Nutrition Specialist – UNICEF Vacancy Announcement

1. Timely sectoral analysis, input and support for IYCF-E:

· Contributes to the Situation Analysis with particular focus on infant feeding, and the key determinants for infant feeding in the prevailing EVD context, especially in population groups and geographic areas at risk of/ or affected by humanitarian disasters.

· Contributes to the preparation of the Situation Analysis by compiling, analyzing and evaluating information and providing the technical input and support to Health & Nutrition interventions with particular focus on ensuring integration of infant and young child feeding.

2. IYCF-E capacity assessment undertaken, and plan in place to address priority gaps identified at national and sub-national levels.

· Provides technical support to government including ETUs, as well as NGOs in the planning, development, implementation, and evaluation stages of the EVD response.

· Supports IYCF-E capacity assessment in consultation with health facilities and nutrition sector partners.

· Ensures the use of standard checklist and procedures in assessing systemic, organizational and technical capacity at national and sub-national levels. Supports development of action plan to address the identified capacity gaps.

· Support the identification and review of capacity strengthening needs among health workers providing nutrition response.

· Support the adaptation or development of relevant training materials.

3. Community and household level IYCF assessment integrated within initial rapid assessments, nutrition rapid assessments and other assessments and surveys to allow identification of the key determinants of the IYCF practices of households at risk/ or facing humanitarian disaster:

· Particular attention is given to enhanced IYCF integration in the context of the rapid onset of EVD including in settings whereby households are facing internal or cross-border displacements.

· Closely engages with nutrition information working groups to facilitate review and integration of IYCF related assessment indicators within rapid and standard assessment tools.

· Supports the training of government, UN and NGO staff on the IYCF component who lead assessments.

4. Scaled-up implementation of IYCF-E response action integrated within the EVD response plan facilitated:

· Quality contributions are made to the development and implementation of Integrated Nutrition strategies and approaches with clear link to relevant sectors (Health, WASH and others) through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners to ensure appropriate design for EVD nutrition programming.

5. Relevant and strategic information is kept available and shared with relevant stakeholders as required, including the cluster partnerships to support the Health & Nutrition Programme by the effective implementation of an integrated monitoring system:

· In collaboration with other relevant colleagues, conducts accurate and timely monitoring and data collection, and supports an integrated monitoring system. Where relevant, support the integration of nutrition information system within the relevant sector information system.

· Provides assistance for M&E exercises, programme mid-term review, annual sector review and

preview meetings with Government counterparts and all other relevant partners. Analyses and evaluates monitoring data, ensures achievement of objectives and proposes corrective measures as appropriate.

6. Required EVD reports are timely prepared in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures:

· Contributes to the timely preparation of annual sector status reports and shares information with relevant partners as required in compliance with the established guidelines and procedures. Participates in the preparation of all programme reports for management, Board, donors, budget reviews, programme analysis, and annual reports