Nutrition Officer (Cluster Coordinator)_NO1_TA_Hodeidah

Under the supervision of the Health and Nutrition Specialist, accountable for supporting cluster coordination and UNICEF Nutrition in Emergencies programmes in Al Hudeidah hub (Al Hudeidah, Hajjah, Mahwit, Raymah governorates).

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Post Title                     :           Nutrition Officer (Cluster Coordinator) – (for Yemenis Only)

Contract type             :           Temporary Appointment

Level of Post              :           NO1

Duration                      :           11 Months

No of posts                 :           1 Posts

Duty Station               :           Hodeidah

PURPOSE:

Under the supervision of the Health and Nutrition Specialist, accountable for supporting cluster coordination and UNICEF  Nutrition in Emergencies programmes in Al Hudeidah hub (Al Hudeidah, Hajjah, Mahwit, Raymah governorates).

Main duties and responsibilities as Nutrition Officer (50%)

Supporting CMAM scale up in Hodeidah zone  Support scaling up of CMAM services at HFs level specially in the 95 high priority districts

• Support microplanning to launch the regular CMAM mobile outreach activities at villages level
•  Support the implementation of the regular CMAM mobile outreach activities at villages level
•  Providing the needed technical support to UNICEF implementing partners ( GHOs, DHOs & NGOs partners)
•  Work in close coordination with WFP & WHO to ensure joint scaling up regarding MAM services & inpatient care for SAM children
•  Follow up supplies situation in the zone to ensure zero stock out of essential Nutrition supplies & provide regular feedback to H&N specialist accordingly
•  Support in scaling up CHVs cadre specially in the high priority districts
•  Ensure the regular implementation of CHVs/ HWs review meetings & refresher trainings
•  Support CMAM monitoring & reporting system

•  Provide regular support to governorate, district nutrition monitors/ focal points 

   Supporting IYCF program scale up in Hodeidah zone

• Support the strengthen of IYCF service delivery in the established IYCF corners at HFs level
• Support microplanning to scale up IYCF services in all referral hospitals, rural hospitals & health centers providing CMAM services
• Support the implementation of IYCF scaling up activities  at HFs & communities levels
• Ensure that IYCF counseling/ messaging is provided within outreach & mobile teams activities
• Providing the needed technical support regarding IYCF & IYCF-E to UNICEF implementing partners ( GHOs, DHOs & NGOs partners)
• Follow up IYCF monitoring  & reporting system

• Provide regular support to IYCF monitors/ focal points 

   

  Main duties and responsibilities at Cluster Coordinator (50%):

With the support of the National Nutrition Cluster Coordination Team and under the supervision of the Health and Nutrition Specialist, responsible for providing support to the Hudeidah Nutrition Cluster, The major tasks and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

Supporting service delivery:

• Organise and facilitate regular Hudeidah cluster coordination meetings and information sharing in all crisis-affected sub-national s to ensure appropriate coordination between all nutrition humanitarian partners at sub-national  level;
• Provide regular inputs from the Hudeidah sub-national cluster  to the national-level cluster meetings, cluster bulletins, raise key issues required support from the National level with National Coordination team, etc.;

• Conduct mapping of all current and potential actors – government, national and international humanitarian organizations as well as national institutions, the private sector through provision of regular inputs/updates to the cluster’s 4W (Who, What, Where, When) matrix and other tools;

• Act as focal point for inquiries on the Nutrition Cluster’s response plans and operations at the sub-national level for OCHA and Area HCT.

  Informing strategic decision-making of the HC/HCT for the humanitarian response:

• Support the coordination of assessments at sub-national levels and provide support in identification of needs for cluster and SMART assessments, multi-cluster initial rapid assessments (MIRA), humanitarian needs overview (HNO), IPC analysis, etc, and provide required information for national level analysis such as the IPC, HNO etc. and promote the use of the agreed cluster tools and guidance for surveys and assessments.
• Ensure effective links with other clusters at the sub-national  level (with OCHA support), especially Health, Food Security and Livelihoods, WASH, Child Protection and Education by making sure the other clusters at operational level contribute interventions that have influence on nutritional status.;

