Nutrition Specialist (P-3)

The Nutrition Specialist (First Food) will provide technical leadership and programme support to advance innovative solutions, strengthen partnerships, and scale up interventions that improve child dietary diversity and nutrition outcomes in Madagascar. The role involves programme development, management, monitoring, technical support, partnership building, and capacity building to improve nutrition outcomes for children and adolescents.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and programme support to advance innovative solutions to improve child dietary diversity and nutrition outcomes.
• Support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition programmes.
• Translate evidence and policy into impactful action for children and young people.
• Work closely with government counterparts, UN agencies, development partners, civil society organizations and other UNICEF sectors to strengthen multisectoral approaches.
• Generate evidence, monitor programme performance and build sustainable national capacity.
• Contribute to accelerating progress towards improved nutrition, health and well-being outcomes for Madagascar's children and adolescents.

Requirements

• Master or equivalent (Advanced University Degree) in Nutrition, Public Health, Agriculture, Political Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Agriculture, Political Science, Development Study, Food System Science, Nutrition Research and any other related fields.
• At least 5 years of relevant work experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: Nutrition, Public Health, Agriculture, Child Nutrition, Infant and young child feeding, Food Systems, Maternal and child health and any other related fields.
• Food Science, Monitoring and Evaluation, Planning, Program Development, Public Health, Partnership Development, Capacity Building, Policy Advocacy, Project Implementation.
• Fluency in French and English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Experience in nutrition and/or agriculture programme/project development and management with Rome based UN system agency is an asset.
• Experience in results-based management, SDG2 knowledge, value chain development, field work in developing countries is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Nutrition
• Public Health
• Agriculture
• Child Nutrition
• Infant and Young Child Feeding
• Food Systems
• Maternal and Child Health
• Food Science
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Program Development
• Partnership Development
• Capacity Building
• Policy Advocacy
• Project Implementation
• Result-Based Management
• Value Chain Analysis
• Field Work in Developing Countries
• Nutrition Programme Management
• SDG Knowledge

Languages

French, English