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Health & Nutrition Officer, NO-2, Fixed-Term, Hodeidah, Yemen, #00064144 (For Yemenis ONLY)

Hodeidah

  • Organization: UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund
  • Location: Hodeidah
  • Grade: Junior level - NO-B, National Professional Officer - Locally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Public Health and Health Service
    • Nutrition
    • WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene)
    • Emergency Programme
  • Closing Date: Closed

The Health & Nutrition Officer will make a difference by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the health and nutrition programmes/projects to be implemented within the zonal coverage. That will include, but not limited to, development, planning, delivering results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks.  To achieve concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programs according to plans, allocation, Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches and methodology and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.  In general, the incumbent will facilitate programme development, implementation, and programme monitoring/evaluation and reporting of results.

UNICEF works in some of the world’s toughest places, to reach the world’s 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, an Advocate

In the 1970s UNICEF established presence in Yemen to respond to the urgent needs of children in the poorest country in the Middle East. In 1991, Yemen ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child and it was enacted immediately.  Since then the country has been making steady progress for children until it plunged into a brutal conflict in 2015 but even before that, Yemen needed large amounts of humanitarian assistance.

In collaboration with local authorities, non-governmental organizations and community partners, UNICEF is working in all the governorates in Yemen to respond to the needs of children throughout the country with a continuum of services to help children survive and grow to their full potential through the following programmes: Health, Nutrition, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Basic Education, and Child protection.

For more on our work in Yemen, please visit our website: https://www.unicef.org/yemen/

How can you make a difference?

The Health & Nutrition Officer will make a difference by providing professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the health and nutrition programmes/projects to be implemented within the zonal coverage. That will include, but not limited to, development, planning, delivering results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative programme tasks.  To achieve concrete and sustainable results in maternal, infant and child nutrition programs according to plans, allocation, Results-Based Management (RBM) approaches and methodology and UNICEF’s Strategic Plans, standards of performance and accountability framework.  In general, the incumbent will facilitate programme development, implementation, and programme monitoring/evaluation and reporting of results.  The candidate can make a difference by performing the following key tasks:

  1. Accurate information, data analysis, and documentation are timely made available to contribute to situation analysis, sectoral input and reporting.      
  1. Technical assistances are provided in the implementation of integrated Health & Nutrition approaches through participation and collaboration with internal and external partners.
  2. Work plan and objectives are effectively implemented and planned results are timely delivered     through technical support and coordination.
  3. Project efficiency and effectiveness are enhanced through effective implementation follow-up.
  4. Project implementation progress is monitored for adjustment and improvement of program delivery and sustainability. Gender sex aggregated data and inputs provided relevant to the Health & Nutrition programme.
  1. Transparency is ensured for supply and non-supply assistance and disbursement of programme funds for Health & Nutrition.
  1. Effective partnership and working relationships are maintained for advocacy, technical coordination, information sharing and knowledge networking.
  1. Up-to-date programme information is kept available and reports prepared to support the Health & Nutrition programme by the effective implementation of integrated monitoring system.
  1. Emergency preparedness is maintained, and in emergencies, emergency responses are effectively provided.
  1. Other duties and responsibilities reasonably assigned by supervisor.

To qualify as an advocate for every child you will have…

  • A Bachelor’s degree in Public Health and Nutrition, Child Development, Water Sanitation, Public Administration, Social Policy, Social Development, Community Development, or other relevant disciplines. 
  • Two (2) years of professional work experience in planning, programming, implementation monitoring and evaluation of health programmes. Professional work experience in a programme management function or a technical expert capacity in child survival & health care.
  • Field work experience
  • Background/familiarity with Emergency
  • Fluency in Arabic and English

For every Child, you demonstrate…

UNICEF’s core values of Commitment, Diversity and Integrity and core competencies in Communication, Working with People and Drive for Results.

Functional Competencies (Required):

  • Formulating Strategies and Concepts [I]               
  • Analyzing [II]        
  • Applying Technical Expertise [II]                            
  • Learning and Researching [II]                                              
  • Planning and Organizing [II]

View our competency framework at http://www.unicef.org/about/employ/files/UNICEF_Competencies.pdf

UNICEF is committed to diversity and inclusion within its workforce, and encourages all candidates, irrespective of gender, nationality, religious and ethnic backgrounds, including persons living with disabilities, to apply to become a part of the organization.

 Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and advanced to the next stage of the selection process.

This vacancy is now closed.
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