Nutrition Officer, (NO-B), Jayapura, Indonesia

UNICEF is recruiting a Nutrition Officer on a temporary appointment to be based in Jayapura field office. The Nutrition Officer reports to the CSD Specialist in Jayapura Field Office for guidance and general su-pervision. The Officer provides professional technical, operational and administrative assistance throughout the programming process for the nutrition programs/projects in Papua Province from de-velopment planning to delivery of results, preparing, executing, managing and implementing a variety of technical and administrative program tasks to facilitate program development, implementation, and program progress monitoring, evaluating 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, Quality of Life.

A steadily growing economy isn't benefiting all. Half the population still lives in poverty and children's changes can vary dramatically depending on their families wealth or where they live.

For more information, visit the UNICEF Indonesia Country Office website: https://www.unicef.org/indonesia/

How can you make a difference?

MAIN TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Support to program development and planning
- Conduct/update situation analysis for the program sector/s for development, design and management of nutrition related programs/projects in Papua Province. Research and report on development trends (e.g. political social, economic, nutrition, health) for higher management use to enhance program management, efficiency and delivery of results.
- Contribute to the development/establishment of sectoral program goals, objectives and strategies and results-based planning through analysis of nutrition needs and areas for intervention and sub-mission of recommendations for priority and goal setting.
- Provide technical and operational support throughout all stages of programming processes by executing/administering a variety of technical program transactions, preparing materials/documentations and complying with organizational processes and management systems, to support program planning, results based planning (RBM) and monitoring and evaluating results.

2. Program management, monitoring and delivery of results.
- Work closely and collaboratively with internal and external colleagues, partners and government counterparts especially at provincial and district level to discuss operational and implementation is-sues, provide solutions, recommendations and/or alert appropriate officials and stakeholders for higher-level intervention and/or decision. Keep record of reports and assessments for easy reference and/or to capture and institutionalize lessons learned.
- Participate in monitoring and evaluation exercises, program reviews and annual reviews with government and other counterparts to assess programs/projects and to report on required action/interventions at the higher level of program management.
- Monitor and report on the use of sectoral program resources (financial, administrative and other assets), verify compliance with approved allocation/goals, organizational rules, regulations/procedures and donor commitments, standards of accountability and integrity. Report on is-sues identified to ensure timely resolution by management/stakeholders. Follow up on unresolved issues to ensure resolution.
- Prepare regular/mandated sectoral program/project reports for management, donors and partners to keep them informed of program progress.

3 Technical and operational support to program implementation
- Conduct regular program field visits and surveys and/or exchange information with partners/stakeholders to assess progress and provide technical support, take appropriate action to re-solve issues and/or refer to relevant officials for resolution. Report on critical issues, bottlenecks and potential problems for timely action to achieve results.

4. Networking and partnership building
- Build and sustain effective close working partnerships with nutrition sector government counter-parts in Papua Province and national stakeholders through active sharing of information and knowledge to facilitate program implementation and build capacity of stakeholders to achieve pro-gram goals and social justice, equity and rights of mothers, new-born and children.
- Draft communication and information materials for program advocacy to promote awareness, es-tablish partnership/alliances and support fund raising for nutrition programs.

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

- An Advanced University Degree or higher in nutrition, public health, nutritional epidemiology, glob-al/international health and nutrition, health/nutrition research, policy and/or management, or other health related science field is required.
- Familiarity with government and administration regulations and experience working in Papua Province would be an advantage.
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in the field of health or nutrition.
- Experience in an international organization and ability to work in an international and multi-cultural environment would be an asset.
- Pro-active and resourceful, good communication skills in negotiating and liaising with counterparts and partners.
- Good knowledge of English and Bahasa Indonesia for drafting reports and communication with government counterparts and international staff.
- Good skills in computer applications; especially Word, Excel and Power Point.

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.

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.