• Ensure full integration of the IACS’s agreed priority cross-cutting issues, namely human rights, HIV/AIDS, age, gender and environment, utilization participatory, people-centred and community-based approaches by liaising with sub-national - level partners and ensuring that cross-cutting issues are addressed in planning, implementation and monitoring of NiE interventions (collection of sex- and age-disaggregated data, gender-sensitive NiE programmes, etc).  In line with this, promote gender equality by ensuring that the needs, contributions and capacities of women and girls as well as men and boys are addressed;

  Prioritization, grounded in response analysis:

• Provide the National Nutrition Cluster with  inputs from governorates for the development, revision and/or update of the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) and Nutrition Cluster Response Strategy and plans, so that sub-national  inputs are adequately reflected in the overall country and cluster strategies, including identification of people in need at the sub-national levels (sex-, and age-disaggregated, caseload calculation, etc);
• Ensure that Nutrition Cluster participants at the sub-national  level are aware of relevant policy guidelines, technical standards and relevant commitments;
• Ensure that the Nutrition Cluster responses at the sub-national  level are in line with the Yemen Humanitarian Response Plan (YHRP) and Nutrition Cluster Response Strategy and plans,, existing policy guidance and technical standards
• Regularly monitor implementation of Nutrition in Emergencies (NiE) activities in all four governorates to ensure that cluster members are adhering to national and international best practice;
• Draw lessons learned from past activities and provide inputs to the national Nutrition Cluster for revising strategies and action plans accordingly;

• Developing contingency planning and preparedness plans for the sub-national clusters when required.

  Advocacy:

• Support GHOs and cluster partners in identification of core advocacy concerns, including resource requirements, and communicate those to the National Nutrition Cluster;

Monitoring and reporting the implementation of the cluster strategy and results:

• Undertake regular monitoring visits to all governorates;
• Ensure regular quality reporting against the Nutrition Cluster indicators of service delivery (quantity, quality, coverage, continuity and cost) through communication and discussions with cluster partners and provision of technical support for timely and quality reporting;
• Identify supply pipeline issues and bring them to the attention of the national Cluster and supply managers;

• Support analysis of the Nutrition Cluster at the sub-national level in closing gaps and measuring impact of interventions.

  Training and capacity building of cluster partners, Sub-National /local authorities and civil society:

• Coordinate partners’ capacity development for NiE programme implementation by regularly conducting a gap analysis on capacity for NiE;
• Liaise with the GHOs and national nutrition cluster to ensure the capacity for NiE is enhanced based on the mapping and understanding of available capacity;

• Support efforts to strengthen the capacity of the cluster partners and local authorities on NiE.

  Accountability to Affected population

  Facilitating feedback mechanism, ensuring that response focused on affected population and partners use the AAP in their planning, implementation and monitoring

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Advanced university degree in Health, Nutrition, or related technical field is desirable, first level university degree in Health, Nutrition, or related technical field is required.

Experience:

• A year of professional work experience at the national or sub-national level in nutiriton programme management, monitoring and evaluation, or in a related field
• Familiarity with Cluster work at national or sub-national level (attendance of cluster and working group meetings, active participation in the cluster decision making, etc.)
• Experience in nutrition programme coordination, preferably in emergency context
• Experience working with government agencies, local authorities, international organizations, NGOs and communities in the field of Nutrition
• Field work experience is an advantage.

Language:

Proficiency in both written and spoken English and Arabic is required.

COMPETENCIES:

Core Values

• Commitment
• Diversity and inclusion
• Integrity

Core competencies

• Communication (II)
• Working with people (I)
• Drive for results (I) 

Functional Competencies:

• Formulating strategies and concepts (I)
• Analyzing (II)
• Applying technical expertise ((II)
• Learning and researching (II)
• Planning and organizing (II)

While UNICEF seeks to recruit the best talent in the Yemeni labor market to be able to deliver the best possible services for the children in Yemen, we would like to make it clear that we never use any third party in any of the recruitment processes for all junior and senior positions advertised. All received applications are treated with high level of transparency and professionalism. Only applicants whose profiles meet the advertised job requirements are considered and only within the announced deadline.

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