probably be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas and can due to this fact endure rigorous reference and background checks. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply extra data to conduct a background test.

UNICEF doesn’t cost a charge at any stage of the recruitment course of (utility, interview assembly, processing, or orientation). 

Solely shortlisted candidates will probably be contacted and advance to the following stage of the choice course of.