Health & Nutrition Officer

at  UNICEF

Job no: 577102
Contract type: Temporary Appointment
Duty Station: Caracas
Level: NO-2
Location: Venezuela
Categories: Health and Nutrition
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The Health & Nutrition Officer provides professional technical assistance and support for programme/project design, planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and administration of programme/project activities, including data analysis, progress reporting, knowledge networking and capacity building, in support of achievement of planned objectives of the work plan, aligned with Health & Nutrition programme goals and strategy.
How can you make a difference?

The Health and Nutrition Officer is in charge of the following key-end results:

• .Accurate information, data analysis, and documentation are timely made available to support situation analysis, sectoral input and reporting.
• Technical assistance is provided for the development and implementation of integrated Health & Nutrition strategies and approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners.
• Work plan and objectives are effectively established, and planned results are timely delivered through technical support and coordination in consultation with all relevant partners.
• Project efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced through effective implementation follow-up.
• Project implementation progress is monitored for adjustment and improvement of program delivery and sustainability. Gender sex aggregated data and inputs provided relevant to the Health & Nutrition programme
• Transparency is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for Health & Nutrition.
• Effective partnership and working relationships are maintained for advocacy, technical coordination,information sharing and knowledge networking.
• Up-to-date programme iinformation is kept available and reports prepared and shared with relevant stakeholders as required to support the Health & Nutrition programme by the effective implementation of integrated monitoring system.
• Emergency preparedness is maintained a per UNICEF’s Emergency Preparedness Procedures, and emergency response is planned and implemented based in adequate situation analysis and with effective coordination is in line with the Core Commitments for Children (CCCs) in Humanitarian Action and in compliance of UNICEF’s Emergency Procedures.Relevant partnerships and adequate collaboration with the Health and Nutrition humanitarian actors is fostered and strengthened within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) framework
• Other assigned duties and responsibilities are effectively accomplished.

For more details please refer to the job profile: Health and Nutrition Officer profile.pdf

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• University degree in Public Health and Nutrition, Child Development, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, or other relevant disciplines.
• A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health and nutrition programmes.
• Professional work experience in a programme management function or a technical expert capacity in child survival & health care.
• Field work experience (for NO)
• Background/familiarity with Emergency is an asset.
• Previous experience working with United Nations is an asset.
• Fluency in Spanish is required. Working knowledge of English is required. Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian) or a local language is an asset.

Please refer the Job description for details