Recrutement de 01 Nutritionist - NOB - Fixed-Term

Recrutement de 01 Nutritionist - NOB - Fixed-Term
Career Opportunities: Nutritionist - NOB - Fixed-Term - Antananarivo (833293)
Requisition ID 833293 - Posted 05/06/2024 - Fixed Term - Africa, Southern - Madagascar - Antananarivo - Working Job Language (2) - NUTRITION

Position Title

Nutritionist

Grade

NOB

Contract Type

Fixed-Term

Duration

One year (renewable)

Unit

Nutrition

Duty Station

Antananarivo

Opening date

Le 05 juin 2024

Closing date

Le 18 juin 2024





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The United Nations World Food Programme is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting global hunger. WFP's mission is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetime. Every day, WFP works around the world to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, especially women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.



WFP'S MANDATE AND INTERVENTIONS IN MADAGASCAR

In Madagascar, WFP is supporting the government's efforts through an assistance strategy to respond to the humanitarian emergency, strengthen community resilience and support sustainable development efforts. In collaboration with government agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and UN system partners, WFP, organizes cash or in-kind transfers to meet the food needs of families affected by climatic hazards, provides school meals that promote access to education for girls and boys, supports the prevention and treatment of malnutrition, and provides technical and financial support to groups of small agricultural producers to improve their production and access to the market.

WFP also provides the air transport service, ensuring safe, reliable and cost-effective transport for humanitarian and development actors to other parts of Madagascar.



ORGANIZATIONAL These jobs are found in Headquarters (HQ), Regional Bureaux (RBs) or

CONTEXT: Country Offices (COs). Job holders are likely to report to a more senior Nutritionist or Programme Officer.

JOB PURPOSE: To provide support to nutrition[1] programmes and activities to contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of WFP beneficiaries.



KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority):

Contribute to the development of nutrition projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance.
Provide project management support to specific and defined nutrition projects and activities, ensuring a co-ordinated approach with wider programmes/projects that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
Develop and co-ordinate data gathering and monitoring/assessment systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
Track and analyse data to provide input into reporting activities and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition activities that enables informed decision making and consistency of information presented to stakeholders.
Liaise with implementing partners (internal and external) to monitor ongoing projects, ensuring effective collaboration, timeliness and efficiency, and highlight potential risks to project delivery.
Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs.
Support the capacity building of WFP staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs for example the production and review of training materials.
Guide more junior staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.
Act in an assigned emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food assistance needs.
Other as required.




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