UNICEF

Position: Nutrition Manager (Community-Based Nutrition & Micronutrients)

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Contract

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Posted date: 1 week ago

Application Deadline: Jan, 4/2022 (8 days left)

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Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.

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For every child, a healthy future

In 2008, Ethiopia developed the first National Nutrition Programme and since then nutrition landscape continues to improve in Ethiopia, attracting greater degrees of political commitment. The Sequoia Declaration (made in July 2015) is an exemplary embodiment of the Government of Ethiopia's high-level and multi-sectoral engagement which recognizes nutrition as a cornerstone of human and economic development. Following that, the Government of Ethiopia launched the second phase of the National Nutrition Programme (NNP Il) addressing the multi-sectoral and multidimensional deprivation of malnutrition in Ethiopia, with a stronger focus on a life cycle approach and nutrition-sensitive interventions. Since 2008, the Government of Ethiopia has scaled up several large-scale nutrition programs; the community-based nutrition program for growth monitoring and promotion, the community management of acute malnutrition, the extended outreach program, and child health days for the supplementation of vitamin A and deworming.

There is a need now to move away from the vertical delivery of nutrition interventions to a more comprehensive and integrated delivery of nutrition services at the facility and community level, with better linkages to nutrition-sensitive interventions and humanitarian responses. To this effect, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) has launched the Comprehensive, integrated Nutrition services (CINuS) to improve the nutritional status of adolescents, PLW, and children with the provision of a comprehensive, integrated, and inter-linked package of nutrition services at every delivery platforms.

How can you make a difference?

Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Nutrition (P5), the Nutrition Manager is accountable for:

1. Design, implementation, management, and oversight of the Community Based Nutrition and Micro Nutrients (Salt iodization, Vitamin A supplementation, Food fortification, Iron folate) program as part of the revised National Nutrition Programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of the project management, delivery, and accomplishment of program goals and objectives.
2. High-level engagement with government, NGO, and donor counterparts for the scaling up of the revised National Nutrition Programme to all districts, and ensuring quality program coverage and service delivery for vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.
3. Donor fund management of a complex and visible portfolio directly related to Community-Based Nutrition / Micronutrient, achievement, and timely reporting of expected results. Fundraising and proposal development to ensure continuity of multi-year funding for NNP program scale-up and sustainability.
4. Ensuring nutrition-sensitive and specific multi-sectoral linkages and results with other sectors such as agriculture, water, and education, as per the National Nutrition Programme. Inclusion of indicators and activities in key sectoral partner work plans.
5. Appropriate management of four senior-level national staff direct reports. Provides technical guidance for program implementation in nine field offices and ensures high-quality delivery of demonstrative results.
6. Ensuring that all aspects of the Nutrition program promote gender equality, and for collaborating to mainstream key features across all related sectors of the country program. 
7. Act as Officer In Charge (OIC) when the Nutrition Section Chief is not available

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

• An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field
• A minimum of eight years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning, and management, or maternal, infant, and child health/nutrition care
• Experience in health/nutrition program/project development and management in a UN system agency or organization is an asset
• Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language or local language of the duty station is considered an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate…

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