Vacancy Announcement No. 826671
Job Title: Nutrition programme officer
Contract Type/Grade: SC 8
Duty Station: Baidoa, Somalia
Contract Duration: 1 year (Initial)
Date of Issue: April 25, 2023 | Closing Date: May 8, 2023
What will you do?
Contribute to the development of nutrition projects and activities, plans and processes ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance.
Provide support to the management of nutrition response, ensuring a co-ordinated approach with the wider programmes/ activities that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
Support and co-ordinate the development of data gathering and monitoring / assessment ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
Track and analyse data to provide input into reporting tools (ONA-MODA, COMET) and contribute to the preparation of accurate and timely reporting on nutrition activities.
Engage with UNICEF, Ministry of Health and the subnational nutrition cluster to map out the nutrition needs, coverage gaps and possible assistance packages.
Provide technical and strategic inputs to the sub-national nutrition cluster.
Liaise with Cooperating partners through regular meetings and site visits to monitor ongoing activities for effective collaboration, timeliness, and efficiency.
Support the identification of potential partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs
Support in the implementation of the joint UNICEF- WFP micro plans to improve the coordination and integration of acute malnutrition treatment programmes improving coverage, outreach, effectiveness, and programme quality.
Support the coordination of nutrition pipeline management, including NFIs and nutrition Commodities in close coordination with the Programme and Logistics Unit.
Coordinate the WFP related reporting in respect of timelines, including weekly ad hoc reports from cooperating partners, ONA- MODA reports submission by the CPs.
Support the capacity strengthening of WFP partners, staff, and state and regional government line ministries of health to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs, including review of training materials and production of appropriate tools and products.
Conduct field visits to enhance programme quality and implementation.
Support and enhance the use of SCOPE for nutrition by ensuring timely registration by partners
Support the referral mechanism and linkages between other WFP supported programmes and nutrition, identify the required resources for a better implementation.
Support the International Nutrition Officer in coordinating the cash for prevention programme in Baidoa to ensure effective implementation.
Guide junior staff and supporting them with more complex analysis and queries.Do you meet the minimum requirements?
Education: Bachelors? degree in nutrition and/ public health, food systems and transformation, social sciences, and other related studies.
Experience
At least Eight (8) years in nutrition