If you are a committed, creative professional and are passionate about making a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you.
For 60 years, UNICEF has been working on the ground in 190 countries and territories to promote children's survival, protection and development. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
Purpose of the Position:
Under the overall guidance of the Chief of Health & Nutrition, the incumbent is accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Nutrition project(s) of the UNICEF Zambia Country Programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of project management, delivery and accomplishment of project goals and objectives. S/he will be accountable for effective technical leadership, management guidance and programme support to facilitate the application and adaptation of UNICEF policies and strategies to achieve programme goals and expansion of UNICEF-assisted Nutrition interventions.
Under the overall guidance of the Chief of Health & Nutrition, the incumbent is accountable for formulation, design, planning, implementing, monitoring and evaluation of Nutrition project(s) of the UNICEF Zambia Country Programme to ensure overall efficiency and effectiveness of project management, delivery and accomplishment of project goals and objectives. S/he will be accountable for effective technical leadership, management guidance and programme support to facilitate the application and adaptation of UNICEF policies and strategies to achieve programme goals and expansion of UNICEF-assisted Nutrition interventions.
As head of the Nutrition Unit, leads, manages, develops and enables a team of professionals to achieve the strategic goals and objectives of the Nutrition programme, coordinating integration of strategies towards efficiency and sustainability and with a view to integrating gender equality across all aspects of the country programme. Coordinates the Unit's inputs of pursuing equitable access particularly for vulnerable populations. The incumbent will lead the team in mobilization of resources for nutrition programmes and liaise with donors and funding institutions for effective and equitable use of resources particularly for vulnerable populations. Contribute to create synergistic partnerships with other UN agencies and development partners to ensure harmonization of implementation.
Key Expected Results:
-Timely sectoral analysis, input, support and collaboration to the Situation Analysis and its periodic update made for effective project planning, development and management.
-Knowledge management effectively promoted through drafting/finalizing key Nutrition sectoral programme documents and reports, sharing good practice, lessons learned, and ensuring knowledge/information exchange.
-Quality of rights-based Nutrition projects /programmes effectively promoted, and coherence, synergy and value added to project management process through results-based management.
-Sectorial work plan and activities formulated, implemented and monitored, ensuring alignment with the defined project strategies and approaches which includes, multi-sector coordination for implementation of adapted nutrition specific and nutrition sensitive interventions to improve stunting.
-Project delivery, evaluation and reporting carried out efficiently, rigorously and transparently in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures.
-UNICEF's global goals effectively promoted through advocacy and policy dialogue in the Nutrition sector, ensuring that and equity and other requisite issues are highlighted.
-Proper and timely UNICEF and Government accountability ensured regarding supply and non-supply assistance as well as disbursement of programme funds for the Nutrition sector.
-Effective communication and networking achieved through partnership and collaboration.
Qualifications of Successful Candidate:
-Advanced university degree in one of the disciplines relevant to the following areas: Public Health & Nutrition, Health Sciences, International Health & Nutrition, Public Health & Nutrition Policy and Management, Family Health & Nutrition, Nutritional Epidemiology, Health & Nutrition Education, Health & Nutrition Promotion and Disease Prevention, Public Health, Health Emergency Preparedness, or other relevant discipline(s).
-Eight years of relevant work experience at national and international levels.
-Background/familiarity with Emergency.
-Fluency in English and another UN language. Knowledge of the local working language of the duty station would be an asset.
Competencies of Successful Candidate:
-Communicates effectively to varied audiences, including during formal public speaking.
-Able to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment.
-Sets high standards for quality of work and consistently achieves project goals.
-Has good leadership and supervisory skills; co-ordinates group activities, ensuring that roles within the team are clear.
-Translates strategic direction into plans and objectives.
-Analyzes and integrates diverse and complex quantitative and qualitative data from a wide range of sources.
-Quickly builds rapport with individuals and groups; maintains an effective network of individuals across organizational departments.
-Identifies urgent and potentially difficult decisions and acts on them promptly; initiates and generates team- and department-wide activities.
-Demonstrates, applies and shares expert technical knowledge across the organization.
HOW TO APPLY:
UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of our organisation.
If you want a challenging career while improving the lives of children around the world UNICEF, the leading children’s rights organization, would like to hear from you.
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In the selection of its staff, UNICEF is committed to gender balance and diversity without distinction as to race, sex or religion, and without discrimination of persons with disabilities: well qualified candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.
