Nutrition Officer

The Nutrition Officer supports UNICEF Madagascar's nutrition and public health efforts by contributing to programme development, monitoring, evaluation, and capacity building. The role involves working with government and partners to improve maternal, infant, and child health and nutrition care in Madagascar.

Responsibilities

• Support the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of nutrition and public health programmes.
• Contribute to evidence generation, programme quality, policy dialogue, resource mobilization and partnerships.
• Enhance the capacity of government and partners to address nutrition and health risks affecting children.
• Promote innovative and scalable solutions for maternal, infant and child health and nutrition care.
• Support the mobilization of resources and strategic investments for nutrition and health services and systems.
• Foster a child-centred and equity-focused approach to nutrition and health programming.

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 one year 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.
• Proficient French knowledge is required.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) or a local language is desirable.
• Working knowledge of English is highly desirable.
• 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
• Nutrition Management
• Maternal Health Care
• Infant Health
• Child Health
• Health Nutrition Care
• Program Development
• Project Development
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Capacity Building
• Health Research
• Policy Development
• Health Sciences
• French
• UN System Experience
• Development Context Experience
• Fragile Settings Experience
• Humanitarian Contexts

Languages

French