Nutrition Officer

The Nutrition Officer will contribute to the planning, implementation, monitoring and reporting of interventions aimed at improving the nutritional status and well-being of school-age children and adolescents in Madagascar. The role supports partnership development, knowledge generation, capacity building and programme monitoring to accelerate progress towards UNICEF's mandate.

Responsibilities

• Support the planning, implementation, monitoring, evaluation, and reporting of nutrition programmes for school-age children and adolescents.
• Work closely with government counterparts, development partners, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and other UNICEF sections to strengthen evidence-based programming.
• Support partnership development, knowledge generation, capacity building and programme monitoring.
• Contribute to programme development and planning, programme management, monitoring and delivery of results.
• Provide technical and operational support to programme implementation.
• Engage in networking and partnership building.
• Promote innovation, knowledge management and capacity building to improve nutrition outcomes.

Requirements

• Bachelor or equivalent (First Level University Degree) in Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Nutrition, nutritional epidemiology, global/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, health sciences, nutritional epidemiology, or another health-related science field is required.
• At least two (2) years of relevant work experience in Nutrition, Health and Nutrition, public health, adolescent nutrition, maternal and child health, program management, monitoring and evaluation, partnership development, policy and advocacy, capacity building, resource mobilization, nutrition planning and management or maternal infant and child health/nutrition care, and any other related fields is required.
• Fluency in French and Malagasy languages is required.
• Intermediate level of English language is required.
• Desirable experience includes adolescent nutrition, operational research, results-based management, proposal writing, policy drafting, private sector engagement.
• Relevant experience at country level, particularly in development, fragile settings and humanitarian contexts is desirable.
• Knowledge of another official UN language (Arabic, Chinese, Russian or Spanish) is desirable.

Skills

• Nutrition
• Public Health
• Nutritional Epidemiology
• Health Sciences
• Programme Management
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Partnership Development
• Policy & Advocacy Awareness
• Capacity Building
• Resource Mobilization
• Nutrition Planning
• Maternal and Child Health
• Adolescent Nutrition
• Operational Research
• Result-Based Management
• Proposal Writing
• Policy drafting
• Private Sector Engagement

Languages

French, Malagasy, English