Nutrition Specialist (Food Technologist), P-3, Temporary Appointment (364 days), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia #00127119 (Open to non-Ethiopian Nationals only)

Job no: 568119
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Addis Ababa
Level: P-3
Location: Ethiopia
Categories: Nutrition

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.

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

And we never give up.

For every child, nutrition

Ethiopia is situated in the Horn of Africa and is the second most populous country on the continent with an estimated population of 115 million. It borders six African countries: Djibouti, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan, and covers 1,104,300 square kilometers. Approximately 85 percent of the population lives in rural areas. Ethiopia represents a melting pot of ancient cultures with Middle Eastern and African cultures evident in the religious, ethnic, and language composition of its people.

Over the past two years, children and their families across Ethiopia faced multiple and complex emergencies, such as the conflict in the northern Ethiopia and the drought, which resulted in millions of people in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. UNICEF has programmes in Child Protection, WASH, Health, Nutrition, Social Policy, and Education and serves over 15 million children in Ethiopia. Join UNICEF Ethiopia to contribute to improving the lives of children and women.

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How can you make a difference?

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Understand the gap in the existing production lines established; get an efficient design and machinery lists with equipment specifications for an Egg powder processing line.

• Coordinate engineering inputs to support the necessary modification and adaptation of existing equipment to produce egg powder at scale.

• Support the local food industry to undertake the dry runs and troubleshoot equipment to support adequate pasteurization, homogenization, cleaning, and functioning of the spray drier.

• Liaison with global equipment suppliers and assess proposals for optimizing the existing line and continuous technical support.

• Work with the identified suppliers, the local food industry, and the UNICEF Innovations as well as the Supply teams to ensure timely procurement, importation, and on-ground optimization of the production lines necessary for egg powder production and other local food solutions at scale.

• Provide technical support in developing a pipeline of potential local food solutions including papaya and avocado powders, designing and developing local nutritious bars, and small and medium-scale production of affordable, safe, and context-relevant nutritious foods. In coordination with the social behavior change team at UNICEF, support innovations at the community level to develop context-appropriate food products in small to medium-scale industries.

• Provide technical support to the community of practice for developing local food solutions/products aiming at improving maternal, child, and adolescent diets in Ethiopia – including the development of a nutrition bar, nutritious foods for complementary feeding, etc.

• Provide technical support to partners in establishing the capacity for value addition in food processing including large-scale food fortification for oil, wheat, and salt.

• Contribute to the roadmap and capacity development for the local production of nutrition commodities in Ethiopia, including Multiple Micronutrient Supplements, and Vitamin A.

• Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished.

How to Apply

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

• Education: An advanced university degree in one of the following fields is required: Food Technology, Food Sciences or another related field.

• Experience:

  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: food technology, food products research and development, and industrial-scale production of food products.

• Language Requirements:

  • Fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (French, Spanish, Arabic, or Russian) or the local language is an asset.

For every Child, you demonstrate...

UNICEF’s Core Values (CRITAS) underpin everything we do and how we do it. Get acquainted with Our Values Charter: UNICEF Values

• Care

• Respect

• Integrity

• Trust

• Accountability

• Sustainability 

UNICEF competencies required for this post are…

• Demonstrates Self Awareness and Ethical Awareness (1)

• Works Collaboratively with others (1)

• Builds and Maintains Partnerships (1)

• Innovates and Embraces Change (1)

• Thinks and Acts Strategically (1)

• Drive to achieve impactful results (1)

• Manages ambiguity and complexity (1)

During the recruitment process, we test candidates following the competency framework. Familiarize yourself with our competency framework and its different levels: competency framework here.

UNICEF is here to serve the world’s most disadvantaged children and our global workforce must reflect the diversity of those children. The UNICEF family is committed to include everyone, irrespective of their race/ethnicity, age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, nationality, socio-economic background, or any other personal characteristic.

We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including paid parental leave, breastfeeding breaks and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities. UNICEF strongly encourages the use of flexible working arrangements.
UNICEF has a zero-tolerance policy on conduct that is incompatible with the aims and objectives of the United Nations and UNICEF, including sexual exploitation and abuse, sexual harassment, abuse of authority and discrimination. UNICEF is committed to promote the protection and safeguarding of all children. 

Remarks:

UNICEF’s active commitment towards diversity and inclusion is critical to deliver the best results for children. For this position, eligible and suitable qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

UNICEF appointments are subject to medical clearance.  Issuance of a visa by the host country of the duty station, which will be facilitated by UNICEF, is required for IP positions. Appointments are also subject to inoculation (vaccination) requirements, including against SARS-CoV-2 (Covid). Should you be selected for a position with UNICEF, you either must be inoculated as required or receive a medical exemption from the relevant department of the UN. Otherwise, the selection will be cancelled.

All selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks and will be expected to adhere to these standards and principles. Background checks will include the verification of academic credential(s) and employment history. Selected candidates may be required to provide additional information to conduct a background check.

Government employees that are considered for employment with UNICEF are normally required to resign from their government before taking up an assignment with UNICEF. UNICEF reserves the right to withdraw an offer of appointment, without compensation, if a visa or medical clearance is not obtained, or necessary inoculation requirements are not met, within a reasonable period for any reason.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advance to the next stage of the selection process.

Advertised: 12 Dec 2023 E. Africa Standard Time
Deadline: 02 Jan 2024 E. Africa Standard Time

How to Apply

Register using the following link HERE