RE-advertisement: Chief Nutrition, P-5, Fixed Term Appointment, New Delhi, South Asia Region (SAR), Post Number, 8847, (The vacancy is open for Non-Indian Nationals only)

UNICEF works in a few of the world’s hardest locations, to achieve the world’s most deprived kids. 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 little one, in all places, each day, to construct a greater world for everybody.

And we by no means quit.

For Each Little one, AN ADVOCATE…

The basic mission of UNICEF is to advertise the rights of each little one, in all places, in the whole lot the group does in packages, advocacy, and in operations. The fairness technique, emphasizing essentially the most deprived and excluded kids and households, interprets this dedication to kids’s rights into motion. For UNICEF, fairness signifies that all kids have a chance to outlive, develop and attain their full potential with out discrimination, bias, or favoritism. That is why the deal with fairness is so important. It accelerates progress in the direction of realizing the human rights of all kids, 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.

UNICEF India is searching for Chief Diet to spearhead its vitamin 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 group based mostly in New Delhi and coordinating with the Diet Community working throughout 13 Subject places of work.

For extra particulars, please click on  Chief Nutrition.pdf

How will you make a distinction?

Below the supervision of Deputy Consultant, Programmes, the incumbent can be liable for following tasks and duties:

Managerial management

• Set up the part’s annual work plan with the vitamin group and community, and set priorities and targets. Monitor work progress and guarantee outcomes are achieved in accordance with schedule and efficiency requirements.
• Set up clear particular person efficiency goals, objectives and timelines; and supply well timed steerage to allow the group to carry out their duties responsibly and effectively. Plan and guarantee well timed efficiency administration and evaluation {and professional} and profession progress and growth of the group and group members.
• Supervise group members by offering them with clear goals, objectives, course, and steerage to allow them to carry out their duties responsibly, successfully and effectively.
• Promote and assist a group of vitamin group members in Delhi and subject places of work working supportive and collaborative with one another and with colleagues in different sections.

 Programme growth and planning

• Lead and assist the planning and updating of the scenario evaluation to make sure complete and present information on maternal and little one vitamin is accessible to information coverage growth and design and administration of vitamin programmes and tasks.
• Preserve abreast of growth tendencies to boost programme administration, effectivity and supply to realize sustainable, efficient and equitable protection of maternal, new child and little one well being and vitamin programme outcomes.
• Lead, coordinate and supervise the formulation and design of vitamin programme/undertaking suggestions and associated documentations as a part of the Nation Programme, establishing clear programme objectives, goals, methods and outcomes based mostly on results-based planning terminology and methodology (RBM).
• Oversee the well timed preparation of vitamin programme suggestion to make sure the alignment of vitamin 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 assist on programme planning, administration and implementation, and to make sure integration, coherence and harmonization of programmes/tasks with UNICEF Strategic Plans, donors’ growth methods, insurance policies, nation degree nationwide priorities and competencies, and UN system growth interventions and initiatives.
• Lead shut collaboration, partnerships and joint initiatives with different sections and companions to make sure a multisectoral, convergent vitamin response.

Programme administration, monitoring and high quality management of outcomes

• Coordinate, plan and/or collaborate with inside and exterior companions to ascertain 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 vitamin programmes.
•  Take part in monitoring and analysis workouts, 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 realize outcomes.
•  Assess monitoring and analysis reviews to determine gaps, strengths and/or weaknesses in programme administration.
• Establish classes realized and use data gained for growth planning and well timed intervention to realize objectives.
•  Monitor programmes and tasks to evaluate progress, determine bottlenecks and potential issues; and take well timed selections to resolve points and/or seek advice from related officers for well timed decision.
•  Plan, approve, monitor and management the usage of programme assets (monetary, administrative and different belongings) confirming compliance with organizational guidelines, rules, procedures, requirements of accountability and integrity, donor commitments. Guarantee well timed reporting and liquidation of assets.
• Submit Programme/undertaking reviews to donors and different companions to maintain them knowledgeable on Programme progress and demanding points.

 Advisory companies and technical assist

•  Advise key authorities officers, NGO companions, UN system companions and different nation workplace companions on insurance policies, methods, finest practices and approaches on vitamin and associated points to assist Programme growth 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/vitamin interventions, particularly within the areas of gender, emergency preparedness and maternal/new child/little one well being and vitamin.
•  Put together coverage papers, briefs and different strategic Programme supplies for administration use, info and/or consideration.
•  Take part in emergency preparedness initiatives Programme growth and contingency planning and/or to reply to emergencies in nation or the place designated.

