WFP seeks candidates of the highest integrity and professionalism who share our humanitarian principles.
Selection of staff is made on a competitive basis, and we are committed to promoting diversity and gender balance.
The United Nations World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger worldwide. The mission of WFP is to help the world achieve Zero Hunger in our lifetimes. Every day, WFP works worldwide to ensure that no child goes to bed hungry and that the poorest and most vulnerable, particularly women and children, can access the nutritious food they need.
Education: Post graduate degree in one or more of the following disciplines: Nutrition, Public Health, and/or relevant Public Health and Nutrition field.
Language: Fluency (level C) in English language.
Knowledge:
These jobs are found in Regional Bureaux (RBs), Country Offices (COs), Area/Field Offices (AOs/FOs). Job holders typically report to a Nutritionist or Programme Policy Officer.
At this level, job holders are expected to demonstrate responsibility and initiative to respond independently to various queries with only general guidance. There is a requirement to use judgment in dealing with unforeseen operational problems on a daily basis. Job holders are expected to manage resources and coach and coordinate support staff.
To provide support to WFP Nigeria nutrition programmes and activities to contribute to meeting the nutritional needs of WFP beneficiaries.
– Support the Head of Nutrition Unit for overall implementation of WFP Nigeria nutrition programmes, which includes supporting implementation and monitoring of all nutrition activities within the WFP Area and Sub-Offices.
– Provide WFP Nigeria nutrition representation through active participation in relevant nutrition and food assistance co-ordination forums, workshops and trainings, and participate in regular meetings with government authorities, partners, and all other relevant stakeholders, as required.
– Contribute to the development of WFP Nigeria nutrition projects and activities, plans and processes, ensuring alignment with wider nutrition policies and guidance.
– Provide project management support to specific and defined WFP Nigeria nutrition projects and activities, ensuring a co-ordinated approach with wider programmes/projects that complies with WFP standards and procedures.
– Develop and co-ordinate WFP Nigeria nutrition data gathering and monitoring/assessment systems ensuring that rigorous quality standards are maintained.
– Track and analyse nutrition data to provide input into WFP Nigeria 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 WFP Nigeria implementing nutrition 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 WFP Nigeria nutrition partners and partnership negotiations to ensure a collaborative and holistic approach to meeting nutrition needs.
Purpose
People
Performance
Partnership
Capability Name | Description of the behaviour expected for the proficiency level |
Knowledge of Nutrients | Utilizes knowledge of vitamins and nutrients to understand the causes of malnutrition, the relationships between the different types of malnutrition, and is able to articulate the UNICEF conceptual model. |
Situation Analysis and Evidence Assessment | Able to appropriately interpret the nutrition situation, analyze primary causes of malnutrition, define limitations to the analysis (e.g. seasonality) and prepare an overview of the food security and nutrition situation in country. |
Knowledge of Public Health | Has foundational knowledge of the core public health sciences (i.e., biostatistics, epidemiology, social science, environmental health, and prevention of chronic and infectious disease and injury) in order to assess a country’s/region’s health situation. |
Knowledge of Food System | Ability to analyze how food systems influence the diets of vulnerable groups and identify how and where food systems may contribute to specific nutrient gaps. |
Applying Programme & Policy Standards | Leverages nutrition knowledge to provide technical advice to governments to design and implement country nutrition programmes that follow international and WFP agency standards and guidance. |
– Support the nutrition capacity building of WFP Nigeria staff, partners and national government to prepare for and respond to nutrition needs for example the production and review of training materials.
– Guide junior WFP Nigeria staff, acting as a point of referral and supporting them with more complex analyses and queries, and ensure compliance with WFP policies, criteria and procedures
– Act in an assigned WFP emergency response capacity as required to meet emergency food and nutrition assistance needs.
– Other as required.
EXPERIENCE:
Selected candidate will be employed on a fixed-term contract with a probationary period of one year. WFP offers an attractive compensation package. For more details please visit International Civil Service Commision website: http://icsc.un.org (link: http://www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances/salaries/nigeria.htm).
IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
WFP will apply a rigorous and transparent selection process including thorough assessment of technical skills to ensure the best candidates are selected for the job. Please ensure that your application contains accurate and complete information on academic qualifications, employment record and language skills. WFP will only consider academic credentials and degrees obtained from an accredited educational institution. Only successful candidates will be invited for an interview.
WFP is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all religious and ethnic backgrounds to apply to become a part of our organization. WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
29th July 2019
WFP has zero tolerance for discrimination and does not discriminate on the basis of HIV/AIDS status.
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