Nutrition Officer

The Nutrition Officer will provide professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for nutrition programs/projects in Sokoto Field Office. The role involves supporting programme development, management, monitoring, technical implementation, partnership building, and capacity building.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Epidemiology, Biological Science, Food science and any other related fields.
• At least 2 years of relevant work experience in Nutrition, Public health, Maternal child health, Programme management, Monitoring evaluation, Capacity building, Humanitarian response and any other related fields.
• Experience working in complex environments managing nutrition projects.
• Having emergency content working experience is a must.
• Research, Data analysis, Statistical analysis, Reporting skills.
• English - Proficient/Fluent.
• Desirable: Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language.
• Desirable: Knowledge of the UN rules, procedures and regulations.
• Desirable: Working experience in UN or other international development organization.
• Desirable: Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Nutrition Programme Management
• Public Health
• Maternal and Child Health
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Capacity Building
• Humanitarian Response
• Emergency Nutrition Preparedness
• Research
• Data Analysis
• Statistical Analysis
• Reporting
• Program Development
• Technical Implementation
• Partnership Building
• Health/Nutrition Project Management

Languages

English