Nutrition Officer, NO-1, Caracas, Venezuela #127263, Temp. Appointment (12 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 nations and territories, we work for each baby, in all places, day-after-day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For each baby, vitamin

The elemental mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each baby, in all places, in every thing the group does — in applications, in advocacy and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing probably the most deprived and excluded youngsters and households, interprets this dedication to youngsters’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness implies that all youngsters have a possibility to outlive, develop and attain their full potential, with out discrimination, bias or favoritism. To the diploma that any baby has an unequal probability in life — in its social, political, financial, civic and cultural dimensions — her or his rights are violated. There’s rising proof that investing within the well being, training and safety of a society’s most deprived residents — addressing inequity — not solely will give all youngsters the chance to meet their potential but additionally will result in sustained progress and stability of nations. For this reason the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in 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 Little one, whereas additionally supporting the equitable growth of countries.

How are you going to make a distinction?

1. Assist to programme growth and planning

• Analysis and analyze regional and nationwide political, dietary, social and financial growth traits. Accumulate, analyze, confirm, and synthesize data to facilitate programme growth, design and preparation.
• Put together technical stories and inputs for programme preparation and documentation, guaranteeing accuracy, timeliness and relevancy of data.
• Facilitate the event and institution of sectoral programme objectives, targets, methods, and results-based planning, by means of evaluation of vitamin wants and areas for intervention, in addition to submission of assessments for precedence and purpose setting.
• Present technical and administrative help all through all phases of programming processes by executing and administering quite a lot of technical programme transactions, making ready supplies and documentations, and complying with organizational processes and administration programs, to help programme planning, outcomes primarily based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating of outcomes.
• Put together required documentations and supplies to facilitate the programme evaluation and approval course of.

2. Programme administration, monitoring and supply of outcomes.

• Work carefully and collaboratively with colleagues and companions to gather, analyze and share data on implementation points. Counsel options on routine programme implementation and submit stories to alert applicable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or choices. Maintain data of stories and assessments for simple reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes discovered.
• Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme evaluations and annual sectoral evaluations with the federal government and different counterparts, and put together minutes and stories on outcomes for comply with up motion by larger administration and different stakeholders.
• Monitor and report on the usage of sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different property), verifying compliance with authorised allocation, objectives, organizational guidelines, rules, procedures, donor commitments, requirements of accountability, and integrity. Report on points recognized to make sure well timed decision by administration and stakeholders. Observe up on unresolved points to make sure decision.
• Put together inputs for sectoral programme and donor reporting.

3. Technical and operational help to programme implementation

• Undertake discipline visits and surveys, and trade data with companions and stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help. Take applicable motion to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for decision. Report on important points, bottlenecks and potential issues for well timed motion to realize outcomes.

• Present technical and operational help to authorities counterparts, NGO companions, UN system companions, and different nation workplace companions and donors on the appliance and understanding of UNICEF insurance policies, methods, processes, and finest practices on vitamin associated points to help programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes. 

4. Networking and partnership constructing

• Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with vitamin sector authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by means of lively sharing of data and information to boost programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to ship concrete and sustainable outcomes.
• Draft communication and knowledge supplies for CO programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances and help fund elevating for vitamin programmes.
• Take part in applicable inter-agency (UNCT) conferences and occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNDAF operational planning and preparation of vitamin programmes/initiatives; and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with the UNDAF growth and planning course of.
• Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership growth functions.

5. Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

• Determine, seize, synthesize, and share classes discovered for information growth and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply progressive approaches and promote good practices to help the implementation and supply of concrete and sustainable programme outcomes.
• Analysis, benchmark and report on finest and leading edge practices for growth planning of information merchandise and programs.
• Take part as a useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of shoppers and stakeholders.

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

• A college diploma in one of many following fields is required:  vitamin, public well being, dietary epidemiology, international/worldwide well being and vitamin, well being/vitamin analysis, coverage and/or administration, well being sciences, dietary epidemiology, or one other health-related science discipline.

• A minimal of 1 12 months {of professional} expertise in a creating nation in a number of of the next areas is required: vitamin, public well being, vitamin planning and administration, or maternal, toddler and baby well being/vitamin care.

• Expertise in well being/vitamin programme/undertaking growth in a UN system company or group is an asset. 

• Growing nation work expertise and/or familiarity with emergency is taken into account an asset.

• Fluency in Spanish and Intermediate English is required. Information of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian) or an area language is an asset.

For each Little one, you reveal…

UNICEF’s Core Values of Care, Respect, Integrity, Belief and Accountability and Sustainability (CRITAS) underpin every thing we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

 

UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for impression (4) Innovates and embraces change (5) Manages ambiguity and complexity (6) Thinks and acts strategically (7) Works collaboratively with others.

Throughout the recruitment course of, we take a look at candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its totally different ranges: competency framework here.

 

We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental go away, breastfeeding breaks and affordable lodging for individuals with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the usage of versatile working preparations.

UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and targets of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF additionally adheres to strict baby safeguarding rules. All chosen candidates will likely be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules and can subsequently bear 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.

Solely shortlisted candidates will likely be contacted and advance to the subsequent stage of the choice course of.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the obligation station, which will likely be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments might also be topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with in opposition to SARS-CoV-2 (COVID). Authorities workers which might be thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an task with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the appropriate to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is just not obtained, or vital inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.