Applications are being accepted for appropriate individuals in UNICEF to fill their vacant job published in daily Classified Source newspaper dated 29 November, 2023.
UNICEF
Date Posted:
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29 November, 2023
Department:
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UNICEF
Category | Sector
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UNICEF
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Classified Source Newspaper
Education:
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Bachelor
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Details in attached ads
Vacancy Location:
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Islamabad, Islamabad, Pakistan
Job Type:
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Full Time
Expected Last Date:
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13 December, 2023
Vacant Positions: Nutrition Specialist
NUTRITION SPECIALIST
Now, the UNICEFIslamabad is looking for a Nutrition Specialist candidate.
JOB Description: Nutrition Specialist
UNICEF works in some of the most challenging places in the world to reach the most disadvantaged children. To save their lives. To defend their rights. To help them fulfill their potential.
Across 190 countries and territories, we work for every child, everywhere, every day, to build a better world for everyone.
And we never give up.
For every child: Nutrition!
Pakistan was the sixth country in the world to sign and ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child, less than one year after it was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1989. However, children and adolescents living in Pakistan still face acute challenges.
UNICEF supports the Government of Pakistan to accelerate progress for children, work to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and help children realize their rights under the Convention on the Rights of Children. This will be made through, among other things, strong partnerships with provincial authorities, teachers and health professionals, frontline workers and social mobilizers, communities and families, and, of course, the children and adolescents themselves.
In particular, UNICEF will work so that:
Every child survives and thrives by being in good health, immunized, protected from polio, and accessing nutritious food.
Every child learns.
Every child is protected from violence and exploitation and registered at birth.
Every child lives in a safe and clean environment, with access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation.
To learn more about UNICEF work in Pakistan, please visit the country website, www.unicef.org/pakistan , and videos on YouTube and Vimeo.
The Emergency Nutrition Sector Coordinator will be responsible for strengthening the Nutrition Sector at the National and sub national level.
The Nutrition Specialist will report directly to the UNICEF Nutrition Manager, who will ensure that the post holder is provided with all necessary support and guidance, as well as expected to closely work with the Director General Health and the Nutrition team at the MoNHSR&C, and Nutrition Sector members.
How can you make a difference?
The post holder has joint responsibility with the UNICEF, resourcing partners and all sector participants at the national and sub-national level for the efficient management and functioning of the national emergency nutrition sector encompassing the following:
Strengthen and maintain an appropriate humanitarian coordination mechanism;
Strengthen pre-exiting sectoral coordination through increased predictability and accountability;
Build complementarity of partner actions: avoiding duplication and gaps;
Ensure adequate resources are mobilized and are equitably allocate for the effective functioning of the sector and its response;
Effective and comprehensive integration of relevant cross-cutting issues, including age, gender, climate change, and protection;
Maintain flexibility within the sector to respond to changes in the operating environment, evolving requirements, capacities and participation;
Effectively use and transfer information to, from and between sector participants and other stakeholders;
Interact with other sectors (including through inter-sector coordination), humanitarian actors, government counterparts, and relevant authorities for operational planning, engagement, and active contribution of operational partners;
Be accountable to the affected population through effective and inclusive consultative and feedback mechanisms;
Monitor performance of the core sector functions.
Following are the core sector functions:
1. Supporting service delivery
1.1. Coordinate for the provision of platform to ensure that service delivery is driven by the agreed strategic priorities
1.2. Develop mechanisms to eliminate duplication of service delivery among humanitarian partners
1.3. Strengthen and support sub technical working groups under the nutrition sector.
2. Informing strategic decision-making of the Humanitarian Coordination Team (HCT) for the humanitarian response
2.1. Coordinating needs assessment and gap analysis (across other sectors and within the sector)
2.2. Facilitate through analysis to identify and address (emerging) gaps, obstacles, duplication, and cross-cutting issues impacting nutrition
2.3. Conduct prioritization of response that is grounded on the situation analysis
3. Planning and Strategy Development
3.1. Develop sectoral plans, objectives and indicators directly support realization of the HCT strategic priorities
3.2. Application and adherence to existing standards and guidelines
3.3. Clarify funding requirements, prioritization, and sector contributions to HC’s overall humanitarian funding considerations (Flash Appeal, CAP, ERF/CHF, CERF)
4. Advocacy
4.1. Identify advocacy concerns to contribute to emergency nutrition priorities and HCT messaging and action
4.2. Undertaking advocacy activities on behalf of nutrition sector participants and the affected population
5. Monitoring and reporting the implementation of the sector strategy and results; recommending corrective action where necessary
6. Contingency planning/preparedness for recurrent disasters whenever feasible and relevant.
Interested candidates should submit their CVs (together with any other papers specified in the attached advertisements) by the Closing date: 13 December, 2023. The applicant must provide the job title in the subject line of the application. UNICEF ensures equal opportunity for all equally qualified candidates.
