Nutrition Officer

The Nutrition Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programmes/projects within the Gaza Programme, from development planning to delivery of results. The incumbent implements a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks to facilitate programme development, implementation, programme progress monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of results.

Responsibilities

• Support to programme development and planning.
• Programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Networking and partnership building.
• Innovation, knowledge management and capacity building.

Requirements

• A university degree in one of the following fields is required: nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field.
• A minimum of two years of professional experience in a developing country in one or more of the following areas is required: nutrition, public health, nutrition planning and management, or maternal, infant and child health/nutrition care.
• Strong programme management skills.
• Experience in monitoring and evaluation.
• Expertise in public health and nutrition planning.
• Knowledge of nutrition research and maternal health to support evidence‑based programme implementation.
• Fluency in English is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is an asset.
• Experience in health/nutrition programme/project development in a UN system agency or organization is an asset.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts.

Skills

• Nutrition
• Public Health
• Nutritional Epidemiology
• Nutrition Planning
• Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Maternal Health Care
• Infant and Child Nutrition
• Nutrition Research
• Health Sciences
• Program Development
• Project Development
• Evidence-Based Programme Implementation
• Nutrition Programme Management
• UN System Programme Experience

Languages

English