Nutrition Officer

The Nutrition Officer (First Food) provides technical, operational, and administrative support throughout the programming process of nutrition programs/projects aimed at improving child nutrition through the First Food approach within the Country Programme. The role involves program development, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting to achieve sustainable nutrition outcomes for children and women in Madagascar.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and planning of nutrition programs, especially the First Food program, providing technical and administrative assistance throughout programming stages, results-based planning, and approval processes.
• Manage program implementation, monitor activities, resource use, and program performance, coordinate with partners, identify challenges, propose solutions, and prepare reports for management, donors, and partners.
• Provide technical and operational support to government partners, NGOs, UN agencies, and other stakeholders, including field missions, to enhance program quality and resolve implementation difficulties.
• Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with national institutions, technical and financial partners, and UN agencies, contributing to advocacy, resource mobilization, and coordination of nutrition initiatives.
• Promote innovation, document and share best practices, support knowledge production, and contribute to capacity building of partners to sustainably improve nutrition program quality and impact.

Requirements

• A university degree in nutrition, agriculture, food sciences, public health, policy and/or management is required.
• At least 2 years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, agriculture, food science/food technology, agro-enterprise.
• Skills in strategic program planning, project management and monitoring, data analysis and interpretation, multi-stakeholder coordination, First Food approach, and results orientation are required.
• Fluency in French and Malagasy is required.
• Knowledge of English is an asset.
• Experience in results-based management (RBM), communication and advocacy, monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL), resource mobilization, knowledge management and innovation, and knowledge of UNICEF standards and policies is desirable.
• Experience in nutrition program/project development within a UN agency or system organization is desirable.
• Relevant country-level experience, especially in development, fragile and humanitarian contexts, is essential and must be included in all offers.

Skills

• Nutrition Programme Development
• Strategic Project Planning
• Project Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Data Analysis
• Stakeholder Coordination
• First Food Approach
• Result-Based Management
• Advocacy Communication
• Resource Mobilization
• Knowledge Management
• Nutrition in Developing Countries
• Agro-enterprise
• Food Science
• Public Health Nutrition
• UNICEF Standards Compliance
• Program Reporting

Languages

French, Malagasy