Advocacy, networking and partnership constructing

•  Construct and strengthen strategic partnerships with vitamin/well being sector authorities counterparts, nationwide stakeholders, world companions, allies, donors, and academia, by lively networking, advocacy and efficient communication. Construct capability, alternate data and experience, and/or promote cooperation and alliances to realize programme objectives on maternal and little one rights in addition to social justice and fairness.
• Lead the event of  communication and knowledge methods and supplies to spotlight programme objectives, achievements and/or wants to advertise consciousness, set up partnerships/alliances and assist fund elevating for vitamin programmes (maternal, toddler and little one survival and growth).
• Take part and/or symbolize 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 growth planning and agenda setting. Collaborate with inter-agency companions/colleagues on UNSDCF planning and preparation of vitamin programmes/tasks.

 Innovation, data administration and capability constructing

• Promote vital considering, revolutionary approaches and good practices for sustainable vitamin programme/undertaking initiatives by advocacy and technical advisory companies.
• Preserve abreast, analysis, benchmark, and implement finest and leading edge practices in well being administration and knowledge programs. Institutionalize and share finest practices and data realized.
• Lead the event of insurance policies and procedures and introduce innovation and finest practices to make sure optimum effectivity and efficacy of sustainable programmes and tasks.
• Lead, plan and/or implement capability constructing initiatives to boost the competencies of purchasers and stakeholders to advertise sustainable outcomes on well being/vitamin associated programmes/tasks

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

Training: 

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

Expertise: 

• A minimal of ten years {of professional} expertise in a growing nation in a number of of the next areas is required: vitamin, public well being, vitamin planning and administration, or maternal, toddler and little one well being/vitamin care.
• Expertise main and managing medium groups of execs is required.
• Expertise is required in growing, and convening strategic partnerships with growth companions, academia, personal sectors and others and leveraging their capacities and assets for outcomes on little one and maternal vitamin.
• Expertise in well being/vitamin programme/undertaking growth 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 a neighborhood 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 the whole lot we do and the way we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Constitution: UNICEF Values

  UNICEF competencies required for this submit are…

  • Builds and maintains partnerships (II)
  • Demonstrates self-awareness and moral consciousness (II)
  • Drive to realize outcomes for impression (II)
  • Innovates and embraces modifications (II)
  • Manages ambiguity and complexity (II)
  • Thinks and acts strategically (II)
  • Works collaboratively with others (II)
  • Nurtures leads, and manages folks (II)

  To view our competency framework, please go to here.

  Remarks:  

  • This place is predicated in New Delhi (India).
  • The emptiness is open for Non-Indian Nationals solely.
  • That is re-advertisement. Candidates who’ve already utilized are into account and should not re-apply.
  • The chosen candidates may have an preliminary two (2) yr fixed-term contract, with the opportunity of extension topic to passable efficiency.
  • UNICEF’s lively dedication in the direction of a extra various workforce and fostering an inclusive work atmosphere is vital to delivering the perfect outcomes for kids.
  • All candidates assembly the important necessities for this place, no matter intercourse, gender id, sexual orientation, age, faith, caste, HIV standing, race, nationwide origin or incapacity standing, are invited to use.
  • Ladies, trans*, gender non-conforming and intersex individuals are strongly inspired to use for this place. 
  • In case you require any affordable lodging to assist your participation within the recruitment and choice course of, please point out this in your software.
  • Versatile working preparations, paid parental depart and different family-friendly insurance policies assist UNICEF employees to meet skilled and private commitments.
  • To be taught extra, take a look at our Fairness, Range and Inclusion web site https://www.unicef.org/careers/equity-inclusion-and-diversity-unicef
  • Mobility is a situation of worldwide skilled employment with UNICEF and an underlying premise of the worldwide civil service.
  • Issuance of a visa by the host nation of the responsibility station, which can be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. 
  • UNICEF reserves the precise to withdraw a suggestion of appointment, with out compensation, if a visa or medical clearance isn’t obtained, or obligatory inoculation necessities usually are not met, inside an inexpensive interval for any purpose.
  • UNICEF solely considers increased academic {qualifications} obtained from an establishment accredited / acknowledged within the World Greater Training Database (WHED), an inventory up to date by the Worldwide Affiliation of Universities (IAU) / United Nations Academic, Scientific and Cultural Group (UNESCO). The listing will be accessed at http://www.whed.net/.
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  • All chosen candidates will endure rigorous reference and background checks and can be anticipated to stick to those requirements and rules. Background checks will embrace the verification of educational credential(s) and employment historical past. Chosen candidates could also be required to offer further info to conduct a background verify.
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