About UNICEF: Employment
Chief, Nutrition, L-4, Nairobi USSC, Kenya
If you are a passionate and committed professional and want to make a lasting difference for children, the world's leading children's rights organization would like to hear from you. UNICEF seeks a Chief, Nutrition to be based in its Somalia Support Centre, in Nairobi, Kenya.
On behalf of the IASC Humanitarian Coordinator in Somalia and UNICEF (as the lead agency for the IASC Nutrition Cluster), and in collaboration with the State Authorities, you will provide leadership and facilitate the processes that will ensure a well coordinated, coherent, strategic, and effective Nutrition response in Somalia by a mobilized and adequately resources group of agencies, organizations, NGOs, local communities, etc. You will assist the Government of Somalia and state authorities in Nutrition Cluster visioning, strategy formulation and the articulation of a ‘Road Map’ to provide adequate nutritional responses to emergency-affected populations.
Your profile:
Advanced university degree in areas of Nutrition, e.g. Health Promotion, Civil or Public Health Engineering, Public Health (MPH), note that work experience may substitute for higher degree qualification.
Eight years of professional work experience, four of which should be in direct WASH emergency experience of which two would be based in the field as a team leader/nutrition programme management level, two years experience of responding to first phases of an emergency and minimum of two years experience with either the UN or/and NGO.
Knowledge of humanitarian reform principles, international humanitarian law, inter-connectedness and reform pillars and reform updates.
Knowledge of cluster approach guidelines and terms of reference (and knowledge of how to apply them).
Knowledge of cluster participants (their mandate, capacities, attitudes, limitations, and how to integrate them into the cluster approach).
Ability to mitigate and mediate conflict and disagreements among cluster partners.
Ability to use and adapt cluster coordination tools (e.g. stakeholder mapping, NAF, CHAP, CERF, CAP, Flash Appeals, GAP ID, IM tools, Need-Capacity-Resource mapping, Contingency planning).
Knowledge of nutrition sector as a whole and its priority issues; an ability to strategize how these sectoral needs are met through collective delivery.
Ensure that the role, responsibilities and functional linkages among the Cluster support team (where applicable) are clear and well coordinated.
Communication, advocacy, analytical, and facilitation training/mentoring skills.
Good knowledge of computer management and applications i.e. word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation tools, etc.
Ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment.
Fluency in English and another UN language desirable. Knowledge of the local language of the duty station is an asset.
If you have got experience of working in a similar capacity and want to make an active and lasting contribution to build a better world for children, send a detailed curriculum vitae in English, AND a duly completed United Nations Personal History form (available at www.unicef.org/employ), quoting VN-09-187 to: recruit.HN@unicef.org. Applications should be received by 24 April 2009. Only candidates who are under serious consideration will be contacted.
UNICEF’s salary and benefits package is based on the United Nations Common System; visit www.un.org/Depts/OHRM/salaries_allowances for further information.
UNICEF is committed to gender equality in its mandate and its staff. Well qualified candidates, particularly women are strongly encouraged to apply.
