Nutrition Officer, (NO-1), Colombo, Sri Lanka #126196 (Sri Lankan nationals only)

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

Throughout 190 nations and territories, we work for each little one, all over the place, daily, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means hand over.

For each little one, Vitamin

How will you make a distinction?

The Vitamin Officer gives skilled technical, operational and administrative help all through the programming course of for the diet programmes and tasks. The incumbent applies theoretical and technical abilities in researching, amassing, analyzing, and presenting technical programme data to help the event and formulation of the Vitamin Programme throughout the Nation Programme, whereas studying organizational guidelines, laws and procedures.

Abstract of key features/accountabilities:

 

1. Help to programme improvement and planning

 

• Analysis and analyze regional and nationwide political, dietary, social and financial improvement traits. Accumulate, analyze, confirm, and synthesize data to facilitate programme improvement, 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 targets, goals, methods, and results-based planning, by means of evaluation of diet wants and areas for intervention, in addition to submission of assessments for precedence and aim 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 methods, 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 assessment 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 acceptable officers and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or choices. Preserve information of stories and assessments for simple reference and/or to seize and institutionalize classes realized.

 

• Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, programme opinions and annual sectoral opinions with the federal government and different counterparts, and put together minutes and stories on outcomes for observe up motion by increased administration and different stakeholders.

 

• Monitor and report on using sectoral programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings), verifying compliance with accepted allocation, targets, organizational guidelines, laws, 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 subject visits and surveys, and change data with companions and stakeholders to evaluate progress and supply technical help. Take acceptable motion to resolve points and/or check with related officers for decision. Report on essential 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 diet associated points to help programme implementation, operations and supply of outcomes

 

4.     Networking and partnership constructing

 

• Construct and maintain efficient shut working partnerships with diet sector authorities counterparts and nationwide stakeholders by means of energetic sharing of data and information to reinforce programme implementation and construct capability of stakeholders to ship concrete and sustainable outcomes.

 

• Draft communication and data supplies for Nation Workplace programme advocacy to advertise consciousness, set up partnership/alliances and help fund elevating for diet programmes.

 

• Take part in acceptable inter-agency (UN Nation Staff) conferences and occasions on programming to collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDCF (UN Sustainability Growth Company Framework) operational planning and preparation of diet programmes/tasks; and to combine and harmonize UNICEF’s place and techniques with the UNSDCF improvement and planning course of.

 

• Analysis data on potential donors and put together useful resource mobilization supplies and briefs for fund elevating and partnership improvement functions.

 

5.     Innovation, information administration and capability constructing

 

• Determine, seize, synthesize, and share classes realized for information improvement and to construct the capability of stakeholders.
• Apply revolutionary 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 improvement planning of data merchandise and methods.
• Take part as a useful resource particular person in capability constructing initiatives to reinforce the competencies of purchasers and stakeholders.

 

To qualify as an advocate for each little one you’ll have…

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

 

• A minimal of 1 12 months (01) {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 little one well being/diet care.
• Expertise in well being/diet programme/mission improvement in a UN system company or group is an asset

 

• Fluency in English is required. Data of one other official UN language (Arabic, Chinese language, French, Russian or Spanish) or a neighborhood language is an asset.

 

For each Baby, you reveal…

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

 

UNICEF competencies required for this put up are…

(1) Builds and maintains partnerships (2) Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (3) Drive to realize outcomes for influence (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 check candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize your self with our competency framework and its completely different ranges: competency framework here.

 

UNICEF is right here to serve the world’s most deprived youngsters and our world workforce should mirror the range of these youngsters. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, regardless of their race/ethnicity, age, incapacity, gender id, sexual orientation, faith, nationality, socio-economic background, or every other private attribute.
We provide a wide range of benefits to our staff, together with paid parental depart, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages using versatile working preparations.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance coverage on conduct that’s incompatible with the goals and goals of the United Nations and UNICEF, together with sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is dedicated to advertise the safety and safeguarding of all youngsters. All chosen candidates will, due to this fact, endure rigorous reference and background checks, and might be anticipated to stick to those requirements and ideas. Background checks will embody the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to supply further data to conduct a background examine.

 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s energetic dedication in the direction of variety and inclusion is essential to ship the most effective outcomes for kids. For this place, eligible and appropriate female and male candidates are inspired to use.

UNICEF appointments are topic to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which might be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are additionally topic to inoculation (vaccination) necessities, together with towards SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Authorities workers which are thought-about for employment with UNICEF are usually required to resign from their authorities earlier than taking over an project with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the suitable to withdraw a proposal of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance will not be obtained, or crucial inoculation necessities aren’t met, inside an affordable interval for any cause.

Should you assume this place could be for you, please take the time to assessment our Nation Workplace Mutual Agreements earlier than you apply.

Should you consider you is usually a staff member that may uphold these daily, then we look ahead to receiving and reviewing your utility.

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